The 11-CountyService Area:

A Demographic Profile

Some General Observations from the Last Census

• Greater racial diversity

• Fewer native Georgians

• Pockets of racial concentration

• Rapidly urbanizing

Georgia’s “Urban” Areas

Some General Observations from the Last Census

• Local governments becoming more fiscally stressed

• Smart growth not confined to metro-Atlanta

• Local leadership is still the key

County Growth Highlights

Lost Population

0.0 - 14.9

15.0 - 25.9

26.0 – 49.9

50.0 or greater

County Growth Highlights

1990 Population

2000 Population

% Change from 1990-

2000Bleckley 10,430 11,666 11.9%Candler 7,744 9,577 23.7%Dodge 17,607 19,171 8.9%Emanuel 20,546 21,837 6.3%Jeff Davis 12,032 12,684 5.4%Johnson 8,329 8,560 2.8%Laurens 39,988 44,874 12.2%Tattnall 17,722 22,305 25.9%Telfair 11,000 11,794 7.2%Toombs 24,072 26,067 8.3%Treutlen 5,994 6,854 14.3%Total for Service Area 175,464 195,389 11.4%

Municipal Growth Highlights

Increase in population by 100% or greater

Municipal Growth Highlights

Lost population

Latino Population in Georgia

Net change greater than 10,000

Greater than 500% increase

County boundary

Latino Population in Service Area

2000 Latino Population

Latino Population as a % of

Total

Latino Population % Change from 1990-

2000Bleckley 107 0.9% 148%Candler 882 9.2% 539%Dodge 248 1.3% 670%Emanuel 745 3.4% 800%Jeff Davis 651 5.1% 352%Johnson 78 0.9% 122%Laurens 529 1.2% 193%Tattnall 1,883 8.4% 244%Telfair 215 1.8% 424%Toombs 2,310 8.9% 180%Treutlen 79 1.2% 393%Total for Service Area 7,727 4.0%

African-American Population in Georgia

Net change greater than 10,000

Greater than 34.7% increase

County boundary

African-American Population in Service Area

2000 African-

American Population

African-American as a % of

TotalBleckley 2,869 24.6%Candler 2,593 27.1%Dodge 5,637 29.4%Emanuel 7,267 33.3%Jeff Davis 1,920 15.1%Johnson 3,164 37.0%Laurens 15,494 34.5%Tattnall 7,010 31.4%Telfair 4,534 38.4%Toombs 6,296 24.2%Treutlen 2,269 33.1%Total for Service Area 59,053 30.2%

White Population in Georgia

Lost population

Greater than 30.0% increase

County boundary

White Population in Service Area

2000 White Population

White as a % of Total

Bleckley 8,544 73.2%Candler 6,268 65.4%Dodge 13,219 69.0%Emanuel 13,909 63.7%Jeff Davis 10,300 81.2%Johnson 5,345 62.4%Laurens 28,469 63.4%Tattnall 13,496 60.5%Telfair 7,042 59.7%Toombs 18,029 69.2%Treutlen 4,501 65.7%Total for Service Area 129,122 66.1%

Racial Groups in Service Area

2000 Population

White as a % of Total

African-American as a % of

TotalAsian as a % of Total

Some Other Race as a % of

Total

Latino Population as a % of

TotalBleckley 11,666 73.24% 24.59% 0.93% 1.23% 0.92%Candler 9,577 65.45% 27.08% 0.28% 7.19% 9.21%Dodge 19,171 68.95% 29.40% 0.22% 1.42% 1.29%Emanuel 21,837 63.69% 33.28% 0.24% 2.78% 3.41%Jeff Davis 12,684 81.20% 15.14% 0.44% 3.22% 5.13%Johnson 8,560 62.44% 36.96% 0.12% 0.48% 0.91%Laurens 44,874 63.44% 34.53% 0.80% 1.23% 1.18%Tattnall 22,305 60.51% 31.43% 0.29% 7.78% 8.44%Telfair 11,794 59.71% 38.44% 0.20% 1.65% 1.82%Toombs 26,067 69.16% 24.15% 0.47% 6.21% 8.86%Treutlen 6,854 65.67% 33.10% 0.26% 0.96% 1.15%Total for Service Area 195,389 66.80% 30.07% 0.47% 2.65% 3.38%Georgia 8,186,453 65.07% 28.70% 2.12% 4.11% 5.32%

Human Capital Vitality (Adults)

