Dougherty County, Georgia (GA)

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• • 64,24869.8%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 22,69524.7%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,6942.9%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,2131.3%Two or more races
  • 9141.0%Asian alone
  • 1790.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 830.09%Some other race alone
  • 60.01%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $175,307

Here:	$175,307
State:	$274,276

Townhouses or other attached units: $153,190

Here:	$153,190
State:	$266,514

In 2-unit structures: $578,735

Here:	$578,735
State:	$239,993

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $138,303

Here:	$138,303
State:	$202,197

Mobile homes: $44,228

Here:	$44,228
State:	$74,102

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $6,360

Here:	$6,360
State:	$39,381

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 1
• Burglaries: 10
• Thefts: 57
• Auto thefts: 2

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 0
• Burglaries: 5
• Thefts: 56
• Auto thefts: 2

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $1,693 (1.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $1,337 (1.4%)

Area name: Albany, GA MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Dougherty County is $456 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $535 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $718 a month.

Cities in this county include: Albany, West Dougherty, East Dougherty, Putney.

2018 air pollution in Dougherty County:

Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 6.9 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Butler County, Alabama , Catahoula Parish, Louisiana , Covington County, Mississippi , Falls County, Texas , Lampasas County, Texas , Reagan County, Texas .

Current college students: 6,215
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 82.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 20.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,820 (38.1% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 7392010 or later
• 4982000 to 2009
• 3301990 to 1999
• 2571980 to 1989
• 2081970 to 1979
• 224Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 18.7 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 90.4%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 24,737
• One, attached: 733
• Two: 6,774
• 3 or 4: 3,676
• 5 to 9: 2,353
• 10 to 19: 83
• 20 to 49: 306
• 50 or more: 368
• Mobile homes: 1,488

Housing units in Dougherty County with a mortgage: 8,654 (302 second mortgage, 920 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6,572

Religion statistics for Dougherty County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Dougherty County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Georgia Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4501, Natural disaster type: Other
• Georgia Hurricane Michael, Incident Period: October 9, 2018 - October 23, 2018, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4400-GA: October 14, 2018, FEMA Id: 4400, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Georgia Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Straight-line Winds, Incident Period: January 21, 2017 - January 22, 2017, FEMA Id: 4297, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Wind
• Georgia Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-line Winds, Incident Period: March 26, 2009 to April 13, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1833: April 23, 2009, FEMA Id: 1833, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Georgia Severe Storms and Tornadoes, Incident Period: March 01, 2007 to March 02, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1686: March 03, 2007, FEMA Id: 1686, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado
• Georgia Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 27, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3218: September 05, 2005, FEMA Id: 3218, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Georgia Tropical Storm Frances, Incident Period: September 03, 2004 to October 30, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1560: September 24, 2004, FEMA Id: 1560, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• Georgia Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding, Incident Period: February 14, 1998 to May 11, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1209: March 11, 1998, FEMA Id: 1209, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Georgia Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Incident Period: November 07, 1995 to November 08, 1995, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1076: December 20, 1995, FEMA Id: 1076, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado
• Georgia Tornadoes, Flooding, Heavy Rain, Tropical Storm Alberto, Incident Period: July 03, 1994 to July 25, 1994, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1033: July 07, 1994, FEMA Id: 1033, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm, Tornado, Flood, Heavy Rain
• 1 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.62% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($33,374 average adjusted gross income)

0.06% of residents moved from foreign countries ($399 average AGI)

Dougherty County:	0.06%
Georgia average:	0.08%

4.35% relocated from other counties in Georgia ($20,150 average AGI)
2.20% relocated from other states ($12,825 average AGI)

Dougherty County:	2.20%
Georgia average:	3.60%

from Lee County, GA	1.17% ($41,472 average AGI)
from Worth County, GA	0.44% ($23,832)
from Mitchell County, GA	0.29% ($23,090)
from Terrell County, GA	0.26% ($23,938)
from Travis County, TX	0.17% ($15,404)
from Sumter County, GA	0.15% ($22,267)
from Cobb County, GA	0.13% ($39,436)

