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Clarke County, GA mapCounty population in 2005: 104,439 (91% urban, 9% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 16,716
Renter-occupied apartments: 22,990
% of renters here:  58%
State:  33%
Land area: 121 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.5 sq. mi.
Population density: 865 people per square mile 
 
 (very high).
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2005: 29.5%
Clarke County:  29.5%
Georgia:  14.4%
(28.8% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 34.4% for Black residents)

Median age of residents in 2005: 27 years ols
(Males: 26 years old, Females: 28 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 27 years old, Black residents: 28 years old, American Indian residents: 27 years old, Asian residents: 28 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 24 years old, Other race residents: 27 years old)

Type of workers:

  • Private wage or salary: 67%
  • Government: 29%
  • Self-employed, not incorporated: 4%
  • Unpaid family work: 0%

Clarke County, Georgia business tout: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Clarke County, Georgia:

  • White Non-Hispanic (62.0%)
  • Black (27.3%)
  • Hispanic (6.3%)
  • Other race (3.1%)
  • Two or more races (1.4%)
  • Chinese (0.9%)
  • Asian Indian (0.9%)
  • Korean (0.6%)
  • American Indian (0.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:  25.4 years
Georgia median age:  33.4 years

Males: 49,532  (48.8%)
Females: 51,957  (51.2%)
Average wage per job in 2003: $31,618
County population in 2003: 103,143
Jobs in 2003: 66,924

Clarke County,GA real estate house value trend


Total labor force in 2004: 57,199
Unemployment rate in 2004: 3.6%

Average household size:
Clarke County:  2.4 people
Georgia:  2.6 people

Median household income in 2005: $30,017
2005 median house value: $147,000
Median contract rent in 2005: $529
Median monthly housing costs in 2005: $715
Estimated median household income in 2005: $30,526 ($28,403 in 2000)
This county  $30,526
Georgia:  $45,604

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $163,188
Clarke County  $163,188
Georgia:  $147,500

Median montly rent in 2000: $540
Institutionalized population: 1,179
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Clarke County in 2000: $935

Clarke County races chart


Clarke County, GA map from a distance

Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 2004: 1146 buildings, average cost: $102,500
  • 2005: 779 buildings, average cost: $92,800
  • 2006: 469 buildings, average cost: $102,900



2004 Presidential Election results in Clarke County Georgia:


Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 58.3%
Bush/Cheney (Republican): 40.4%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $1,349 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005: $1,064 (0.8%)

Area name: Athens-Clarke County, GA MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Clarke County is $509 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $639 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $851 a month.

Cities in this county include: Winterville, White-Pine Log, Athens, Broad River.

2005 air pollution in Clarke County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.098 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.082 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Annual (standard limit: 15.0 µg/m3): 15.5 µg/m3. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) 24-hour (standard limit: 35 µg/m3): 33 µg/m3. Near U.S. average.


Neighboring counties: Barrow County , Jackson County , Madison County , Oconee County , Oglethorpe County .


Clarke County close-up map

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

 
Unemployment in September 2007:
Here:  3.9%
Georgia:  4.6%


Unemployment by year (%)


County total employment by year


County average yearly wages by year ($)


Current college students: 29,695
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 81.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 39.8%

Number of foreign born residents: 8,509 (21% naturalized citizens)

Clarke County:  8.4%
Whole state:  7.1%


Year of entry for the foreign-born population

  • 1995 to March 2000: 4,409
  • 1990 to 1994: 1,571
  • 1985 to 1989: 1,130
  • 1980 to 1984: 531
  • 1975 to 1979: 219
  • 1970 to 1974: 203
  • 1970 to 1974: 96
  • 1965 to 1969: 350

Mean travel time to work: 18.6 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 80.9%

Clarke County marital status for males

Clarke County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 19,121
  • One, attached: 1,821
  • Two: 3,956
  • 3 or 4: 3,210
  • 5 to 9: 3,384
  • 10 to 19: 3,447
  • 20 or more: 4,376
  • Mobile homes: 2,753
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 58

Housing units in Clarke County with a mortgage: 9,491 (809 second mortgage, 1,003 home equity loan, 34 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,355


Agriculture in Clarke County
Average size of farms: 136 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $338101
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $2332.79
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 13.08%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 86.11%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $155329
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 14.83%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $30757
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 84.62%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 22.89
All wheat for grain: 415 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 340 harvested acres

Clarke County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above Georgia state average. It is 3.8 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one fatality and 65 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 5/28/1973, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado killed one person and injured 65 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.



