Charlton County, Georgia (GA)

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County population in 2005: 10,790 (38% urban, 62% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 2,697
Renter-occupied apartments: 645

% of renters here:	19%
State:	33%

Land area: 781 sq. mi.
Water area: 2.2 sq. mi.

Population density: 14 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	20.9%
Whole state:	13.0%

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

This county:	8.4%
Whole state:	6.1%

2008 cost of living index in Charlton County: 78.1 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (15.6%), Manufacturing (15.4%), Construction (11.1%), Public administration (10.1%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 71%
Government: 22%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 6%
Unpaid family work: 0%

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

Races in Charlton County, Georgia:

White Non-Hispanic (68.2%)
Black (29.3%)
Two or more races (1.2%)
American Indian (1.0%)
Hispanic (0.8%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

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

Males: 5,440	(52.9%)
Females: 4,842	(47.1%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $23,605
County population in 2003: 10,759
Jobs in 2003: 2,676

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Charlton County,GA real estate house value trend

Total labor force in 2004: 4,204
Unemployment rate in 2004: 4.8%

Average household size:

Charlton County:	2.7 people
Georgia:	2.6 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $29,952 ($27,869 in 2000)

This county	$29,952
Georgia:	$45,604

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $98,675

Charlton County	$98,675
Georgia:	$147,500

Median monthly rent in 2000: $394
Institutionalized population: 1,126
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Charlton County in 2000: $782

Charlton County races chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Charlton County Georgia:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 68.2%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 31.4%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $721 (1.1%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Charlton County is $398 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $458 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $583 a month.

Cities in this county include: Folkston, Homeland, St. George.

Neighboring counties: Baker County, Florida , Brantley County , Camden County , Nassau County, Florida , Ware County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Charlton County: Camp Cornelia (A), Cooneys Landing (B), Kingfisher Landing (C), Davis Boat Landing (D), Burch Siding (E), White Sand Landing (F), Moody Landing (G), Stephen Foster State Park (H), Box Landing (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Charlton County include: Winokur Baptist Church (A), Traders Hill Church (B), Bethel Church (C), Boone Creek Church (D), Camp Pinckney Church (E), Sardis Church (F), Sand Hill Church (G), Corinth Church (H), Racepond Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Lowther Cemetery (1), Traders Hill Cemetery (2), Little Phoebe Cemetery (3), Bethel Cemetery (4), Saint George Cemetery (5), O'Berry Cemetery (6), Johnson Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Jack Lake (A), Perch Lake (B), North Lake (C), Camphose Lake (D), Paxton, Lake (E), Mud Lake (F), Seagrove Lake (G), Camp Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Greasy Branch (A), Green Branch (B), Boone Creek (C), Styx, River (D), Cross Swamp (E), Harris Creek (F), Hatchers Branch (G), Clay Branch (H), Bird Wing Run (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Charlton County include: Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (1), Suwannee Canal Recreation Area (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	4.9%
Georgia:	4.6%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 250
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 65.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 6.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 89 (51% naturalized citizens)

Charlton County:	0.9%
Whole state:	7.1%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 3 1990 to 1994: 15 1985 to 1989: 13 1980 to 1984: 15 1975 to 1979: 9 1970 to 1974: 0 1970 to 1974: 17 1965 to 1969: 17

Mean travel time to work: 33.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 49.1%

Charlton County marital status for males

Charlton County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 1,896
One, attached: 35
Two: 63
3 or 4: 32
5 to 9: 46
10 to 19: 4
20 or more: 48
Mobile homes: 1,729
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6

Housing units in Charlton County with a mortgage: 682 (26 second mortgage, 33 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 573

Agriculture in Charlton County
Average size of farms: 147 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $41240
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $362.01
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 3.32%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 85.55%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $35283
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 11.17%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $25025
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 82.18%
Average age of principal farm operators: 59 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 11.91
Corn for grain: 280 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 31 acres

Charlton County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below Georgia state average. It is 5.9 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one injury recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 3/31/1961, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado injured one person

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Construction (18%)
Public administration (12%)
Paper (9%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
Repair and maintenance (5%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
Truck transportation (5%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (17%)
Accommodation and food services (14%)
Educational services (12%)
Public administration (8%)
Food and beverage stores (6%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Paper (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)

Most common occupations for females

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
Cashiers (6%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)

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

Vietnam (30%)
Other Northern America (17%)
India (11%)
Philippines (11%)
Germany (10%)
United Kingdom (9%)
Other Caribbean (7%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Charlton County:

United States or American (36%)
English (8%)
Irish (8%)
German (5%)
Italian (2%)
European (1%)
Scotch-Irish (1%)

Charlton County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 2,707 (78%)
Carpooled: 607 (17%)
Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
Bicycle: 10 (0%)
Walked: 43 (1%)
Other means: 35 (1%)
Worked at home: 80 (2%)

1052 people in state prisons
74 people in nursing homes

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $39,243.

