Whitfield County, Georgia (GA)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 8,232
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 19,862
Renter-occupied apartments: 12,087 (it was 9,523 in 2000)
% of renters here: | 32% |
State: | 34% |
Land area: 290 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.7 sq. mi.
Population density: 361 people per square mile (high).
Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (40.4%), Educational, health and social services (14.2%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 88%
- Government: 9%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 3%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 61,08457.3%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 38,45236.1%Hispanic or Latino
- 4,0443.8%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 1,5981.5%Asian alone
- 1,0421.0%Two or more races
- 2670.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
- 670.06%Some other race alone
Median resident age: | 36.3 years |
Georgia median age: | 37.2 years |
Males: 51,758 | ![]() |
Females: 52,870 | ![]() |

Whitfield County: | 2.0 people |
Georgia: | 3 people |
Estimated median household income in 2019: $52,198 ($39,377 in 1999)
This county: | $52,198 |
Georgia: | $61,980 |
Median contract rent in 2019 for apartments: $591 (lower quartile is $464, upper quartile is $745)
This county: | $591 |
State: | $857 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2019: $145,700 (it was $86,000 in 2000)
Whitfield: | $145,700 |
Georgia: | $202,500 |
Mean price in 2019:
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,124Detached houses: $182,626
Here: $182,626 State: $274,276 Townhouses or other attached units: $127,430
Here: $127,430 State: $266,514 In 3-to-4-unit structures: $95,935
Here: $95,935 State: $202,197 In 5-or-more-unit structures: $137,484
Here: $137,484 State: $304,107 Mobile homes: $123,933
Here: $123,933 State: $74,102
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $352
Institutionalized population: 782
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 1997: 288 buildings, average cost: $54,000
- 1998: 311 buildings, average cost: $71,300
- 1999: 306 buildings, average cost: $68,200
- 2000: 367 buildings, average cost: $63,600
- 2001: 349 buildings, average cost: $66,300
- 2002: 361 buildings, average cost: $101,400
- 2003: 382 buildings, average cost: $119,700
- 2004: 448 buildings, average cost: $119,300
- 2005: 536 buildings, average cost: $100,600
- 2006: 437 buildings, average cost: $122,600
- 2007: 324 buildings, average cost: $113,400
- 2008: 153 buildings, average cost: $120,000
- 2009: 92 buildings, average cost: $103,000
- 2010: 59 buildings, average cost: $142,200
- 2011: 40 buildings, average cost: $115,600
- 2012: 34 buildings, average cost: $123,500
- 2013: 47 buildings, average cost: $121,200
- 2014: 93 buildings, average cost: $151,700
- 2015: 111 buildings, average cost: $151,700
- 2016: 122 buildings, average cost: $151,700
- 2017: 194 buildings, average cost: $137,600
- 2018: 233 buildings, average cost: $130,200
- 2019: 242 buildings, average cost: $132,000
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $1,379 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $736 (0.5%)
Whitfield County: | 12.5% |
Georgia: | 13.3% |
Median age of residents in 2019: 36.3 years old
(Males: 35.3 years old, Females: 37.0 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 45.0 years old, Black residents: 44.5 years old, American Indian residents: 45.8 years old, Asian residents: 38.8 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 25.2 years old, Other race residents: 26.8 years old)
Area name: Dalton, GA HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Whitfield County is $476 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $526 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $651 a month.
Cities in this county include: Dalton, Westside, North Whitfield, Varnell, Tunnel Hill, Cohutta.
Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Whitfield County: Duncan Park (A), Camp Canaan (B), Catoosa Target Range (C), Wood Station (D), Catoosa Memorial Gardens (E), Camp Scott Patterson (F), Ringgold - Catoosa County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Station 2 (G), Fort Oglethorpe Fire Department Station 2 (H), Ringgold - Catoosa County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Station 3 (I), Ringgold - Catoosa County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Station 4 (J), Salem Community Center (K), Fort Oglethorpe Fire Department Station 3 (L), Ringgold - Catoosa County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Station 5 (M). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Whitfield County include: Stone Church (A), Yates Spring Church (B), Unity Church (C), Pine Grove Church (D), Salem Baptist Church (E), Pine Hill Church (F), Red Belt Presbyterian Mission (G), New Heights Baptist Church (H), New Bethel Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Yates Cemetery (1), New Boynton Cemetery (2), Wood Station Cemetery (3), Blackwell Cemetery (4), Dedmon Cemetery (5), Dietz Cemetery (6), Dixon Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoirs: Blue Spring Lake (A), Murphy Lakes (B), Jackson Lake (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Tiger Creek (A), Tanyard Creek (B), Sugar Creek (C), Peters Branch (D), Peavine Creek (E), Hurricane Creek (F), Little Creek (G), Kettle Branch (H), East Chickamauga Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Neighboring counties: Conway County, Arkansas , Murray County
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Here: | 5.1% |
Georgia: | 5.4% |
Current college students: 2,007
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 71.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 16.6%
Number of foreign born residents: 20,370 (30.9% naturalized citizens)
Whitfield County: | 19.5% |
Whole state: | 10.3% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 2,6102010 or later
- 5,8452000 to 2009
- 6,7321990 to 1999
- 3,4851980 to 1989
- 6911970 to 1979
- 335Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): 20.8 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 86.9%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 25,606
- One, attached: 732
- Two: 813
- 3 or 4: 2,571
- 5 to 9: 1,677
- 10 to 19: 1,457
- 20 to 49: 567
- 50 or more: 229
- Mobile homes: 6,716
Housing units in Whitfield County with a mortgage: 12,933 (154 second mortgage, 589 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11,969
Here: | 52.2% with mortgage |
State: | 64.2% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Whitfield County
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Evangelical Protestant | 39,444 | 109 |
Catholic | 17,549 | 1 |
Mainline Protestant | 7,038 | 21 |
Other | 1,648 | 4 |
Black Protestant | 1,024 | 4 |
None | 35,896 | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Whitfield County: | 2.91 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 1.91 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 0.11 / 10,000 pop. |
Georgia: | 0.15 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 1.19 / 10,000 pop. |
Georgia: | 0.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Whitfield County: | 6.59 / 10,000 pop. |
Georgia: | 5.12 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 7.77 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 7.41 / 10,000 pop. |
Whitfield County: | 10.1% |
Georgia: | 10.4% |
Whitfield County: | 29.3% |
State: | 27.8% |
Here: | 18.0% |
State: | 14.6% |
Agriculture in Whitfield County:
Average size of farms: 104 acresAverage value of agricultural products sold per farm: $177,383
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $112.29
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.81%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 98.71%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $83,259
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 19.71%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.52%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $46,700
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 93.54%
Average age of principal farm operators: 59 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 23.09
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 1.68%
Corn for grain: 413 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 850 harvested acres
Tornado activity:
Whitfield County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below Georgia state average. It is 9594987.0 times below overall U.S. average.Earthquake activity:
Whitfield County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Georgia state average. It is 99% greater than the overall U.S. average.On 4/29/2003 at 08:59:39, a magnitude 4.9 (4.4 MB, 4.6 MW, 4.9 LG, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 42.8 miles away from Whitfield County center
On 4/29/2003 at 08:59:39, a magnitude 4.6 (4.6 MW, Depth: 12.3 mi) earthquake occurred 42.9 miles away from the county center
On 11/30/1973 at 07:48:41, a magnitude 4.7 (4.7 MB, 4.6 ML) earthquake occurred 89.8 miles away from the county center
On 8/2/1974 at 08:52:09, a magnitude 4.9 (4.3 MB, 4.9 LG) earthquake occurred 155.7 miles away from the county center
On 12/12/2018 at 09:14:43, a magnitude 4.4 (4.4 MW, Depth: 4.9 mi) earthquake occurred 58.0 miles away from Whitfield County center
On 1/18/1999 at 07:00:53, a magnitude 4.8 (4.8 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 162.3 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), moment magnitude (MW)
Most recent natural disasters:
- Georgia Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4501, Natural disaster type: Other
- Georgia Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: February 10, 2014 to February 14, 2014, Emergency Declared EM-3368: February 11, 2014, FEMA Id: 3368, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
- Georgia Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: February 10, 2014 to February 15, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4165: March 06, 2014, FEMA Id: 4165, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
- 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 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 Severe Storm, Tornadoes, Flooding, Incident Period: March 27, 1994 to April 10, 1994, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1020: March 31, 1994, FEMA Id: 1020, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
- Georgia Severe Snowfall, Winter Storm, Incident Period: March 13, 1993 to March 17, 1993, Emergency Declared EM-3097: March 15, 1993, FEMA Id: 3097, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Snowfall
- 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
- Georgia Drought, Incident Period: July 20, 1977, Emergency Declared EM-3044: July 20, 1977, FEMA Id: 3044, Natural disaster type: Drought
- Georgia TORNADOES, Incident Period: April 05, 1974, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-425: April 05, 1974, FEMA Id: 425, Natural disaster type: Tornado
- 1 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.