Class of Workers



Most common industries for males:



  • Educational services (20%)
  • Accommodation and food services (10%)
  • Construction (8%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Public administration (4%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
  • Health care (3%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Educational services (25%)
  • Accommodation and food services (11%)
  • Health care (10%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
  • Public administration (3%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
  • Social assistance (3%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Postsecondary teachers (7%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Postsecondary teachers (6%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
  • Cashiers (4%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)


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



  • Mexico (34%)
  • China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (8%)
  • India (5%)
  • Korea (5%)
  • Canada (3%)
  • El Salvador (3%)
  • Peru (2%)


Most common first ancestries reported in Clarke County:



  • English (11%)
  • United States or American (9%)
  • Irish (8%)
  • German (8%)
  • Scotch-Irish (3%)
  • Italian (3%)
  • Scottish (2%)

Clarke County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 36,243 (75%)
  • Carpooled: 6,945 (14%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 1,048 (2%)
  • Streetcar or trolley car: 8 (0%)
  • Subway or elevated: 9 (0%)
  • Ferryboat: 10 (0%)
  • Taxi: 69 (0%)
  • Motorcycle: 53 (0%)
  • Bicycle: 444 (1%)
  • Walked: 2,069 (4%)
  • Other means: 252 (1%)
  • Worked at home: 1,091 (2%)
 

People in group quarters in Clarke County, Georgia
  • 6594 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
  • 583 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
  • 567 people in nursing homes
  • 145 people in military barracks, etc.
  • 97 people in military transient quarters for temporary residents
  • 81 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 67 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
  • 29 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
  • 12 people in religious group quarters
  • 3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 2 people in other group homes

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $47,148.

13.64% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($28,053 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  13.64%
Georgia average:  10.98%

0.90% of residents moved from foreign countries ($525 average AGI)
Clarke County:  0.90%
Georgia average:  0.39%

7.96% relocated from other counties in Georgia ($16,269 average AGI)
4.78% relocated from other states ($11,259 average AGI)
Clarke County:  4.78%
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 Oconee County, GA  0.74% ($34,119 average AGI)
from Gwinnett County, GA  0.74% ($26,020)
from Madison County, GA  0.60% ($26,085)
from Fulton County, GA  0.52% ($31,220)
from Jackson County, GA  0.48% ($22,277)
from Cobb County, GA  0.41% ($33,756)
from DeKalb County, GA  0.41% ($33,784)


13.01% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,019 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  13.01%
Georgia average:  9.55%

0.23% of residents moved to foreign countries ($363 average AGI)
Clarke County:  0.23%
Georgia average:  0.09%

8.11% relocated to other counties in Georgia ($20,527 average AGI)
4.67% relocated to other states ($12,128 average AGI)
Clarke County:  4.67%
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 Oconee County, GA  0.92% ($55,703 average AGI)
to Fulton County, GA  0.81% ($30,642)
to Gwinnett County, GA  0.75% ($32,122)
to Madison County, GA  0.64% ($30,431)
to DeKalb County, GA  0.62% ($29,402)
to Oglethorpe County, GA  0.52% ($30,795)
to Barrow County, GA  0.46% ($33,473)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.5



Births per 1000 population in Clarke County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 6.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 6.3



Deaths per 1000 population in Clarke County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 10.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 9.2



Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Clarke County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 10,721 (8,647 aged, 2,074 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%


Household type by relationship


Households: 93,299
  • In family households: 60,821 (12,737 male householders, 7,123 female householders)
    13,319 spouses, 20,369 children (18,724 natural, 443 adopted, 1,202 stepchildren), 1,620 grandchildren, 1,429 brothers or sisters, 570 parents, 1,400 other relatives, 2,254 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 32,478 (9,637 male householders (5,200 living alone)), 10,181 female householders (6,586 living alone)), 12,660 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 8,190 (1,168 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 8,718 2-persons, 4,978 3-persons, 3,634 4-persons, 1,588 5-persons, 616 6-persons, 326 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 11,786 1-person, 5,217 2-persons, 1,571 3-persons, 1,060 4-persons, 154 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons.