Ware

Burke

Clinch

Hall

Laurens

Early

Worth

Floyd

Bulloch

Lee

Coffee Wayne

Charlton

Fulton

Tift

Long

Harris Screven

Decatur

Emanuel

Carroll

Troup

Liberty

Irwin

Polk

Dodge

Bryan

Grady

Wilkes

Colquitt

Telfair

Dooly

Brooks

Appling

Camden

Bartow

Sumter

Cobb

Gilmer

Jones

Mitchell

Thomas

Walker

Elbert

Glynn

Tattnall

Taylor

Berrien

Echols

Talbot

Stewart

Coweta

RabunFannin

Washington

Union

Hart

Jefferson

Jasper

Macon

Bibb

Wilcox

Baker

Lowndes

Brantley

Hancock

Monroe

Greene

Crisp

Henry

Miller

Marion

Pierce

Murray

Terrell

Upson

Gwinnett

Heard

Pike

Twiggs

McIntosh

Gordon

Effingham

Walton

Clay

Wilkinson

Morgan

Jenkins

Putnam

Toombs

Meriwether

Randolph

Houston

Cook

Bacon

Cherokee

Turner

Chatham

Jackson

White

Oglethorpe

Atkinson

Warren

Banks

Paulding

Butts

Johnson

Newton

Wheeler

Crawford

DeKalb

Baldwin

Dade

Lincoln

Pulaski

Whitfield

Madison

Lumpkin

Franklin

Jeff Davis

Calhoun

Richmond

Candler

Forsyth

Dougherty

Haralson

Columbia

Lanier

Ben Hill

Chattooga

Lamar

Evans

McDuffie

Pickens

Towns

Seminole

Dawson

Fayette

Bleckley

Schley

Webster

Barrow

Oconee

Treutlen

Douglas

Habersham

Peach

Spalding

Catoosa

Muscogee

Taliaferro

Clarke

Stephens

Clayton

Montgomery

Quitman

Chattahoochee

Glascock

Rockdale

Ware

Burke

Clinch

Hall

Laurens

Early

Worth

Floyd

Bulloch

Lee

Coffee Wayne

Charlton

Fulton

Tift

Long

Harris Screven

Decatur

Emanuel

Carroll

Troup

Liberty

Irwin

Polk

Dodge

Bryan

Grady

Wilkes

Colquitt

Telfair

Dooly

Brooks

Appling

Camden

Bartow

Sumter

Cobb

Gilmer

Jones

Mitchell

Thomas

Walker

Elbert

Glynn

Tattnall

Taylor

Berrien

Echols

Talbot

Stewart

Coweta

RabunFannin

Washington

Union

Hart

Jefferson

Jasper

Macon

Bibb

Wilcox

Baker

Lowndes

Brantley

Hancock

Monroe

Greene

Crisp

Henry

Miller

Marion

Pierce

Murray

Terrell

Upson

Gwinnett

Heard

Pike

Twiggs

McIntosh

Gordon

Effingham

Walton

Clay

Wilkinson

Morgan

Jenkins

Putnam

Toombs

Meriwether

Randolph

Houston

Cook

Bacon

Cherokee

Turner

Chatham

Jackson

White

Oglethorpe

Atkinson

Warren

Banks

Paulding

Butts

Johnson

Newton

Wheeler

Crawford

DeKalb

Baldwin

Dade

Lincoln

Pulaski

Whitfield

Madison

Lumpkin

Franklin

Jeff Davis

Calhoun

Richmond

Candler

Forsyth

Dougherty

Haralson

Columbia

Lanier

Ben Hill

Chattooga

Lamar

Evans

McDuffie

Pickens

Towns

Seminole

Dawson

Fayette

Bleckley

Schley

Webster

Barrow

Oconee

Treutlen

Douglas

Habersham

Peach

Spalding

Catoosa

Muscogee

Taliaferro

Clarke

Stephens

Clayton

Montgomery

Quitman

Chattahoochee

Glascock

Rockdale

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Human Capital Vitality IndexRelative Composite Conditions for Youth and Children

Georgia Rural Development CouncilRural Development Division, DCAData prepared by: The University of Georgia, Business Outreach Services / Small Business Development Center and Georgia Institute for Technology,Center for Economic Development Services.