The number of natural disasters in Whitfield County (11) is smaller than the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 6
Emergencies Declared: 4
Causes of natural disasters: Tornadoes: 4, Floods: 3, Winter Storms: 3, Hurricanes: 2, Storms: 2, Drought: 1, Snowfall: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 51,270 (85.4%)
- Carpooled: 5,968 (9.9%)
- Bus: 23 (0.0%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 508 (0.8%)
- Bicycle: 38 (0.1%)
- Walked: 413 (0.7%)
- Worked at home: 1,296 (2.2%)
- Manufacturing (22%)
- Health care and social assistance (13%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Retail trade (7%)
- Other services, except public administration (7%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Manufacturing (26%)
- Health care and social assistance (16%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Retail trade (8%)
- Other services, except public administration (8%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Production occupations (24%)
- Material moving occupations (11%)
- Management occupations (9%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (8%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (8%)
- Sales and related occupations (6%)
- Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (6%)
- Production occupations (19%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (15%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (12%)
- Management occupations (9%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (9%)
- Sales and related occupations (8%)
- Community and social service occupations (5%)
- Mexico (74%)
- Guatemala (5%)
- El Salvador (4%)
- India (3%)
- Honduras (2%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (1%)
- Vietnam (1%)
- English (17%)
- American (10%)
- Irish (5%)
- German (3%)
- African (2%)
- Scottish (2%)
- European (1%)
People in group quarters in Whitfield County, Georgia in 2000:
- 365 people in nursing homes
- 222 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 103 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 38 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 32 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 8 people in religious group quarters
People in group quarters in Whitfield County, Georgia in 2010:
- 374 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
- 340 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
- 65 people in emergency and transitional shelters (with sleeping facilities) for people experiencing homelessness
- 52 people in other noninstitutional facilities
- 47 people in workers' group living quarters and job corps centers
- 40 people in group homes for juveniles (non-correctional)
- 39 people in residential treatment centers for adults
- 28 people in correctional facilities intended for juveniles
- 17 people in group homes intended for adults
5.28% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($32,207 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 5.28% |
Georgia average: | 9.49% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.15% relocated from other counties in Georgia ($19,137 average AGI)
2.14% relocated from other states ($13,069 average AGI)
Whitfield County: 2.14% Georgia average: 3.60%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2010 and 2011:
from Murray County, GA | ![]() |
from Catoosa County, GA | ![]() |
from Gordon County, GA | ![]() |
from Hamilton County, TN | ![]() |
from Walker County, GA | ![]() |
from Bradley County, TN | ![]() |
from Cobb County, GA | ![]() |
5.28% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($39,397 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 5.28% |
Georgia average: | 9.04% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.22% relocated to other counties in Georgia ($21,878 average AGI)
2.06% relocated to other states ($17,518 average AGI)
Whitfield County: 2.06% Georgia average: 3.12%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2010 and 2011:
to Murray County, GA | ![]() |
to Catoosa County, GA | ![]() |
to Gordon County, GA | ![]() |
to Hamilton County, TN | ![]() |
to Walker County, GA | ![]() |
to Cobb County, GA | ![]() |
to Fulton County, GA | ![]() |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 18.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 20.8
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 6.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 8.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 7.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.3
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 10.8%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 12,508 (9,919 aged, 2,589 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 5,257 (18%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Whitfield County, Georgia in 1999 - 2019:
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (1,207)
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (921)
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (826)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (824)
- Alzheimer disease, unspecified (730)
- Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (593)
- Congestive heart failure (548)
- Unspecified dementia (419)
- Pneumonia, unspecified (363)
- Unspecified diabetes mellitus, without complications (238)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 11,917
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 286
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 51,375
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 2,105
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 808
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 9
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 30
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 103
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 10
Crimes per 100,000 population in 1996: 1
Homicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 53.9. This is less than state average.
