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Originally Posted by JLA
That would be correct. There was this little thing called the draft. And the Army and the Marines could draft, hence a steady supply of young men at Fort Benning. Friends of mine who served in the Army during that time told me that Fort Benning was swarming with troops and their family. We no longer have a draft, thank goodness.  |
Rotation of trainees were NOT counted and Ft Benning was much smaller in total pop than now.
As far as Columbus growth the following makes the point that declines began long before recent economic downturn....
The household income has
declined from the inflation-adjusted 2000 income levels. The income level has
decreased to $33,453, which amounts to a 17.2 percent
decline. The Columbus, GA-AL MSA, when comparing total percent of
decline, ranks 4 of 6 metro area in percent of
decline for median household income in the State of Georgia. Columbus ranks 15 of 233 metro area when comparing the
decline in median income level for the United States.
When compared to other Metro Areas throughout the United States, the Columbus metro area had a relatively low median household income of $40,379 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 23 percent lower than the median in State of Georgia of $49,647 and the median is 21.7 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.
As the median income level saw a decline from 2000 to 2005 in the Columbus, GA-AL metro area, the Race/Ethnicity category that saw the sharpest decline in median household income was the
Hispanic category. This group felt a decline of 43.3 percent from 2000 to 2005. The
American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity category has been least effected by the income level decline in Columbus, undergoing a 2 percent increase in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.
Evaluated with other MSAs across the nation, the Columbus metro area can be considered to have a relatively high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 15.6 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The
Black or African American race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 24.6 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged
Under 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Columbus, having 24 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.
The poverty rate in the Columbus, GA-AL Metro has increased by 3.8 percent since the amount published in 2000, moving from 15.6 percent to 19.4 percent.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census.
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