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Persistent Poverty

Juvenile arrest rate per 1,000 persons ages 10-17 (Part 1 crimes), 1998-2000High school dropout rate, 2000-2001 school yearChild mortality rate per 1,000 children 19 years of age and younger, 1997-1999Teen pregnancy rate per 1,000 females ages 10-19, 1999

INDICATORS USED

Vibrant

Strong

Average

Weak

Distressed

Indicators Used*Index crime rate (Part 1 crimes) per

100,000 population, 1998-2000*Literacy proxy, 2000 estimate (based on 1996 figures)

*Health Index, 1999*Food stamp participation rate (% of population), 2000

Human Capital Vitality(Youth and Children)

Ware

Burke

Clinch

Hall

Laurens

Early

Worth

Floyd

Bulloch

Lee

Coffee Wayne

Charlton

Fulton

Tift

Long

Harris Screven

Decatur

Emanuel

Carroll

Troup

Liberty

Irwin

Polk

Dodge

Bryan

Grady

Wilkes

Colquitt

Telfair

Dooly

Brooks

Appling

Camden

Bartow

Sumter

Cobb

Gilmer

Jones

Mitchell

Thomas

Walker

Elbert

Glynn

Tattnall

Taylor

Berrien

Echols

Talbot

Stewart

Coweta

RabunFannin

Washington

Union

Hart

Jefferson

Jasper

Macon

Bibb

Wilcox

Baker

Lowndes

Brantley

Hancock

Monroe

Greene

Crisp

Henry

Miller

Marion

Pierce

Murray

Terrell

Upson

Gwinnett

Heard

Pike

Twiggs

McIntosh

Gordon

Effingham

Walton

Clay

Wilkinson

Morgan

Jenkins

Putnam

Toombs

Meriwether

Randolph

Houston

Cook

Bacon

Cherokee

Turner

Chatham

Jackson

White

Oglethorpe

Atkinson

Warren

Banks

Paulding

Butts

Johnson

Newton

Wheeler

Crawford

DeKalb

Baldwin

Dade

Lincoln

Pulaski

Whitfield

Madison

Lumpkin

Franklin

Jeff Davis

Calhoun

Richmond

Candler

Forsyth

Dougherty

Haralson

Columbia

Lanier

Ben Hill

Chattooga

Lamar

Evans

McDuffie

Pickens

Towns

Seminole

Dawson

Fayette

Bleckley

Schley

Webster

Barrow

Oconee

Treutlen

Douglas

Habersham

Peach

Spalding

Catoosa

Muscogee

Taliaferro

Clarke

Stephens

Clayton

Montgomery

Quitman

Chattahoochee

Glascock

Rockdale

Ware

Burke

Clinch

Hall

Laurens

Early

Worth

Floyd

Bulloch

Lee

Coffee Wayne

Charlton

Fulton

Tift

Long

Harris Screven

Decatur

Emanuel

Carroll

Troup

Liberty

Irwin

Polk

Dodge

Bryan

Grady

Wilkes

Colquitt

Telfair

Dooly

Brooks

Appling

Camden

Bartow

Sumter

Cobb

Gilmer

Jones

Mitchell

Thomas

Walker

Elbert

Glynn

Tattnall

Taylor

Berrien

Echols

Talbot

Stewart

Coweta

RabunFannin

Washington

Union

Hart

Jefferson

Jasper

Macon

Bibb

Wilcox

Baker

Lowndes

Brantley

Hancock

Monroe

Greene

Crisp

Henry

Miller

Marion

Pierce

Murray

Terrell

Upson

Gwinnett

Heard

Pike

Twiggs

McIntosh

Gordon

Effingham

Walton

Clay

Wilkinson

Morgan

Jenkins

Putnam

Toombs

Meriwether

Randolph

Houston

Cook

Bacon

Cherokee

Turner

Chatham

Jackson

White

Oglethorpe

Atkinson

Warren

Banks

Paulding

Butts

Johnson

Newton

Wheeler

Crawford

DeKalb

Baldwin

Dade

Lincoln

Pulaski

Whitfield

Madison

Lumpkin

Franklin

Jeff Davis

Calhoun

Richmond

Candler

Forsyth

Dougherty

Haralson

Columbia

Lanier

Ben Hill

Chattooga

Lamar

Evans

McDuffie

Pickens

Towns

Seminole

Dawson

Fayette

Bleckley

Schley

Webster

Barrow

Oconee

Treutlen

Douglas

Habersham

Peach

Spalding

Catoosa

Muscogee

Taliaferro

Clarke

Stephens

Clayton

Montgomery

Quitman

Chattahoochee

Glascock

Rockdale

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Human Capital Vitality IndexRelative Composite Conditions for Youth and Children

Georgia Rural Development CouncilRural Development Division, DCAData prepared by: The University of Georgia, Business Outreach Services / Small Business Development Center and Georgia Institute for Technology,Center for Economic Development Services.