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 122.5. This is more than state average.
- Firearm - 84.9
- Other - 37.6
Household type by relationship:
Households: 104,628- Male householders: 16,600 (3,597 living alone), Female householders: 17,918 (4,285 living alone)
17,273 spouses (17,061 opposite-sex spouses), 1,422 unmarried partners, (1,422 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 36,118 children (34,016 natural, 993 adopted, 1,109 stepchildren), 3,321 grandchildren, 1,574 brothers or sisters, 1,283 parents, 0 foster children, 2,478 other relatives, 4,955 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 1,686
Size of family households: 9,615 2-persons, 5,867 3-persons, 4,925 4-persons, 3,563 5-persons, 773 6-persons, 608 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 7,882 1-person, 921 2-persons, 364 3-persons.
14,885 married couples with children.
8,215 single-parent households (1,773 men, 6,442 women).
68.6% of residents of Whitfield speak English at home.
29.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (52% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (41% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (41% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 15% don't speak English at all).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $351,364,000 ($3,928 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $7,875,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $168,577,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $83,360,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $178,000
Federal grants: $79,130,000
Federal procurement contracts: $8,763,000 ($2,026,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $11,358,000 ($539,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $0,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $36,816,000
Federal Government insurance: $21,498,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 9,140Here: | 101 per 1000 residents |
State: | 79 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 3,707
Here: | 41 per 1000 residents |
State: | 38 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +5,037
Here: | +55 per 1000 residents |
State: | +21 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -3,046
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Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 63.98 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)
Here: | 6.2 |
State: | 6.8 |
Here: | 4.8 |
State: | 4.6 |
- Year house built in Whitfield County, Georgia
- 5572014 or later
- 4422010 to 2013
- 6,8872000 to 2009
- 7,3441990 to 1999
- 7,6261980 to 1989
- 7,0441970 to 1979
- 4,4771960 to 1969
- 3,1941950 to 1959
- 2,0251940 to 1949
- 7721939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Whitfield County, Georgia
- 01 room
- 02 rooms
- 2513 rooms
- 2,4604 rooms
- 5,7365 rooms
- 5,4436 rooms
- 3,4247 rooms
- 3,1418 rooms
- 4,4479+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Whitfield County, Georgia
- 3081 room
- 1952 rooms
- 8863 rooms
- 2,3244 rooms
- 3,4155 rooms
- 1,3986 rooms
- 4617 rooms
- 4928 rooms
- 1379+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Whitfield County, Georgia
- 0no bedroom
- 3391 bedroom
- 3,4182 bedrooms
- 13,8823 bedrooms
- 5,8654 bedrooms
- 1,3985+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Whitfield County, Georgia
- 308no bedroom
- 9201 bedroom
- 4,5352 bedrooms
- 3,2023 bedrooms
- 6514 bedrooms
- 05+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Whitfield County in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 258no vehicle
- 4,8381 vehicle
- 10,3512 vehicles
- 5,8363 vehicles
- 2,6574 vehicles
- 9625+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Whitfield County in renter-occupied apartments
- 1,214no vehicle
- 4,5061 vehicle
- 2,6872 vehicles
- 1,1013 vehicles
- 364 vehicles
- 725+ vehicles
91.7% of Whitfield County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Georgia.
