Oconee County Georgia Demographics
| People
QuickFacts |
Oconee
County |
Georgia |
| Population, 2003 estimate |
28,087 |
8,684,715 |
| Population, percent change, April 1, 2000
to July 1, 2003 |
7.1% |
6.1% |
| Population, 2000 |
26,225 |
8,186,453 |
| Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000
|
48.9% |
26.4% |
| Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000
|
6.9% |
7.3% |
| Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000
|
30.2% |
26.5% |
| Persons 65 years old and over, percent,
2000 |
8.5% |
9.6% |
| Female persons, percent, 2000 |
50.7% |
50.8% |
| |
| White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
89.6% |
65.1% |
| Black or African American persons, percent,
2000 (a) |
6.4% |
28.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native persons,
percent, 2000 (a) |
0.2% |
0.3% |
| Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.4% |
2.1% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander,
percent, 2000 (a) |
Z |
0.1% |
| Persons reporting some other race, percent,
2000 (a) |
1.5% |
2.4% |
| Persons reporting two or more races,
percent, 2000 |
0.9% |
1.4% |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin,
percent, 2000 (b) |
3.2% |
5.3% |
| White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino
origin, percent, 2000 |
88.1% |
62.6% |
| |
| Living in same house in 1995 and 2000',
pct age 5+, 2000 |
51.3% |
49.2% |
| Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
4.4% |
7.1% |
| Language other than English spoken at
home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
6.4% |
9.9% |
| High school graduates, percent of persons
age 25+, 2000 |
86.7% |
78.6% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons
age 25+, 2000 |
39.8% |
24.3% |
| Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000
|
3,607 |
1,456,812 |
| Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers
age 16+, 2000 |
25.0 |
27.7 |
| |
| Housing units, 2002 |
10,108 |
3,487,088 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000 |
80.2% |
67.5% |
| Housing units in multi-unit structures,
percent, 2000 |
5.3% |
20.8% |
| Median value of owner-occupied housing
units, 2000 |
$151,600 |
$111,200 |
| |
| Households, 2000 |
9,051 |
3,006,369 |
| Persons per household, 2000 |
2.87 |
2.65 |
| Median household income, 1999 |
$55,211 |
$42,433 |
| Per capita money income, 1999 |
$24,153 |
$21,154 |
| Persons below poverty, percent, 1999
|
6.5% |
13.0% |
| Business
QuickFacts |
Oconee
County |
Georgia |
| Private nonfarm establishments with paid
employees, 2001 |
600 |
202,505 |
| Private nonfarm employment, 2001 |
6,079 |
3,498,583 |
| Private nonfarm employment, percent change
2000-2001 |
13.5% |
0.4% |
| Nonemployer establishments, 2000 |
1,859 |
468,430 |
| Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)
|
208,795 |
124,526,834 |
| Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) |
166,633 |
72,212,484 |
| Retail sales per capita, 1997 |
$7,186 |
$9,646 |
| Minority-owned firms, percent of total,
1997 |
F |
15.6% |
| Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997
|
16.3% |
25.6% |
| Housing units authorized by building
permits, 2002 |
456 |
97,523 |
| Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)
|
71,879 |
51,335,502 |
| Geography
QuickFacts |
Oconee
County |
Georgia |
| Land area, 2000 (square miles) |
186 |
57,906 |
| Persons per square mile, 2000 |
141.2 |
141.4 |
| Metropolitan Area |
Athens,
GA MSA |
|
| FIPS Code |
219 |
13 |
(a) Includes persons reporting only one
race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included
in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area
in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of
measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Last Revised: Friday, 09-Jul-2004 09:00:32
EDT
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