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Persistent Poverty

Juvenile arrest rate per 1,000 persons ages 10-17 (Part 1 crimes), 1998-2000High school dropout rate, 2000-2001 school yearChild mortality rate per 1,000 children 19 years of age and younger, 1997-1999Teen pregnancy rate per 1,000 females ages 10-19, 1999

INDICATORS USED

Vibrant

Strong

Average

Weak

Distressed

Indicators Used*Juvenile arrest rate per 1,000 persons

ages 10-17 (Part 1 crimes), 1998-2000*High school dropout rate, 2000-2001 school year

*Child mortality rate per 1,000 children 19 years of age and younger, 1997-1999

*Teen pregnancy rate per 1,000 females ages 10-19, 1999

Other Statistics for the Service Area

Percentage of Households Headed by Single Women

22%

20%

22%

24%

18%

25%24%

19%

24%

22%

24%

20%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

Bleckley Candler Dodge Emanuel J eff­Davis J ohnson Laurens Tattnall Telfair Toombs Treutlen GeorgiaAverage

Other Statistics for the Service Area

Bank Deposits per Capita

$11,415

$14,842

$13,472

$11,245 $11,638

$9,183

$14,593

$10,013

$11,645

$23,146

$5,668

$13,146

$0

$5,000

$10,000

$15,000

$20,000

$25,000

Bleckley Candler Dodge Emanuel J eff­Davis J ohnson Laurens Tattnall Telfair Toombs Treutlen GeorgiaAverage

Other Statistics for the Service AreaBankruptcy per 1,000

8.1

9.7

7.9

9

15.7

7.8

8.9

6.1

10.9

6.97.4

8.4

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

Bleckley Candler Dodge Emanuel J eff ­Davis J ohnson Laurens Tattnall Telfair Toombs Treutlen Georgia

Average

Other Statistics for the Service Area

Median Household Income

$33,448

$25,022

$27,607

$24,383

$27,310

$23,848

$32,010

$28,664

$26,097 $26,811

$24,644

$42,433

$0

$5,000

$10,000

$15,000

$20,000

$25,000

$30,000

$35,000

$40,000

$45,000

Bleckley Candler Dodge Emanuel J eff ­Davis J ohnson Laurens Tattnall Telfair Toombs Treutlen Georgia