Whitfield County: | 91.7% |
State average: | 84.9% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 62,457
- Other state: 21,567
- Northeast: 1,597
- Midwest: 3,920
- South: 12,831
- West: 3,219
- 83.5%Electricity
- 8.0%Utility gas
- 7.2%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 0.5%Wood
- 0.5%Other fuel
- 0.3%No fuel used
- 0.1%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 90.2%Electricity
- 5.3%Utility gas
- 2.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 0.6%No fuel used
- 0.6%Other fuel
- 0.5%Wood
- 0.2%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Here: | 6.8% |
Georgia: | 9.6% |
Here: | 10.3% |
Georgia: | 9.9% |
Here: | 3.9% |
Georgia: | 17.3% |
Whitfield County government finances - Expenditure in 2018:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $15,611,000
- Charges - Other: $8,394,000
Solid Waste Management: $6,146,000
Parks and Recreation: $146,000
Regular Highways: $100,000
- Construction - General - Other: $5,456,000
Solid Waste Management: $3,734,000
Parks and Recreation: $1,998,000
Regular Highways: $366,000
General Public Buildings: $207,000
Correctional Institutions: $21,000
Local Fire Protection: $8,000
- Current Operations - Regular Highways: $10,646,000
General - Other: $7,939,000
Correctional Institutions: $7,725,000
Police Protection: $7,292,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $6,950,000
Local Fire Protection: $6,817,000
Solid Waste Management: $6,004,000
Health - Other: $5,426,000
Financial Administration: $4,741,000
Central Staff Services: $1,717,000
General Public Buildings: $1,288,000
Parks and Recreation: $975,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $352,000
Libraries: $264,000
Housing and Community Development: $134,000
Public Welfare - Other: $123,000
Natural Resources - Other: $113,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $494,000
Other: $420,000
Natural Resources: $10,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $454,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - General - Other: $6,366,000
Other - Health - Other: $459,000
Other - Solid Waste Management: $447,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Solid Waste Management: $155,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $2,046,000
Other: $2,019,000
Health and Hospitals: $1,414,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $11,344,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $8,111,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $3,233,000
- Miscellaneous - Fines and Forfeits: $1,797,000
General Revenue - Other: $1,095,000
Sale of Property: $843,000
Interest Earnings: $301,000
Donations From Private Sources: $126,000
Rents: $54,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $798,000
Police Protection: $680,000
General - Other: $387,000
Solid Waste Management: $325,000
Local Fire Protection: $144,000
Health - Other: $141,000
Financial Administration: $66,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $30,000
Parks and Recreation: $24,000
Correctional Institutions: $12,000
General Public Building: $3,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $41,206,000
- Revenue - Transit Utilities: $212,000
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $8,560,000
End of Fiscal Year: $7,606,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $3,000
- State Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $6,792,000
Other: $4,676,000
General Local Government Support: $118,000
- Tax - Property: $30,376,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $25,680,000
Insurance Premiums Sales: $3,963,000
Other License: $477,000
Public Utilities Sales: $420,000
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $405,000
Other Selective Sales: $246,000
Other: $105,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $68,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $4,157,000
Whitfield County government finances - Revenue in 2018:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $15,611,000
- Charges - Other: $8,394,000
Solid Waste Management: $6,146,000
Parks and Recreation: $146,000
Regular Highways: $100,000
- Construction - General - Other: $5,456,000
Solid Waste Management: $3,734,000
Parks and Recreation: $1,998,000
Regular Highways: $366,000
General Public Buildings: $207,000
Correctional Institutions: $21,000
Local Fire Protection: $8,000
- Current Operations - Regular Highways: $10,646,000
General - Other: $7,939,000
Correctional Institutions: $7,725,000
Police Protection: $7,292,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $6,950,000
Local Fire Protection: $6,817,000
Solid Waste Management: $6,004,000
Health - Other: $5,426,000