9,400 married couples with children.
6,230 single-parent households (749 men, 5,481 women).

88.2% of residents of Clarke County speak English at home.
6.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (38% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 36% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
2.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (73% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $653,173,000 ($6283 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $46,993,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $179,309,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $91,735,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,784,000
Federal grants: $234,034,000
Federal procurement contracts: $34,219,000 ($3,290,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $110,092,000 ($29,232,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $201,768,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $42,940,000
Federal Government insurance: $16,661,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 7,147
Here:  68 per 1000 residents
State:  79 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 3,295
Here:  32 per 1000 residents
State:  38 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +3,790
Here:  +36 per 1000 residents
State:  +21 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -4,537
Here:  -43 per 1000 residents
State:  +26 per 1000 residents



Population growth in Clarke County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 18.51 millions of gallons per day (1% from ground, 99% from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:  6.2
State:  6.2

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:  4.0
State:  4.2



Year house built:

  • 1999 to March 2000: 1,225
  • 1995 to 1998: 4,263
  • 1990 to 1994: 4,251
  • 1980 to 1989: 7,600
  • 1970 to 1979: 9,667
  • 1960 to 1969: 6,661
  • 1950 to 1959: 3,741
  • 1940 to 1949: 1,760
  • 1939 or earlier: 2,958


Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Clarke County, Georgia:

  • 1 room: 17
  • 2 rooms: 176
  • 3 rooms: 499
  • 4 rooms: 1,532
  • 5 rooms: 3,256
  • 6 rooms: 3,919
  • 7 rooms: 2,648
  • 8 rooms: 2,119
  • 9 or more rooms: 2,550


Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Clarke County, Georgia:

  • 1 room: 777
  • 2 rooms: 2,766
  • 3 rooms: 4,083
  • 4 rooms: 7,440
  • 5 rooms: 4,175
  • 6 rooms: 2,328
  • 7 rooms: 803
  • 8 rooms: 379
  • 9 or more rooms: 239


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Clarke County:

  • no bedroom: 79
  • 1 bedroom: 458
  • 2 bedrooms: 2,931
  • 3 bedrooms: 8,832
  • 4 bedrooms: 3,365
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 1,051


Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Clarke County:

  • no bedroom: 954
  • 1 bedroom: 5,953
  • 2 bedrooms: 10,356
  • 3 bedrooms: 3,671
  • 4 bedrooms: 1,818
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 238


Cars and other vehicles available in Clarke County in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 642
  • 1 vehicle: 4,727
  • 2 vehicles: 7,506
  • 3 vehicles: 2,764
  • 4 vehicles: 910
  • 5 or more vehicles: 167


Cars and other vehicles available in Clarke County in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 2,713
  • 1 vehicle: 10,065
  • 2 vehicles: 6,858
  • 3 vehicles: 1,978
  • 4 vehicles: 1,153
  • 5 or more vehicles: 223

36% of Clarke County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Georgia.

Clarke County:  35.5%
State average:  50.8%


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

  • This state: 58184
  • Northeast: 6560
  • Midwest: 7267
  • South: 16769
  • West: 3141

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $93,800


Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%


Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

 


Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:


  • Utility gas (61%)
  • Electricity (32%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
  • Wood (1%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:


  • Electricity (63%)
  • Utility gas (34%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 984
Here:  12.3%
Georgia:  8.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 417
Here:  10.5%
Georgia:  8.5%

Students in private undegraduate colleges: 1,340
Here:  5.4%
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 (Noninstitutionalized)

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