Telfair County, Georgia (GA)

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% of renters here:	22%
State:	33%

This county:	21.2%
Whole state:	13.0%

This county:	9.4%
Whole state:	6.1%

Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (23.9%), Educational,health and social services (17.2%), Retail trade (10.9%).

Type of workers:

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

Races in Telfair County, Georgia:

Median resident age:	36.8 years
Georgia median age:	33.4 years

Males: 6,203	(52.6%)
Females: 5,591	(47.4%)

Telfair County:	2.5 people
Georgia:	2.6 people

This county	$28,047
Georgia:	$45,604

Telfair County	$69,791
Georgia:	$147,500

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Telfair County is $406 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $458 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $613 a month.

Cities in this county include: Midway-Hardwick, McRae, Helena, Lumber City, Milan, Scotland, Jacksonville.

Neighboring counties: Ben Hill County , Coffee County , Dodge County , Jeff Davis County , Wheeler County , Wilcox County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits: Notable locations in Telfair County: Murdock McRaes Landing (A), Lumber City Landing (B), Dodges Lake Landing (C), Lampkins Old Field Ferry (D), Burket Ferry Landing (E), Walkers Camp (F), Cooks Still (G). Display/hide their locations on the map Churches in Telfair County include: Wesley Chapel (A), Vaughn Tabernacle (B), United Church (C), Turnpike Church (D), Bethel Church (E), Bethelehem Church (F), Temple Chapel (G), Temperance Church (H), Tabernacle Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map Cemeteries: Clark Cemetery (1), Williams Cemetery (2), Wilcox Cemetery (3), Turnpike Cemetery (4), Bethel Cemetery (5), Telfair Memorial Gardens (6), McDuffie Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Montgomery Lake (A), Mathews Lake (B), Matthews Lake (C), Jones Lake (D), Mceachin Lake (E), Dobbs Lake (F), Talmadge Lake (G), Davis Pond (H). Display/hide their locations on the map Streams, rivers, and creeks: Little Creek (A), Gregeory Creek (B), Griffin Creek (C), Gum Swamp Creek (D), Boney Creek (E), Boggy Branch (F), Sugar Creek (G), Opossum Creek (H), Horse Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Here:	8.8%
Georgia:	4.6%

Current college students: 247
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 63.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 8.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 124 (19% naturalized citizens)

Telfair County:	1.1%
Whole state:	7.1%

Mean travel time to work: 24.2 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 66.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 3,154
• One, attached: 67
• Two: 117
• 3 or 4: 95
• 5 to 9: 57
• 10 to 19: 2
• 20 or more: 49
• Mobile homes: 1,516
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 26

Housing units in Telfair County with a mortgage: 778 (82 second mortgage, 45 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,121

Telfair County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly below Georgia state average. It is 1.2 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one fatality and 3 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 4/8/1957, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado killed one person and injured 3 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

Means of transportation to work Drove a car alone: 3,255 (80%) Carpooled: 660 (16%) Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%) Ferryboat: 5 (0%) Walked: 34 (1%) Other means: 72 (2%) Worked at home: 62 (2%)

6.75% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($21,568 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.75%
Georgia average:	10.98%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.26% relocated from other counties in Georgia ($16,162 average AGI)
1.48% relocated from other states ($5,407 average AGI)

Telfair County:	1.48%
Georgia average:	4.40%

from Dodge County, GA	1.04% ($23,703 average AGI)
from Wheeler County, GA	0.87% ($16,613)
from Jeff Davis County, GA	0.59% ($15,000)
from Laurens County, GA	0.34% ($14,250)

7.06% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,723 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.06%
Georgia average:	9.55%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.41% relocated to other counties in Georgia ($19,095 average AGI)
1.65% relocated to other states ($8,625 average AGI)

Telfair County:	1.65%
Georgia average:	3.17%

to Dodge County, GA	1.00% ($26,167 average AGI)
to Jeff Davis County, GA	0.86% ($18,323)
to Wheeler County, GA	0.61% ($18,545)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.5

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 11.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 6.3

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 2,286 (1,747 aged, 539 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 22%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 19%

Household type by relationship

• In family households: 8,838 (1,957 male householders, 918 female householders)

  2,147 spouses, 2,934 children (2,589 natural, 62 adopted, 283 stepchildren), 341 grandchildren, 98 brothers or sisters, 66 parents, 155 other relatives, 222 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 1,403 (510 male householders (448 living alone)), 766 female householders (729 living alone)), 127 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 1,553 (all institutionalized)

Size of family households: 1,186 2-persons, 767 3-persons, 555 4-persons, 236 5-persons, 106 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,177 1-person, 78 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 11 5-persons.

96.8% of residents of Telfair County speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English 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: $104,779,000 ($8114 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $9,798,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $41,526,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $23,799,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $2,434,000
Federal grants: $34,092,000
Federal procurement contracts: $890,000 ($209,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $2,038,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $331,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $2,118,000
Federal Government insurance: $3,014,000

Here:	69 per 1000 residents
State:	79 per 1000 residents

Here:	64 per 1000 residents
State:	38 per 1000 residents

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

Here:	+99 per 1000 residents
State:	+26 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.88 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Here:	5.6
State:	6.2

Here:	4.5
State:	4.2

74% of Telfair County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Georgia.

Telfair County:	73.9%
State average:	50.8%

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

• This state: 10585
• Northeast: 113
• Midwest: 146
• South: 734
• West: 85

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500

Here:	1.9%
Georgia:	8.4%

Here:	2.7%
Georgia:	8.5%

Here:	18.1%
Georgia:	22.9%

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