Financial Administration: $4,741,000
Central Staff Services: $1,717,000
General Public Buildings: $1,288,000
Parks and Recreation: $975,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $352,000
Libraries: $264,000
Housing and Community Development: $134,000
Public Welfare - Other: $123,000
Natural Resources - Other: $113,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $494,000
Other: $420,000
Natural Resources: $10,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $454,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - General - Other: $6,366,000
Other - Health - Other: $459,000
Other - Solid Waste Management: $447,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Solid Waste Management: $155,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $2,046,000
Other: $2,019,000
Health and Hospitals: $1,414,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $11,344,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $8,111,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $3,233,000
- Miscellaneous - Fines and Forfeits: $1,797,000
General Revenue - Other: $1,095,000
Sale of Property: $843,000
Interest Earnings: $301,000
Donations From Private Sources: $126,000
Rents: $54,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $798,000
Police Protection: $680,000
General - Other: $387,000
Solid Waste Management: $325,000
Local Fire Protection: $144,000
Health - Other: $141,000
Financial Administration: $66,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $30,000
Parks and Recreation: $24,000
Correctional Institutions: $12,000
General Public Building: $3,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $41,206,000
- Revenue - Transit Utilities: $212,000
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $8,560,000
End of Fiscal Year: $7,606,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $3,000
- State Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $6,792,000
Other: $4,676,000
General Local Government Support: $118,000
- Tax - Property: $30,376,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $25,680,000
Insurance Premiums Sales: $3,963,000
Other License: $477,000
Public Utilities Sales: $420,000
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $405,000
Other Selective Sales: $246,000
Other: $105,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $68,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $4,157,000
Whitfield County government finances - Debt in 2018:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $15,611,000
- Charges - Other: $8,394,000
Solid Waste Management: $6,146,000
Parks and Recreation: $146,000
Regular Highways: $100,000
- Construction - General - Other: $5,456,000
Solid Waste Management: $3,734,000
Parks and Recreation: $1,998,000
Regular Highways: $366,000
General Public Buildings: $207,000
Correctional Institutions: $21,000
Local Fire Protection: $8,000
- Current Operations - Regular Highways: $10,646,000
General - Other: $7,939,000
Correctional Institutions: $7,725,000
Police Protection: $7,292,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $6,950,000
Local Fire Protection: $6,817,000
Solid Waste Management: $6,004,000
Health - Other: $5,426,000
Financial Administration: $4,741,000
Central Staff Services: $1,717,000
General Public Buildings: $1,288,000
Parks and Recreation: $975,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $352,000
Libraries: $264,000
Housing and Community Development: $134,000
Public Welfare - Other: $123,000
Natural Resources - Other: $113,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $494,000
Other: $420,000
Natural Resources: $10,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $454,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - General - Other: $6,366,000
Other - Health - Other: $459,000
Other - Solid Waste Management: $447,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Solid Waste Management: $155,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $2,046,000
Other: $2,019,000
Health and Hospitals: $1,414,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $11,344,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $8,111,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $3,233,000
- Miscellaneous - Fines and Forfeits: $1,797,000
General Revenue - Other: $1,095,000
Sale of Property: $843,000
Interest Earnings: $301,000
Donations From Private Sources: $126,000
Rents: $54,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $798,000
Police Protection: $680,000
General - Other: $387,000
Solid Waste Management: $325,000
Local Fire Protection: $144,000
Health - Other: $141,000
Financial Administration: $66,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $30,000
