Lowndes County, Georgia (GA)

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• • 62,22653.0%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 43,29736.8%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 6,8655.8%Hispanic or Latino
  • 2,2781.9%Two or more races
  • 2,1341.8%Asian alone
  • 3920.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 2400.2%Some other race alone
  • 860.07%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $188,464

Here:	$188,464
State:	$274,276

Townhouses or other attached units: $204,230

Here:	$204,230
State:	$266,514

In 2-unit structures: $273,849

Here:	$273,849
State:	$239,993

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $168,148

Here:	$168,148
State:	$202,197

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $206,898

Here:	$206,898
State:	$304,107

Mobile homes: $64,913

Here:	$64,913
State:	$74,102

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

• Murders: 3
• Rapes: 15
• Robberies: 19
• Assaults: 59
• Burglaries: 266
• Thefts: 900
• Auto thefts: 72

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

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 9
• Robberies: 29
• Assaults: 76
• Burglaries: 272
• Thefts: 967
• Auto thefts: 81

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: $1,389 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $1,080 (0.9%)

Area name: Valdosta, GA MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Lowndes County is $445 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $535 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $725 a month.

Cities in this county include: Valdosta, Barretts, Naylor, Hahira, Moody AFB, Remerton, Dasher, Lake Park.

2018 air pollution in Lowndes County:

Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 9.5 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Amite County, Mississippi , Brewster County, Texas , St. Martin Parish, Louisiana , Santa Rosa County, Florida , Irwin County , Gillespie County, Texas , Grimes County, Texas , Walker County, Texas .

Current college students: 9,466
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 90.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 25.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 3,219 (47.0% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1,2242010 or later
• 1,0662000 to 2009
• 9871990 to 1999
• 7031980 to 1989
• 3481970 to 1979
• 393Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 18.7 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 91.4%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 34,599
• One, attached: 953
• Two: 1,547
• 3 or 4: 1,971
• 5 to 9: 3,116
• 10 to 19: 2,604
• 20 to 49: 818
• 50 or more: 439
• Mobile homes: 3,264
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 177

Housing units in Lowndes County with a mortgage: 14,106 (0 second mortgage, 710 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 8,346

Religion statistics for Lowndes County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Lowndes County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Georgia Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4501, Natural disaster type: Other
• 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 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 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, Incident Period: March 01, 1991 to March 21, 1991, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-897: March 15, 1991, FEMA Id: 897, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Georgia Drought, Incident Period: July 20, 1977, Emergency Declared EM-3044: July 20, 1977, FEMA Id: 3044, Natural disaster type: Drought

8.76% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($36,093 average adjusted gross income)

0.43% of residents moved from foreign countries ($2,192 average AGI)

Lowndes County:	0.43%
Georgia average:	0.08%

3.88% relocated from other counties in Georgia ($13,994 average AGI)
4.45% relocated from other states ($19,907 average AGI)

Lowndes County:	4.45%
Georgia average:	3.60%

from Brooks County, GA	0.57% ($28,850 average AGI)
from Lanier County, GA	0.32% ($30,197)
from Cook County, GA	0.26% ($26,200)
from Berrien County, GA	0.23% ($33,571)
from Tift County, GA	0.17% ($24,161)
from Echols County, GA	0.16% ($25,259)
from Duval County, FL	0.16% ($33,912)

9.75% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($46,492 average adjusted gross income)

0.45% of residents moved to foreign countries ($2,011 average AGI)

Lowndes County:	0.45%
Georgia average:	0.08%

4.30% relocated to other counties in Georgia ($13,526 average AGI)
5.00% relocated to other states ($30,956 average AGI)

Lowndes County:	5.00%
Georgia average:	3.12%

to Brooks County, GA	0.51% ($27,877 average AGI)
to Lanier County, GA	0.45% ($30,440)
to Berrien County, GA	0.23% ($35,274)
to Cook County, GA	0.21% ($29,269)
to Fulton County, GA	0.18% ($23,758)
to Cobb County, GA	0.16% ($29,067)
to Thomas County, GA	0.14% ($36,404)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 16.9
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 6.7

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 7.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 7.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 12.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 13.2

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Lowndes County

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

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

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 22,715 (6,058 living alone), Female householders: 19,924 (6,793 living alone)

• 17,145 spouses (16,516 opposite-sex spouses), 3,088 unmarried partners, (3,088 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 35,628 children (32,996 natural, 542 adopted, 2,090 stepchildren), 4,476 grandchildren, 1,457 brothers or sisters, 1,833 parents, 187 foster children, 1,578 other relatives, 5,050 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 4,325

Size of family households: 12,012 2-persons, 6,388 3-persons, 4,371 4-persons, 2,456 5-persons, 825 6-persons, 484 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 12,851 1-person, 3,097 2-persons, 42 3-persons, 113 4-persons.

12,735 married couples with children.
10,835 single-parent households (1,958 men, 8,877 women).

93.5% of residents of Lowndes speak English at home.
3.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (66% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (96% speak English very well, 4% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $718,425,000 ($7,500 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $302,842,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $223,930,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $105,271,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $2,738,000
Federal grants: $107,737,000
Federal procurement contracts: $80,269,000 ($75,937,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $198,479,000 ($183,516,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $61,593,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $68,699,000
Federal Government insurance: $27,563,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 9.30 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Lowndes County, Georgia
• 1,1762014 or later
• 1,7492010 to 2013
• 11,2162000 to 2009
• 9,7411990 to 1999
• 9,2381980 to 1989
• 6,3921970 to 1979
• 3,4141960 to 1969
• 3,6801950 to 1959
• 1,2911940 to 1949
• 1,5911939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Lowndes County, Georgia

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Lowndes County, Georgia
• 1101 room
• 02 rooms
• 1483 rooms
• 1,2534 rooms
• 4,9625 rooms
• 6,5786 rooms
• 4,5317 rooms
• 2,6658 rooms
• 2,2059+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lowndes County, Georgia
• 2281 room
• 3842 rooms
• 2,8403 rooms
• 5,8834 rooms
• 5,5755 rooms
• 2,9186 rooms
• 1,0177 rooms
• 7368 rooms
• 6069+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Lowndes County, Georgia

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Lowndes County, Georgia
• 110no bedroom
• 01 bedroom
• 1,9422 bedrooms
• 13,5543 bedrooms
• 6,4904 bedrooms
• 3565+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lowndes County, Georgia
• 313no bedroom
• 1,4681 bedroom
• 7,1732 bedrooms
• 9,3753 bedrooms
• 1,5764 bedrooms
• 2825+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Lowndes County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 321no vehicle
• 6,5631 vehicle
• 9,8932 vehicles
• 3,9143 vehicles
• 1,1714 vehicles
• 5905+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Lowndes County in renter-occupied apartments
• 3,162no vehicle
• 7,8001 vehicle
• 7,8572 vehicles
• 1,0713 vehicles
• 2114 vehicles
• 865+ vehicles

84.6% of Lowndes 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, 44% lived in Georgia.

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

• This state: 65,882
• Other state: 46,809
• Northeast: 7,177
• Midwest: 7,173
• South: 28,754
• West: 3,705

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,827
• Number of aged recipients: 294
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,533
• Number of recipients under 18: 539
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,651
• Number of recipients older than 64: 637
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,135
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,265

Lowndes County on our top lists:

• #17 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #28 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #28 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011"
• #45 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to other counties 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"
• #61 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"