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- According to
the 2000 Census, in Stephens County, 85.7% of the residents were white and
12.0% were black. Hispanics, who can be identified as either white or black in
the Census data, made up 1.0% of the county's population. Statewide, 65.1% of
residents were white, 28.7% were black and 5.3% were Hispanic.
- In Stephens
County, 23.5% of the county’s residents were age 18 or younger, while
15.6% 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 6.2% of Stephens 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 30.5% of all households in the county and
35.0% of those in the state.
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- Between 1996
and 2000, Stephens County school system reported an average high school dropout
rate of 7.6%, for students in grades 9 to 12. Statewide, this rate is 6.8% for
the same period of time.
- Stephens
County spent an average of $5,372 per student for public education each year
between 1996 and 2000. This expenditure was greater than the state wide average
of $5,285
- Based on the
2000 graduating class for Stephens County school system, 50.5% 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
6.4 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 1.8, compared with
the 1.9 state average. Stephens County had 3.8 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 Stephens County was 2.1. Statewide, in 2000,
the rate was 3.4. Of the total index crimes reported, 11.6% were violent
crimes, while 88.4% were property crimes.
- In 2000, 69.3%
of the adult population in the county was registered to vote. Of those
registered voters, 64.5% 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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Stephens County
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21,761
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23,436
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25,435
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7.7
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8.5
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Martin
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305
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243
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311
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-20.3
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28.0
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Toccoa
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9,104
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8,720
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9,323
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-4.2
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6.9
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Avalon
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200
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159
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278
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-20.5
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74.8
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