Bleckley County, Georgia (GA)

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County population in 2005: 12,141 (48% urban, 52% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 3,328
Renter-occupied apartments: 1,044

% of renters here:	24%
State:	33%

Land area: 217 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.7 sq. mi.

Population density: 56 people per square mile

(average).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	15.9%
Whole state:	13.0%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	5.6%
Whole state:	6.1%

2008 cost of living index in Bleckley County: 77.3 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (22.8%), Educational,health and social services (18.7%), Public administration (12.2%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 66%
Government: 25%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 9%
Unpaid family work: 0%

Bleckley County, Georgia business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Bleckley County, Georgia:

White Non-Hispanic (72.9%)
Black (24.6%)
Hispanic (0.9%)
Two or more races (0.6%)

Median resident age:	35.1 years
Georgia median age:	33.4 years

Males: 5,620	(48.2%)
Females: 6,046	(51.8%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $26,235
County population in 2003: 11,928
Jobs in 2003: 4,375

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Bleckley County,GA real estate house value trend

Total labor force in 2004: 5,228
Unemployment rate in 2004: 5.4%

Average household size:

Bleckley County:	2.5 people
Georgia:	2.6 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $35,948 ($33,448 in 2000)

This county	$35,948
Georgia:	$45,604

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $97,502

Bleckley County	$97,502
Georgia:	$147,500

Median monthly rent in 2000: $373
Institutionalized population: 240
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Bleckley County in 2000: $771

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

Murders: 1
Rapes: 1
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 6
Burglaries: 27
Thefts: 63
Auto thefts: 5

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

Murders: 2
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 1
Assaults: 4
Burglaries: 25
Thefts: 99
Auto thefts: 11

Bleckley County races chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Bleckley County Georgia:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 70.9%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 28.7%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $504 (0.8%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Bleckley County is $376 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $458 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $567 a month.

Cities in this county include: Cochran.

Neighboring counties: Dodge County , Houston County , Laurens County , Pulaski County , Twiggs County , Wilkinson County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable location: Magnolia (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Churches in Bleckley County include: Antioch Church (A), Union Hill Church (B), Trail Branch Church (C), Bethany Church (D), Beulah Springs Church (E), Brown Hill Church (F), Salem Church (G), Christian Hope Church (H), Saint Paul Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Barbour Cemetery (1), Limestone Memorial Gardens (2), Pulaski-Bleckley Memorial Gardens (3), Jones Cemetery (4), James Dykes Memorial Park (5), Walters Cemetery (6), Walker Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Paulk Lakes (A), Trunell Pond (B), Harris Lake (C), Nesmith Pond (D), Livingston Pond (E), Land Lake (F), Smith Lake (G), Lake Linda (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Brushy Creek (A), Wilson Branch (B), Gully Branch (C), Bollinger Creek (D), Harvey Branch (E), Henderson Branch (F), Big Branch (G), Reedy Creek (H), Collins Branch (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	5.6%
Georgia:	4.6%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 867
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 71.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 12.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 167 (44% naturalized citizens)

Bleckley County:	1.4%
Whole state:	7.1%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 62 1990 to 1994: 38 1985 to 1989: 17 1980 to 1984: 16 1975 to 1979: 7 1970 to 1974: 0 1970 to 1974: 12 1965 to 1969: 15

Mean travel time to work: 26.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 55.0%

Bleckley County marital status for males

Bleckley County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 3,313
One, attached: 17
Two: 126
3 or 4: 111
5 to 9: 50
10 to 19: 11
20 or more: 51
Mobile homes: 1,187

Housing units in Bleckley County with a mortgage: 1,178 (92 second mortgage, 70 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 900

Agriculture in Bleckley County
Average size of farms: 209 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $22053
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $212.67
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 16.26%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $27662
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 41.59%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 30.41%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $46185
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 93.58%
Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 11.41
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.25%
Corn for grain: 1273 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 766 harvested acres
Upland cotton: 13196 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 773 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 563 acres

Bleckley County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above Georgia state average. It is 4.2 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 28 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 1/24/1958, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured 16 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Public administration (14%)
Construction (12%)
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (10%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
Educational services (4%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
Finance and insurance (3%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (16%)
Educational services (12%)
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (11%)
Public administration (10%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Social assistance (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Registered nurses (7%)
Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (59%)
Germany (11%)
Vietnam (10%)
Korea (5%)
Other Northern Europe (5%)
Brazil (5%)
Ukraine (4%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Bleckley County:

United States or American (34%)
English (8%)
Irish (6%)
Scotch-Irish (3%)
German (3%)
African (2%)
French (except Basque) (1%)

Bleckley County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 3,793 (81%)
Carpooled: 606 (13%)
Bus or trolley bus: 11 (0%)
Bicycle: 12 (0%)
Walked: 96 (2%)
Other means: 40 (1%)
Worked at home: 141 (3%)

People in group quarters in Bleckley County, Georgia

383 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
110 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
107 people in nursing homes
23 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
8 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
6 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $42,813.