Average

Other Statistics for the Service Area

Percentage of Families Living in Poverty

11.7

21.4

13.8

21.8

16.8

20.9

14.7

18.617.3 17.8

20.8

9.9

0

5

10

15

20

25

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Commission­Counties

Persistent­Poverty­Counties

G E O R G I AStudy­on­Persistent­Poverty­in­the­South

Carl­Vinson­Institute­of­Government

www.cviog.uga.edu/poverty/­

Economic Vitality

Ware

Burke

Clinch

Hall

Laurens

Early

Worth

Floyd

Bulloch

Lee

Coffee Wayne

Charlton

Fulton

Tift

Long

Harris Screven

Decatur

Emanuel

Carroll

Troup

Liberty

Irwin

Polk

Dodge

Bryan

Grady

Wilkes

Colquitt

Telfair

Dooly

Brooks

Appling

Camden

Bartow

Sumter

Cobb

Gilmer

Jones

Mitchell

Thomas

Walker

Elbert

Glynn

Tattnall

Taylor

Berrien

Echols

Talbot

Stewart

Coweta

RabunFannin

Washington

Union

Hart

Jefferson

Jasper

Macon

Bibb

Wilcox

Baker

Lowndes

Brantley

Hancock

Monroe

Greene

Crisp

Henry

Miller

Marion

Pierce

Murray

Terrell

Upson

Gwinnett

Heard

Pike

Twiggs

McIntosh

Gordon

Effingham

Walton

Clay

Wilkinson

Morgan

Jenkins

Putnam

Toombs

Meriwether

Randolph

Houston

Cook

Bacon

Cherokee

Turner

Chatham

Jackson

White

Oglethorpe

Atkinson

Warren

Banks

Paulding

Butts

Johnson

Newton

Wheeler

Crawford

DeKalb

Baldwin

Dade

Lincoln

Pulaski

Whitfield

Madison

Lumpkin

Franklin

Jeff Davis

Calhoun

Richmond

Candler

Forsyth

Dougherty

Haralson

Columbia

Lanier

Ben Hill

Chattooga

Lamar

Evans

McDuffie

Pickens

Towns

Seminole

Dawson

Fayette

Bleckley

Schley

Webster

Barrow

Oconee

Treutlen

Douglas

Habersham

Peach

Spalding

Catoosa

Muscogee

Taliaferro

Clarke

Stephens

Clayton

Montgomery

Quitman

Chattahoochee

Glascock

Rockdale

Ware

Burke

Clinch

Hall

Laurens

Early

Worth

Floyd

Bulloch

Lee

Coffee Wayne

Charlton

Fulton

Tift

Long

Harris Screven

Decatur

Emanuel

Carroll

Troup

Liberty

Irwin

Polk

Dodge

Bryan

Grady

Wilkes

Colquitt

Telfair

Dooly

Brooks

Appling

Camden

Bartow

Sumter

Cobb

Gilmer

Jones

Mitchell

Thomas

Walker

Elbert

Glynn

Tattnall

Taylor

Berrien

Echols

Talbot

Stewart

Coweta

RabunFannin

Washington

Union

Hart

Jefferson

Jasper

Macon

Bibb

Wilcox

Baker

Lowndes

Brantley

Hancock

Monroe

Greene

Crisp

Henry

Miller

Marion

Pierce

Murray

Terrell

Upson

Gwinnett

Heard

Pike

Twiggs

McIntosh

Gordon

Effingham

Walton

Clay

Wilkinson

Morgan

Jenkins

Putnam

Toombs

Meriwether

Randolph

Houston

Cook

Bacon

Cherokee

Turner

Chatham

Jackson

White

Oglethorpe

Atkinson

Warren

Banks

Paulding

Butts

Johnson

Newton

Wheeler

Crawford

DeKalb

Baldwin

Dade

Lincoln

Pulaski

Whitfield

Madison

Lumpkin

Franklin

Jeff Davis

Calhoun

Richmond

Candler

Forsyth

Dougherty

Haralson

Columbia

Lanier

Ben Hill

Chattooga

Lamar

Evans

McDuffie

Pickens

Towns

Seminole

Dawson

Fayette

Bleckley

Schley

Webster

Barrow

Oconee

Treutlen

Douglas

Habersham

Peach

Spalding

Catoosa

Muscogee

Taliaferro

Clarke

Stephens

Clayton

Montgomery

Quitman

Chattahoochee

Glascock

Rockdale

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Economic Vitality IndexComposite Economic Conditions

Georgia Rural Development CouncilRural Development Division, DCAData prepared by: The University of Georgia, Business Outreach Services / Small Business Development Center and Georgia Institute for Technology,Center for Economic Development Services.

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Rapidly Developing

Developing

Existing-Emerging Growth Centers

Lagging Rural

Declining Rural

Persistent Poverty

Total Average Wage Growth - 3 year average (1998-2000)Total Employment Growth - 3 year average (1998-2000)Total Population Growth - 3 year average (1998-2000)Total Unemployment - 3 year average (1998-2000)Per Capita Income - 3 year average (1998-2000)Poverty Rate, 1999

INDICATORS USED

Indicators UsedTotal Average Wage Growth - 3 year average (1998-2000)

Total Employment Growth - 3 year average (1998-2000)Total Population Growth - 3 year average (1998-2000)

Total Unemployment - 3 year average (1998-2000)Per Capita Income - 3 year average (1998-2000)