Parks and Recreation: $24,000
Correctional Institutions: $12,000
General Public Building: $3,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $41,206,000
- Revenue - Transit Utilities: $212,000
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $8,560,000
End of Fiscal Year: $7,606,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $3,000
- State Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $6,792,000
Other: $4,676,000
General Local Government Support: $118,000
- Tax - Property: $30,376,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $25,680,000
Insurance Premiums Sales: $3,963,000
Other License: $477,000
Public Utilities Sales: $420,000
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $405,000
Other Selective Sales: $246,000
Other: $105,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $68,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $4,157,000
Whitfield County government finances - Cash and Securities in 2018:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $15,611,000
- Charges - Other: $8,394,000
Solid Waste Management: $6,146,000
Parks and Recreation: $146,000
Regular Highways: $100,000
- Construction - General - Other: $5,456,000
Solid Waste Management: $3,734,000
Parks and Recreation: $1,998,000
Regular Highways: $366,000
General Public Buildings: $207,000
Correctional Institutions: $21,000
Local Fire Protection: $8,000
- Current Operations - Regular Highways: $10,646,000
General - Other: $7,939,000
Correctional Institutions: $7,725,000
Police Protection: $7,292,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $6,950,000
Local Fire Protection: $6,817,000
Solid Waste Management: $6,004,000
Health - Other: $5,426,000
Financial Administration: $4,741,000
Central Staff Services: $1,717,000
General Public Buildings: $1,288,000
Parks and Recreation: $975,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $352,000
Libraries: $264,000
Housing and Community Development: $134,000
Public Welfare - Other: $123,000
Natural Resources - Other: $113,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $494,000
Other: $420,000
Natural Resources: $10,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $454,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - General - Other: $6,366,000
Other - Health - Other: $459,000
Other - Solid Waste Management: $447,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Solid Waste Management: $155,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $2,046,000
Other: $2,019,000
Health and Hospitals: $1,414,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $11,344,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $8,111,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $3,233,000
- Miscellaneous - Fines and Forfeits: $1,797,000
General Revenue - Other: $1,095,000
Sale of Property: $843,000
Interest Earnings: $301,000
Donations From Private Sources: $126,000
Rents: $54,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $798,000
Police Protection: $680,000
General - Other: $387,000
Solid Waste Management: $325,000
Local Fire Protection: $144,000
Health - Other: $141,000
Financial Administration: $66,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $30,000
Parks and Recreation: $24,000
Correctional Institutions: $12,000
General Public Building: $3,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $41,206,000
- Revenue - Transit Utilities: $212,000
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $8,560,000
End of Fiscal Year: $7,606,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $3,000
- State Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $6,792,000
Other: $4,676,000
General Local Government Support: $118,000
- Tax - Property: $30,376,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $25,680,000
Insurance Premiums Sales: $3,963,000
Other License: $477,000
Public Utilities Sales: $420,000
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $405,000
Other Selective Sales: $246,000
Other: $105,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $68,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $4,157,000
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:
- Total number of recipients: 1,830
- Number of aged recipients: 261
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,569
- Number of recipients under 18: 290
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,078
- Number of recipients older than 64: 462
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 804
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 771
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 18 full tracts) | ||||||||||||||
