Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: |  34.8% | | Whole state: |  13.0% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 11.1% | | Whole state: | 6.1% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Sparta, GA
16 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Sparta compared to Georgia state average:
- Median household income significantly below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Banks with branches in Sparta (2009 data):
- United Security Bank: at 9031 East Broad Street, branch established on 1932-09-12. Info updated 2007-04-09: Bank assets: $153.7 mil, Deposits: $137.6 mil, local headquarters, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 2 total offices, Holding Company: United Security Bancshares, Inc.
- Bank of Hancock County: Bank Of Hancock County at 321 East Broad Street, branch established on 1904-09-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $82.4 mil, Deposits: $65.5 mil, local headquarters, positive income, 1 total offices
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Hancock County Georgia:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (57%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
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Religion statistics for Sparta
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Churches of Christ | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 66.1% | 23.9% | 5.1% | 3.1% | 1.8% |
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| Congregations | 50.0% | 33.3% | 8.3% | 4.2% | 4.2% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
2 | $3,239 | $19,434 | 1 | $919 |
| Other Government Administration |
1 | $3,576 | $42,912 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
4 | $10,567 | $31,701 | 3 | $3,520 |
| Police - Other |
4 | $5,579 | $16,737 | 2 | $910 |
| Solid Waste Management |
3 | $6,562 | $26,248 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $2,384 | $28,608 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
10 | $18,728 | $22,474 | 1 | $1,676 |
| Gas Supply |
2 | $5,876 | $35,256 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $708 |
| Totals for Government |
27 | $56,511 | $25,116 | 8 | $7,733 |
Sparta government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $481,000
Solid Waste Management: $62,000
- Construction - Water Utilities: $4,167,000
Sewerage: $2,778,000
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $600,000
Gas Utilities: $551,000
Sewerage: $400,000
Police Protection: $274,000
Central Staff Services: $191,000
Regular Highways: $151,000
Solid Waste Management: $82,000
General - Other: $41,000
Fire Protection: $29,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $13,000
Housing & Community Development: $3,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $0
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $127,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $3,765,000
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Water Utilities: $5,427,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $9,026,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $166,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $32,000
Interest Earnings: $25,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $2,000
Gas Utilities: $2,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $390,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $721,000
Gas Utilities: $556,000
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $5,502,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $130,000
- Tax - Property: $215,000
Public Utilities: $73,000
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $71,000
Other Selective Sales: $55,000
NEC: $37,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $748,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $226,000
5.04% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($34,550 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.04% | | Georgia average: | 10.98% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.09% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,918 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.09% | | Georgia average: | 9.55% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Sparta:
- WMAC (940 AM; 50 kW; MACON, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WSB (750 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WCNN (680 AM; 50 kW; NORTH ATLANTA, GA; Owner: DICKEY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WGUN (1010 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: WGUN, INC.)
- WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WXJO (1120 AM; daytime; 10 kW; GORDON, GA; Owner: ROBERTS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WQXI (790 AM; 28 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF GEORGIA)
- WAOK (1380 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WMLB (1160 AM; 50 kW; EAST POINT, GA; Owner: ATLANTA AREA BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WFTD (1080 AM; daytime; 50 kW; MARIETTA, GA; Owner: PRIETO ENTERPRISES, INC.)
- WBAJ (890 AM; daytime; 50 kW; BLYTHEWOOD, SC; Owner: FAMILY FIRST)
- WCSZ (1070 AM; 50 kW; SANS SOUCI, SC; Owner: WHYZ RADIO, L.P.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Sparta:
- WJDS (88.7 FM; SPARTA, GA; Owner: AUGUSTA RADIO FELLOWSHIP INSTITUTE INC)
- WLRR (100.7 FM; MILLEDGEVILLE, GA; Owner: PRESTON W. SMALL)
- WMGZ (97.7 FM; EATONTON, GA; Owner: MIDDLE GEORGIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WAKB (96.9 FM; WRENS, GA; Owner: RADIO ONE OF AUGUSTA, LLC)
- WPMA (102.7 FM; BUCKHEAD, GA; Owner: BARINOWSKI INVESTMENT COMPANY, L.P.)
- WDDK (103.9 FM; GREENSBORO, GA; Owner: BRIARPATCH RADIO INC.)
- W201BN (88.1 FM; MILLEDGEVILLE, GA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- WRFN (93.1 FM; WARRENTON, GA; Owner: WCHZ LICENSE, LLC)
- WKZR (102.3 FM; MILLEDGEVILLE, GA; Owner: WMVG, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Sparta:
- WCES-TV (Channel 20; WRENS, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
Sparta fatal accident list:
May 31, 1994 05:01 AM, 052001, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
Apr 14, 1992 04:25 AM, 15, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1
Jun 30, 1992 06:40 AM, 15, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Nov 18, 1987 11:45 AM, 520, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Jan 14, 1977 01:35 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 2
Total length: 3 meters (10ft)
Total average daily traffic: 11,300
Total future (year 2026) average daily traffic: 16,950
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Sparta)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 8 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 2- Lat: 33.293194 Lon: -82.977639, Call Sign: WNIL478, Licensee ID: L00149771
Assigned Frequencies : 461.050 MHz, 466.050 MHz
Grant Date: 02/21/2007, Expiration Date: 03/31/2017, Certifier: Douglas S Barker
Registrant: Barker Communications Inc, 816 Oak St, Eatonton, GA 31024-6663, Phone: (706) 485-8749, Fax: (706) 485-8756, Email:
- 0.5 Mi Sw Coventry Hickory Grove Rd Xing Csxt, Type: Pole, Structure height: 2 m, Call Sign: WPPV586
Assigned Frequencies : 911.500 MHz, 915.000 MHz, 918.500 MHz
Grant Date: 01/14/2005, Expiration Date: 01/31/2015, Certifier: L W Allen
Registrant: Csx Transportation Inc. J958 4th Floor, 6735 Southpoint Drive South, Palm Coast, FL 32216, Phone: (904) 332-5963, Fax: (904) 332-6048, Email:
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 5- County Shop On Hwy 15, Call Sign: KNGC519
Assigned Frequencies : 46.5200 MHz
Grant Date: 01/23/2003, Expiration Date: 04/12/2013
Registrant: Business Radio Licensing, 26941 Cabot Road #134, Laguna Hills, CA 92653, Phone: (949) 348-8510 - 322 Broad St, Call Sign: WNQE806, Licensee ID: L00011960
Assigned Frequencies : 45.5600 MHz
Grant Date: 06/23/1999, Expiration Date: 09/08/2004, Cancelation Date: 11/13/2004
Registrant: State Of Georgia, Atlanta, GA 30316-0055, Phone: (404) 444-6471 - 118 Broad St, Call Sign: WYG922
Assigned Frequencies : 451.050 MHz, 456.050 MHz, 456.050 MHz, 456.125 MHz, 456.475 MHz
Grant Date: 03/28/1999, Expiration Date: 03/28/2004, Cancelation Date: 12/30/2003
Registrant: Mcdermott, Will & Emery, 600 13th Street, Nw, Washington, DC 20005-3096, Phone: (202) 756-8283, Fax: (202) 756-8087, Email:
- Dixie Street Tank, Rt 2 Box 1158, Type: Bant, Structure height: 9 m, Call Sign: WPTF740, Licensee ID: L00382260
Assigned Frequencies : 173.396 MHz
Grant Date: 09/21/2001, Expiration Date: 09/21/2011, Certifier: William Evans
Registrant: Sparta City Of, Sparta, GA 31087, Phone: (706) 444-5753 - 322 Broad St, Type: Bant, Structure height: 15 m, Call Sign: WQFQ334
Assigned Frequencies : 45.5600 MHz
Grant Date: 09/07/2006, Expiration Date: 09/07/2016, Certifier: Charles Bryant
Registrant: Georgia Technology Authority, 254 Washington St Sw Ground Floor, Atlanta, GA 30334-8400, Phone: (404) 656-2042, Fax: (404) 657-0320, Email:
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 2- SPARTA, Hwy 16 1.6 Mi W Of Hwy 15, Overall height: 121.9 m, Call Sign: WMT345, Licensee ID: L00002207
Assigned Frequencies : 2178.00 MHz
Grant Date: 03/13/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011
Registrant: Metronet Communications, 14 S Bryn Mawr Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 - SPARTA, Lat: 33.252639 Lon: -83.176639, Call Sign: WQFR999
Assigned Frequencies : 956.381 MHz
Grant Date: 09/20/2006, Expiration Date: 09/20/2016, Certifier: Adam Shaifer
Registrant: Amco Water Metering Systems Inc, 1100 Sw 38th Ave, Ocala, FL 34474, Phone: (352) 369-6500, Fax: (352) 369-6581, Email:
FCC Registered Paging Towers: 1- On Highway 15, 0.7 Miles West Of Hwys. 15 & 22 Intersection, Call Sign: KUC919, Licensee ID: L00128234
Assigned Frequencies : 158.700 MHz
Grant Date: 04/19/1999, Expiration Date: 04/01/2009, Cancelation Date: 08/20/2004
Registrant: Milledgeville Mobilfone, Inc., Milledgeville, GA 31061, Phone: (912) 453-8777
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 12 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Sparta)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 1- Aircraft: CESSNA 182E (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 119 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 3371Y , Serial Number: 18254371, Year manufactured: 1962, Airworthiness Date: 09/01/1962
Registrant (Individual): Finley L Chavers, 120 Emerald Way S, Sparta, GA 31087
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