6.67% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,691 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.67%
Georgia average:	10.98%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.06% relocated from other counties in Georgia ($25,559 average AGI)
1.62% relocated from other states ($6,133 average AGI)
Bleckley County: 1.62%
Georgia average: 4.40%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Houston County, GA	1.17% ($32,267 average AGI)
from Dodge County, GA	0.73% ($25,071)
from Laurens County, GA	0.52% ($34,600)
from Pulaski County, GA	0.47% ($39,222)

5.99% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,728 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.99%
Georgia average:	9.55%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.88% relocated to other counties in Georgia ($22,509 average AGI)
1.10% relocated to other states ($6,219 average AGI)
Bleckley County: 1.10%
Georgia average: 3.17%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Dodge County, GA	1.08% ($23,951 average AGI)
to Houston County, GA	0.55% ($36,048)
to Pulaski County, GA	0.50% ($32,842)
to Laurens County, GA	0.47% ($24,722)
to Bibb County, GA	0.32% ($31,833)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.9

Births per 1000 population in Bleckley County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.4

Deaths per 1000 population in Bleckley County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 9.3

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Bleckley County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 2,067 (1,634 aged, 433 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%

Short term general hospitals per 100,000 population in 2004: 8.3
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 5022
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 207.520
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 23690.55

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1194.300
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 971.910

Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 26.82
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 41.18

Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 16.47

Household type by relationship

Households: 11,031

In family households: 9,624 (2,196 male householders, 912 female householders)
2,243 spouses, 3,498 children (3,218 natural, 65 adopted, 215 stepchildren), 288 grandchildren, 121 brothers or sisters, 66 parents, 184 other relatives, 116 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,407 (531 male householders (452 living alone)), 720 female householders (664 living alone)), 156 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 635 (277 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,388 2-persons, 706 3-persons, 615 4-persons, 251 5-persons, 109 6-persons, 39 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,116 1-person, 114 2-persons, 21 3-persons.

97.3% of residents of Bleckley County speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (36% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 28% speak English not well, 23% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $84,426,000 ($7008 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $2,529,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $40,624,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $21,292,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,152,000
Federal grants: $17,816,000
Federal procurement contracts: $265,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $1,277,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $582,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $1,606,000
Federal Government insurance: $5,123,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 746

Here:	61 per 1000 residents
State:	79 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 642

Here:	53 per 1000 residents
State:	38 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +53

Here:	+4 per 1000 residents
State:	+21 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: +331

Here:	+27 per 1000 residents
State:	+26 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Bleckley County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.93 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.9
State:	6.2

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.4
State:	4.2

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 113
1995 to 1998: 496
1990 to 1994: 419
1980 to 1989: 929
1970 to 1979: 889
1960 to 1969: 816
1950 to 1959: 505
1940 to 1949: 269
1939 or earlier: 430

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Bleckley County, Georgia:
	1 room: 9 2 rooms: 23 3 rooms: 80 4 rooms: 250 5 rooms: 949 6 rooms: 941 7 rooms: 560 8 rooms: 308 9+ rooms: 208

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bleckley County, Georgia:
	1 room: 5 2 rooms: 74 3 rooms: 153 4 rooms: 325 5 rooms: 215 6 rooms: 160 7 rooms: 70 8 rooms: 42 9+ rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Bleckley County:
	no bedroom: 32 1 bedroom: 38 2 bedrooms: 569 3 bedrooms: 2,229 4 bedrooms: 404 5+ bedrooms: 56

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bleckley County:
	no bedroom: 5 1 bedroom: 213 2 bedrooms: 421 3 bedrooms: 329 4 bedrooms: 60 5+ bedrooms: 16

Cars and other vehicles available in Bleckley County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 175 1 vehicle: 862 2 vehicles: 1,377 3 vehicles: 655 4 vehicles: 175 5+ vehicles: 84

Cars and other vehicles available in Bleckley County in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 224 1 vehicle: 477 2 vehicles: 234 3 vehicles: 58 4 vehicles: 47 5+ vehicles: 4

67% of Bleckley County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Georgia.

Bleckley County:	66.8%
State average:	50.8%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 9911
Northeast: 228
Midwest: 310
South: 880
West: 139

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $34,200

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Electricity (50%) Utility gas (24%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%) Wood (4%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (43%) Utility gas (37%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%) Wood (3%) Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 30

Here:	2.0%
Georgia:	8.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15

Here:	2.1%
Georgia:	8.5%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 86

Here:	11.2%
Georgia:	22.9%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Bleckley County government finances in 2002:

Charges - All Other: $263,000
Solid Waste Management: $50,000
Current Operations - Regular Highways: $1,014,000
Police Protection: $988,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $354,000

Financial Administration: $312,000

Central Staff Services: $294,000

General - Other: $274,000

Welfare - Other: $233,000

Solid Waste Management: $185,000

Corrections - Other: $179,000

Health Services - Other: $148,000

Natural Resources - Other: $109,000

General Public Buildings: $102,000

Parks & Recreation: $55,000

Libraries: $35,000

Fire Protection: $32,000

Housing & Community Development: $20,000

Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $17,000
Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $8,000
Intergovernmental to Local NEC - General: $489,000
Fire Protection: $330,000

Health: $48,000

Elementary and Secondary Education: $29,000
Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $91,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $324,000
Interest Earnings: $66,000
Other Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $298,000
Central Staff: $209,000

Police Protection: $161,000

General Public Building: $79,000

Corrections - Other: $52,000

Parks & Recreation: $38,000

Regular Highways: $20,000

Financial Administration: $11,000

Solid Waste Management: $7,000

Judicial: $5,000

Natural Resource - Other: $2,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $4,329,000
State Intergovernmental - All Other: $558,000
Highways: $218,000

Health & Hospitals: $99,000

Public Welfare: $65,000
Tax - Property: $2,204,000
Total General Sales: $1,451,000

Other Selective Sales: $232,000

Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $53,000

NEC: $34,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $1,672,000

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Total Number Of Recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of aged recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of blind and disabled recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients under 18

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients between 18 and 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients older than 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients also receiving OASDI

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Amount of payments (thousands of dollars)

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