8.12% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($36,456 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.43% relocated to other counties in Georgia ($22,978 average AGI)
2.69% relocated to other states ($13,478 average AGI)

Dougherty County:	2.69%
Georgia average:	3.12%

to Lee County, GA	1.45% ($39,265 average AGI)
to Worth County, GA	0.44% ($28,839)
to Fulton County, GA	0.25% ($31,013)
to Mitchell County, GA	0.25% ($29,077)
to Gwinnett County, GA	0.19% ($37,393)
to DeKalb County, GA	0.19% ($29,328)
to Terrell County, GA	0.19% ($30,833)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 17.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 16.7

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 9.8

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 12.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 11.8

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Dougherty County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 20%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 13,822 (5,345 living alone), Female householders: 18,808 (8,269 living alone)

• 9,839 spouses (9,711 opposite-sex spouses), 1,235 unmarried partners, (1,235 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 24,490 children (22,027 natural, 367 adopted, 2,096 stepchildren), 7,267 grandchildren, 1,931 brothers or sisters, 1,639 parents, 0 foster children, 2,137 other relatives, 2,321 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 4,467

Size of family households: 8,476 2-persons, 4,722 3-persons, 3,447 4-persons, 776 5-persons, 529 6-persons, 263 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 13,614 1-person, 753 2-persons, 50 3-persons.

4,963 married couples with children.
8,684 single-parent households (2,004 men, 6,680 women).

95.7% of residents of Dougherty speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $791,111,000 ($8,268 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $175,804,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $267,841,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $145,095,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $4,810,000
Federal grants: $174,244,000
Federal procurement contracts: $67,073,000 ($40,169,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $132,048,000 ($107,547,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $13,656,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $30,858,000
Federal Government insurance: $197,619,000

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

Here:	-54 per 1000 residents
State:	+26 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 19.08 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Dougherty County, Georgia
• 8822014 or later
• 2692010 to 2013
• 4,3612000 to 2009
• 5,6211990 to 1999
• 4,0491980 to 1989
• 6,2731970 to 1979
• 8,5221960 to 1969
• 6,7211950 to 1959
• 2,4811940 to 1949
• 1,3391939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Dougherty County, Georgia

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Dougherty County, Georgia
• 01 room
• 02 rooms
• 1373 rooms
• 4434 rooms
• 2,1305 rooms
• 4,7696 rooms
• 2,5877 rooms
• 2,0698 rooms
• 3,0919+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Dougherty County, Georgia
• 4281 room
• 1132 rooms
• 2,3963 rooms
• 4,6894 rooms
• 3,5785 rooms
• 3,4666 rooms
• 1,8187 rooms
• 6038 rooms
• 3139+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Dougherty County, Georgia

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Dougherty County, Georgia
• 69no bedroom
• 471 bedroom
• 1,5932 bedrooms
• 8,9293 bedrooms
• 3,8414 bedrooms
• 7475+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Dougherty County, Georgia
• 428no bedroom
• 2,0851 bedroom
• 6,6792 bedrooms
• 6,9573 bedrooms
• 1,1634 bedrooms
• 925+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Dougherty County, Georgia in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Dougherty County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 580no vehicle
• 5,4431 vehicle
• 5,6102 vehicles
• 2,5343 vehicles
• 8494 vehicles
• 2105+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Dougherty County in renter-occupied apartments
• 3,948no vehicle
• 8,9741 vehicle
• 3,3672 vehicles
• 1,0083 vehicles
• 1074 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

78.8% of Dougherty County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Georgia.

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

• This state: 67,226
• Other state: 18,729
• Northeast: 2,655
• Midwest: 2,964
• South: 12,414
• West: 696

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 4,796
• Number of aged recipients: 479
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 4,317
• Number of recipients under 18: 929
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 2,858
• Number of recipients older than 64: 1,009
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,670
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 2,279

Dougherty County on our top lists:

• #54 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Obama (Democrat) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"
• #88 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #92 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"