9.13% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($28,766 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.13%
Georgia average:	10.98%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.55% relocated from other counties in Georgia ($11,430 average AGI)
5.58% relocated from other states ($17,336 average AGI)
Charlton County: 5.58%
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 Camden County, GA	1.55% ($23,956 average AGI)
from Duval County, FL	1.41% ($38,561)
from Nassau County, FL	1.27% ($24,108)
from Baker County, FL	0.48% ($25,857)
from Ware County, GA	0.41% ($15,667)

9.13% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($25,509 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.13%
Georgia average:	9.55%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.58% relocated to other counties in Georgia ($8,785 average AGI)
5.55% relocated to other states ($16,728 average AGI)
Charlton County: 5.55%
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 Duval County, FL	1.34% ($24,795 average AGI)
to Nassau County, FL	1.34% ($30,692)
to Camden County, GA	1.24% ($22,417)
to Baker County, FL	0.65% ($28,000)
to Ware County, GA	0.38% ($26,273)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.1

Births per 1000 population in Charlton County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 8.6

Deaths per 1000 population in Charlton County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 10.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 18.1

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Charlton County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 1,449 (1,061 aged, 388 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%

Short term general hospitals per 100,000 population in 2004: 9.35
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 3439.900
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 233.690
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 68573.57

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 945.320
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 917.520

Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 92.68

Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 9.27

EPA green book nonattainment status in 2004-2006: 1
Crimes per 100,000 population in 1996 : 1

Household type by relationship

Households: 9,151

In family households: 8,182 (1,876 male householders, 631 female householders)
1,940 spouses, 3,061 children (2,738 natural, 105 adopted, 218 stepchildren), 275 grandchildren, 29 brothers or sisters, 30 parents, 172 other relatives, 168 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 969 (361 male householders (308 living alone)), 459 female householders (411 living alone)), 149 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1,131 (all institutionalized)

Size of family households: 979 2-persons, 596 3-persons, 508 4-persons, 248 5-persons, 124 6-persons, 52 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 719 1-person, 71 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 16 5-persons.

97.8% of residents of Charlton County speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 26% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (58% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (39% speak English very well, 44% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $56,070,000 ($5241 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,994,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $24,632,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $14,097,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $431,000
Federal grants: $13,506,000
Federal procurement contracts: $966,000 ($32,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $2,437,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $97,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $963,000
Federal Government insurance: $1,631,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 665

Here:	62 per 1000 residents
State:	79 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 480

Here:	44 per 1000 residents
State:	38 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +6

Here:	+1 per 1000 residents
State:	+21 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: +329

Here:	+30 per 1000 residents
State:	+26 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Charlton County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.71 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.6
State:	6.2

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.5
State:	4.2

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 146
1995 to 1998: 466
1990 to 1994: 531
1980 to 1989: 899
1970 to 1979: 795
1960 to 1969: 365
1950 to 1959: 376
1940 to 1949: 102
1939 or earlier: 179

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Charlton County, Georgia:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 30 3 rooms: 175 4 rooms: 314 5 rooms: 721 6 rooms: 803 7 rooms: 358 8 rooms: 166 9+ rooms: 130

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Charlton County, Georgia:
	1 room: 13 2 rooms: 31 3 rooms: 79 4 rooms: 206 5 rooms: 189 6 rooms: 93 7 rooms: 19 8 rooms: 7 9+ rooms: 8

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Charlton County:
	no bedroom: 12 1 bedroom: 96 2 bedrooms: 550 3 bedrooms: 1,647 4 bedrooms: 310 5+ bedrooms: 82

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Charlton County:
	no bedroom: 21 1 bedroom: 101 2 bedrooms: 298 3 bedrooms: 181 4 bedrooms: 33 5+ bedrooms: 11

Cars and other vehicles available in Charlton County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 230 1 vehicle: 818 2 vehicles: 1,127 3 vehicles: 357 4 vehicles: 157 5+ vehicles: 8

Cars and other vehicles available in Charlton County in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 153 1 vehicle: 272 2 vehicles: 148 3 vehicles: 47 4 vehicles: 17 5+ vehicles: 8

62% of Charlton County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 33% lived in Georgia.

Charlton County:	62.2%
State average:	50.8%

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

This state: 6140
Northeast: 390
Midwest: 253
South: 3244
West: 121

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $39,300

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 (65%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%) Utility gas (11%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%) Wood (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (58%) Utility gas (19%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%) Wood (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 67

Here:	4.8%
Georgia:	8.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 35

Here:	5.1%
Georgia:	8.5%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 27

Here:	12.1%
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.)

Charlton County government finances in 2002:

Charges - Solid Waste Management: $284,000
All Other: $156,000

Parks & Recreation: $17,000
Current Operations - Regular Highways: $833,000
Police Protection: $765,000

Corrections - Other: $564,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $544,000

Financial Administration: $368,000

Solid Waste Management: $339,000

Central Staff Services: $303,000

Health Services - Other: $224,000

Parks & Recreation: $168,000

Fire Protection: $85,000

Natural Resources - Other: $55,000

Welfare - Other: $52,000

General Public Buildings: $29,000

Sewerage: $29,000

Libraries: $21,000

Housing & Community Development: $15,000

Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $14,000
Federal Intergovernmental - General Support: $84,000
General - Interest on Debt: $17,000
Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Hospitals: $906,000
General: $325,000

Corrections: $268,000

Elementary and Secondary Education: $42,000

Libraries: $21,000
Intergovernmental to State - Health: $47,000
Welfare: $14,000

Police Protection: $6,000
Local Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $15,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $277,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $277,000
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $291,000
General Revenue, NEC: $231,000

Rents: $11,000
Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $290,000
Police Protection: $149,000

Central Staff: $105,000

Own Hospitals: $84,000

General - Other: $57,000

Fire Protection: $54,000

Judicial: $1,000

Parks & Recreation: $1,000

Financial Administration: $1,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $4,012,000
State Intergovernmental - All Other: $222,000
Health & Hospitals: $177,000

Housing & Community Development: $43,000

Highways: $5,000
Tax - Property: $3,336,000
Total General Sales: $1,126,000

Other Selective Sales: $236,000

NEC: $52,000

Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $24,000

Public Utilities: $7,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $1,702,000

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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