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- According to
the 2000 Census, in Hall County, 80.8% of the residents were white and 7.3%
were black. Hispanics, who can be identified as either white or black in the
Census data, made up 19.6% of the county's population. Statewide, 65.1% of
residents were white, 28.7% were black and 5.3% were Hispanic.
- In Hall
County, 26.9% of the county’s residents were age 18 or younger, while 9.4%
were age 65 or older. Statewide, 26.5% were age 18 or younger and 9.6% were age
65 or older.
- The 2000
Census reports 6.0% of Hall County's households were headed by females with
children under 18 years of age, compared with 9.0% statewide. Total households
with children under 18 comprised 37.1% of all households in the county and
35.0% of those in the state.
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- Between 1996
and 2000, Hall County school system reported an average high school dropout
rate of 5.6%, for students in grades 9 to 12. Statewide, this rate is 6.8% for
the same period of time.
- Hall County
spent an average of $4,761 per student for public education each year between
1996 and 2000. This expenditure was less than the state wide average of $5,285
- Based on the
2000 graduating class for Hall County school system, 54.7% of the students were
eligible for the HOPE Scholarship Program. The scholarship is available to
eligible students to attend a post-secondary school in Georgia. Statewide,
57.9% of the graduating students were eligible for the HOPE scholarship.
- Between 1995
and 1998, the infant mortality rate (infant deaths per 1,000 live births) was
5.4 for the county. The statewide rate was 9.2 during the same period.
- In 2000, the
number of physicians in the county per 1,000 population was 2.0, compared with
the 1.9 state average. Hall County had 3.2 hospital beds per 1,000 population
in 2000, which was greater than the statewide average of 3.1 beds per 1,000
population.
- The 2000 index
crime rate (crimes per 1,000) for Hall County was 1.5. Statewide, in 2000, the
rate was 3.4. Of the total index crimes reported, 7.6% were violent crimes,
while 92.4% were property crimes.
- In 2000, 55.5%
of the adult population in the county was registered to vote. Of those
registered voters, 69.5% voted in the 2000 general election. Statewide, in
2000, 64.1% of eligible Georgians were registered to vote. Of those registered,
69.6% voted in the general election that year.
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Community
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Population
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Growth (%)
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1980
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1990
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2000
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1980-1990
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1990-2000
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Hall County
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75,649
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95,434
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139,277
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26.2
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45.9
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Clermont
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300
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402
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419
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34.0
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4.2
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Flowery Branch
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755
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1,251
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1,806
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65.7
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44.4
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Gainesville
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15,280
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17,885
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25,578
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17.0
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43.0
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Gillsville
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142
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113
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195
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-20.4
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72.6
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Lula
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857
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1,018
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1,438
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18.8
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41.3
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Oakwood
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723
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1,464
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2,689
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102.5
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83.7
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