A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA Home Purchase Loans | B) Conventional Home Purchase Loans | C) Refinancings | D) Home Improvement Loans | E) Loans on Dwellings For 5+ Families | F) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D) | G) Loans On Manufactured Home Dwelling (A B C & D) | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | |
LOANS ORIGINATED | 274 | $111,354 | 188 | $127,452 | 1,195 | $144,769 | 62 | $47,919 | 19 | $948,316 | 273 | $153,231 | 53 | $55,358 |
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 17 | $111,471 | 24 | $138,583 | 66 | $123,045 | 14 | $32,714 | 1 | $113,000 | 7 | $47,000 | 9 | $36,000 |
APPLICATIONS DENIED | 110 | $104,473 | 82 | $103,268 | 593 | $134,398 | 67 | $37,284 | 2 | $71,000 | 55 | $86,255 | 42 | $50,738 |
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 65 | $100,569 | 59 | $113,102 | 466 | $148,577 | 15 | $66,267 | 0 | $0 | 25 | $94,960 | 12 | $65,833 |
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 25 | $93,800 | 26 | $147,654 | 135 | $154,148 | 5 | $32,400 | 0 | $0 | 8 | $75,500 | 8 | $70,000 |
Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 18 full tracts) | ||||||
A) Conventional Home Purchase Loans | B) Refinancings | C) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A & B) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | |
LOANS ORIGINATED | 31 | $167,323 | 23 | $145,783 | 1 | $113,000 |
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 15 | $184,333 | 12 | $231,250 | 0 | $0 |
APPLICATIONS DENIED | 7 | $213,000 | 22 | $168,091 | 0 | $0 |
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 2 | $106,000 | 4 | $104,750 | 0 | $0 |
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 0 | $0 | 2 | $252,000 | 0 | $0 |
Most common first names in Whitfield County, GA among deceased individuals | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
James | 532 | 69.9 years |
John | 432 | 72.6 years |
William | 427 | 72.8 years |
Mary | 394 | 76.8 years |
Robert | 248 | 69.3 years |
Charles | 231 | 67.3 years |
George | 189 | 73.3 years |
Ruby | 159 | 77.3 years |
Thomas | 143 | 71.6 years |
Annie | 138 | 80.7 years |
Most common last names in Whitfield County, GA among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Smith | 303 | 73.9 years |
Brown | 157 | 70.7 years |
Jones | 156 | 72.9 years |
Williams | 141 | 73.3 years |
King | 112 | 74.7 years |
Davis | 109 | 73.3 years |
Johnson | 107 | 73.6 years |
Cochran | 98 | 71.3 years |
Hall | 93 | 71.3 years |
Rogers | 87 | 74.7 years |
Businesses in Whitfield County, GA | ||||
Name | Count | Name | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|
ALDI | 1 | Lane Furniture | 1 | |
AT&T | 3 | Little Caesars Pizza | 2 | |
Academy Sports + Outdoors | 1 | Long John Silver's | 1 | |
Ace Hardware | 2 | Lowe's | 1 | |
Advance Auto Parts | 2 | Marriott | 1 | |
Aeropostale | 1 | MasterBrand Cabinets | 1 | |
American Eagle Outfitters | 1 | Maurices | 1 | |
Applebee's | 1 | McDonald's | 5 | |
Arby's | 3 | Motel 6 | 1 | |
AutoZone | 2 | Nike | 9 | |
Bath & Body Works | 1 | Nissan | 1 | |
Blockbuster | 1 | Office Depot | 1 | |
Burger King | 2 | Outback | 1 | |
CVS | 2 | Outback Steakhouse | 1 | |
Chevrolet | 1 | Pac Sun | 1 | |
Chick-Fil-A | 2 | Panda Express | 1 | |
Comfort Inn | 1 | Panera Bread | 1 | |
Cracker Barrel | 1 | Papa John's Pizza | 1 | |
Curves | 1 | Payless | 1 | |
Dairy Queen | 1 | Penske | 2 | |
Days Inn | 1 | Pizza Hut | 2 | |
Deb | 1 | Quality | 1 | |
Decora Cabinetry | 1 | Quiznos | 1 | |
Domino's Pizza | 2 | RadioShack | 1 | |
DressBarn | 1 | Red Lobster | 1 | |
Dressbarn | 1 | Rite Aid | 1 | |
FedEx | 12 | Rooms To Go | 1 | |
Foot Locker | 1 | Rue21 | 1 | |
Ford | 1 | Ryan's Grill | 1 | |
GNC | 2 | SONIC Drive-In | 3 | |
GameStop | 3 | Sears | 2 | |
Goodwill | 2 | Sprint Nextel | 1 | |
H&R Block | 2 | Starbucks | 1 | |
Hardee's | 2 | Steak 'n Shake | 1 | |
Hilton | 1 | Subway | 6 | |
Hobby Lobby | 1 | Super 8 | 3 | |
Holiday Inn | 2 | T-Mobile | 3 | |
Home Depot | 1 | Taco Bell | 3 | |
Honda | 1 | Toyota | 1 | |
Hot Topic | 1 | Travelodge | 1 | |
Hyundai | 1 | U-Haul | 6 | |
IHOP | 1 | UPS | 13 | |
JCPenney | 1 | Vans | 1 | |
Jones New York | 3 | Verizon Wireless | 1 | |
Journeys | 1 | Volkswagen | 1 | |
KFC | 2 | Waffle House | 5 | |
Kmart | 2 | Walgreens | 2 | |
Kroger | 2 | Walmart | 2 | |
La Quinta | 1 | Wendy's | 5 | |
La-Z-Boy | 2 |
Whitfield County on our top lists:
- #73 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Romney (Republican) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"
- #93 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
- #98 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply"