Muscogee County, Georgia (GA)

Races in Muscogee County, Georgia:

Mean price in 2016:

Detached houses: $191,099

Here:	$191,099
State:	$234,633

Townhouses or other attached units: $222,984

Here:	$222,984
State:	$198,839

In 2-unit structures: $170,698

Here:	$170,698
State:	$228,806

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $187,948

Here:	$187,948
State:	$205,850

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $197,279

Here:	$197,279
State:	$234,990

Mobile homes: $38,430

Here:	$38,430
State:	$71,595

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $1,773 (1.1%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $700 (0.6%)

Area name: Columbus, GA-AL MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Muscogee County is $479 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $548 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $729 a month.

Cities in this county include: Columbus, Bibb City.

2012 air pollution in Muscogee County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.031 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 15.5 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 10.9 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.001 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Charleston County, South Carolina , Chilton County, Alabama , Lafayette County, Arkansas , Harrison County, Texas .

Current college students: 10,058
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 87.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 27.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 10,401 (58.8% naturalized citizens)

Mean travel time to work (commute): 19.9 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 86.6%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 54,961
• One, attached: 1,446
• Two: 3,552
• 3 or 4: 5,446
• 5 to 9: 8,393
• 10 to 19: 5,392
• 20 to 49: 3,018
• 50 or more: 1,703
• Mobile homes: 830

Housing units in Muscogee County with a mortgage: 22,722 (876 second mortgage, 2,513 home equity loan, 191 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11,111

Religion statistics for Muscogee County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Muscogee County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Georgia Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: December 22, 2015 to January 13, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4259: February 26, 2016, FEMA Id: 4259, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 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 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 Hurricane Opal, Incident Period: October 04, 1995 to October 05, 1995, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1071: October 10, 1995, FEMA Id: 1071, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Georgia Flooding, Severe Storm, Tornado, Incident Period: February 10, 1990 to February 24, 1990, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-857: February 23, 1990, FEMA Id: 857, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood

11.59% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($29,869 average adjusted gross income)

0.33% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,043 average AGI)

Muscogee County:	0.33%
Georgia average:	0.08%

3.31% relocated from other counties in Georgia ($7,860 average AGI)
7.95% relocated from other states ($20,966 average AGI)

Muscogee County:	7.95%
Georgia average:	3.48%

from Russell County, AL	0.99% ($22,151 average AGI)
from Lee County, AL	0.46% ($32,191)
from Harris County, GA	0.41% ($40,469)
from Fulton County, GA	0.30% ($27,234)
from Montgomery County, AL	0.19% ($20,533)
from Chattahoochee County, GA	0.17% ($27,480)
from DeKalb County, GA	0.17% ($25,246)

10.34% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($33,761 average adjusted gross income)

0.35% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,278 average AGI)

Muscogee County:	0.35%
Georgia average:	0.09%

2.93% relocated to other counties in Georgia ($9,480 average AGI)
7.06% relocated to other states ($23,003 average AGI)

Muscogee County:	7.06%
Georgia average:	3.33%

to Russell County, AL	1.26% ($25,286 average AGI)
to Lee County, AL	0.61% ($36,998)
to Harris County, GA	0.50% ($50,117)
to Fulton County, GA	0.29% ($29,052)
to Cumberland County, NC	0.22% ($43,546)
to DeKalb County, GA	0.18% ($26,910)
to Cobb County, GA	0.16% ($34,867)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 17.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 16.2
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 17.3

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 9.2

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 14.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 14.6

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%

Homicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 103.2. This is more than state average.

Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 102.4. This is less than state average.

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 158,726 (21,913 male householders, 24,217 female householders)

  28,530 spouses, 61,796 children (57,180 natural, 1,142 adopted, 3,474 stepchildren), 5,638 grandchildren, 3,208 brothers or sisters, 2,508 parents, 6,282 other relatives, 4,634 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 30,751 (10,558 male householders (9,311 living alone)), 16,363 female householders (14,736 living alone)), 3,830 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 8,008

Size of family households: 20,330 2-persons, 10,778 3-persons, 8,122 4-persons, 4,294 5-persons, 1,671 6-persons, 935 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 24,047 1-person, 2,773 2-persons, 101 3-persons.

22,679 married couples with children.
20,396 single-parent households (4,029 men, 16,367 women).

90.3% of residents of Muscogee speak English at home.
5.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (67% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $2,072,344,000 ($11,334 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,069,871,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $624,521,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $227,676,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $6,247,000
Federal grants: $237,417,000
Federal procurement contracts: $19,969,000 ($9,622,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $956,514,000 ($917,988,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $39,702,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $140,952,000
Federal Government insurance: $80,117,000

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

Here:	-51 per 1000 residents
State:	+26 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 41.08 millions of gallons per day (0% from ground, 100% from surface)

79% of Muscogee County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in Georgia.

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

• This state: 108,195
• Other state: 72,969
• Northeast: 10,122
• Midwest: 13,102
• South: 41,096
• West: 8,649

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 5,895
• Number of aged recipients: 524
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 5,371
• Number of recipients under 18: 1,192
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 3,586
• Number of recipients older than 64: 1,117
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,913
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 2,723

Muscogee County on our top lists:

• #4 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #21 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
• #21 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #29 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #31 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest ground withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #43 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #46 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #46 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant congregations"
• #46 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #53 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #55 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant adherents"
• #55 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #63 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011"
• #69 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011"
• #74 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011"
• #83 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving in compared to moving out (pop. 50,000+)"
• #89 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #100 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"