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Oconee County Georgia General Statistics

GOVERNMENT % govt. employees of total employment, 1999
Total registered voters, 2000
% of registered voters who voted
% of registered voters voting for President
% of voting age population voting for President
OCONEE COUNTY 20.3 14,237
55.3 77.4 60.2
GEORGIA AVERAGE 15.3 24,276
45.9 66.9 42.9
% of voting-age population who voted 45.0 32.6
HEALTH
Licensed day care facilities,2001

3

10
Child abuse cases investigated, 2000 158 341
% of child abuse cases substaintiated
Substiantiated incidents of abuse/neglect
Incident rate per 1,000 children < 18

27.8 53 11.1

36.1 149 15.7
Total practicing physicians, 1998 16 93
Person per physicians ratio
% age 16-64 with work disability, 1990

1,484 7.85

519 9.06
% age 65+ with mobility/self-care limitation, 1990 25.54 24.68
HOUSING/HOUSEHOLDS
Private residental units authorized for construction, 2000
241 444
Value of construction $48,587,826 $54,880,892
Total housing units, 2000
% mobile homes of total Occupied housing units, 2000
Total families, 2000
9,528
16.2
9,051
7,326
20,640
11.6
18,908
13,281
% female householder w/ children < 18 of total families
Total households, 2000 estimate
6.3 9,051 10.7 18,908
LABOR
Civilian labor force, 2000
Average annual unemployment rate, 2000
Average # of business establishments, 1999

13,503 1.4
570
26,247 3.7
1,406
Average monthly employment, 1999 5,947 24,022
Average weekly wage, 1999
% worked outside county of residence,1990
$455
74.5
$622
37.7
NATURAL RESOURCES
Total are in square miles, 2000
Rank of size, 1=highest (1-159)
Acres of forest land, 1997

186.1
146
62,000

374
-
153,538
% of all land in forests
Water withdrawals (gallons per day), 1995
Public use in gallons per day
52.1
3,060,000 96.43
65.9
36,592,767 195.47
Hazardous waste sites, 2001 1 2
Toxic chemical releases (pounds per year), 1999 250 798,236
POPULATION
Metropolitan county?
YES --
Total, 1010 projection
Total, 2000 estimate
31,968
26,225
57,927
51,487
Rank of population size, 1=highets (1-159) 56 --
Change in number, 1999-2000
% change, 1990-2000
Rank of % change,1=highest (1-159)
8,607
48.9 17
10,744
26.4 --
% change, 1930-2000
Rank of % change, 1=highest (1-159)
Persons per square mile, 2000 estimate
224.5
32 141.2
181.5
-- 141.4
Rank of population density, 1=highest (1-159) 39 --
% growth by net migration, 1990-1999
% Black, 2000 estimate
% White, 2000 estimate
81.3 6.4
89.6
59.7 28.7
65.1
% other races, 2000 estimate
% Hispanic, 2000 estimate
% Age 65 and over, 2000 estimate
3.13
3.2 8.5
4.83
5.3 9.6
Total veterans, 2000 2,309 4,839
Oconee County Georgia Average
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
TANF average # of recipients, FY2000
TANF recipients % of population

94
0.4

837
1.6
Medicaid average # of recipients, FY2000
Medicaid recipients % of population
Food stamp average # of participants, FY2000
2,271 8.7 666 8,227 16.0 3,249
Food stamp participants% of population 2.5 6.3
OASDI (Social Security) recipients % of population, 1999
SSI ( Supplemental Security Income) % of population, 2000
11.8
1.1
13.8
2.4
TRANSPORTATION
Total traffic crashes, 1998
% of crashes involving alcohol/drugs
712
3.2
1,844
3.3
Total road mileage, 2000 432.12 711
% unpaved
Total motor vehicle registrations,1999
% trucks
14.4 27,423
22.5
27.3 45,040
23.8
VITAL STATISTICS, 1999(-RATE not shown when number of events is >0 and < 5)
Marriages, total
Marriage rate (per 1,000 population)

130
5.3

409
8.3
Divorces, total
Divorce rate (per 1,000 population)
Live births, total
117
4.8
283
206
4.2
796
Live birth rate (per 1000 population) 11.5 16.2
Deaths, total
Death rate (per 1,000 population)
Infant deaths (1 yr. & under), total
156 6.4 4 388 7.9 7
Infant death rate (per 1,000 live births)
Induced terminations, total
Induced termination rate
(per 1,000 females age 15-44)
-- 34 6.0 8.2 188 16.1
Teen pregnancies, total 31 157
Teen pregnancy rate
( per 1,000 females age 10-19)
Low weight births, total (< 2500 grams)

18.3 17

45.1 70
% Low weight of total live births 6.0 8.8
Births to unwed mothers, total
% Unwed births of total live births
% White unwed of total White births
41 14.5 11.8 291 36.6 21.9
% Black unwed of total Black births
% Unwed births to teen mothers of all births
Suicide rate (per 100,000 population)
62.5 4.9 -- 66.6 11.3 10.8
Homicide rate (per 100,000 population) -- 8.7
VITAL STATISTICS, CUMULATIVE
Infant death rate (per 1,000 lives births), 1985-1999

9.1

10.7
% Low birth weight (< 2500 grams), 1985-1999 6.3 8.5
Teen suicide rate (per 100,000 age 13-19), 1990-98
Suicide rate (per 100,000 population), 1990-98
Homicide rate (per 100,000 population), 1990-98
3.7 9.7 4.9 6.0 12.1 11.0

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Office: 706-543-0222 - Fax: 706-543-8300

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