Poverty Rate, 1999

Major Economic Engines

Ware

Burke

Clinch

Hall

Laurens

Early

Worth

Floyd

Bulloch

Lee

Coffee Wayne

Charlton

Fulton

Tift

Long

Harris Screven

Decatur

Emanuel

Carroll

Troup

Liberty

Irwin

Polk

Dodge

Bryan

Grady

Wilkes

Colquitt

Telfair

Dooly

Brooks

Appling

Camden

Bartow

Sumter

Cobb

Gilmer

Jones

Mitchell

Thomas

Walker

Elbert

Glynn

Tattnall

Taylor

Berrien

Echols

Talbot

Stewart

Coweta

RabunFannin

Washington

Union

Hart

Jefferson

Jasper

Macon

Bibb

Wilcox

Baker

Lowndes

Brantley

Hancock

Monroe

Greene

Crisp

Henry

Miller

Marion

Pierce

Murray

Terrell

Upson

Gwinnett

Heard

Pike

Twiggs

McIntosh

Gordon

Effingham

Walton

Clay

Wilkinson

Morgan

Jenkins

Putnam

Toombs

Meriwether

Randolph

Houston

Cook

Bacon

Cherokee

Turner

Chatham

Jackson

White

Oglethorpe

Atkinson

Warren

Banks

Paulding

Butts

Johnson

Newton

Wheeler

Crawford

DeKalb

Baldwin

Dade

Lincoln

Pulaski

Whitfield

Madison

Lumpkin

Franklin

Jeff Davis

Calhoun

Richmond

Candler

Forsyth

Dougherty

Haralson

Columbia

Lanier

Ben Hill

Chattooga

Lamar

Evans

McDuffie

Pickens

Towns

Seminole

Dawson

Fayette

Bleckley

Schley

Webster

Barrow

Oconee

Treutlen

Douglas

Habersham

Peach

Spalding

Catoosa

Muscogee

Taliaferro

Clarke

Stephens

Clayton

Montgomery

Quitman

Chattahoochee

Glascock

Rockdale

Ware

Burke

Clinch

Hall

Laurens

Early

Worth

Floyd

Bulloch

Lee

Coffee Wayne

Charlton

Fulton

Tift

Long

Harris Screven

Decatur

Emanuel

Carroll

Troup

Liberty

Irwin

Polk

Dodge

Bryan

Grady

Wilkes

Colquitt

Telfair

Dooly

Brooks

Appling

Camden

Bartow

Sumter

Cobb

Gilmer

Jones

Mitchell

Thomas

Walker

Elbert

Glynn

Tattnall

Taylor

Berrien

Echols

Talbot

Stewart

Coweta

RabunFannin

Washington

Union

Hart

Jefferson

Jasper

Macon

Bibb

Wilcox

Baker

Lowndes

Brantley

Hancock

Monroe

Greene

Crisp

Henry

Miller

Marion

Pierce

Murray

Terrell

Upson

Gwinnett

Heard

Pike

Twiggs

McIntosh

Gordon

Effingham

Walton

Clay

Wilkinson

Morgan

Jenkins

Putnam

Toombs

Meriwether

Randolph

Houston

Cook

Bacon

Cherokee

Turner

Chatham

Jackson

White

Oglethorpe

Atkinson

Warren

Banks

Paulding

Butts

Johnson

Newton

Wheeler

Crawford

DeKalb

Baldwin

Dade

Lincoln

Pulaski

Whitfield

Madison

Lumpkin

Franklin

Jeff Davis

Calhoun

Richmond

Candler

Forsyth

Dougherty

Haralson

Columbia

Lanier

Ben Hill

Chattooga

Lamar

Evans

McDuffie

Pickens

Towns

Seminole

Dawson

Fayette

Bleckley

Schley

Webster

Barrow

Oconee

Treutlen

Douglas

Habersham

Peach

Spalding

Catoosa

Muscogee

Taliaferro

Clarke

Stephens

Clayton

Montgomery

Quitman

Chattahoochee

Glascock

Rockdale

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Economic Output by Sector

LegendAgriculture

Construction

FIRE

Government

Manufacturing

Mining

Not Available

Services

Trade

Utilities

Persistent Poverty

Georgia Rural Development CouncilRural Development Division, DCAData prepared by: The University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development.

Ware

Burke

Clinch

Hall

Laurens

Early

Worth

Floyd

Bulloch

Lee

Coffee Wayne

Charlton

Fulton

Tift

Long

Harris Screven

Decatur

Emanuel

Carroll

Troup

Liberty

Irwin

Polk

Dodge

Bryan

Grady

Wilkes

Colquitt

Telfair

Dooly

Brooks

Appling

Camden

Bartow

Sumter

Cobb

Gilmer

Jones

Mitchell

Thomas

Walker

Elbert

Glynn

Tattnall

Taylor

Berrien

Echols

Talbot

Stewart

Coweta

RabunFannin

Washington

Union

Hart

Jefferson

Jasper

Macon

Bibb

Wilcox

Baker

Lowndes

Brantley

Hancock

Monroe

Greene

Crisp

Henry

Miller

Marion

Pierce

Murray

Terrell

Upson

Gwinnett

Heard

Pike

Twiggs

McIntosh

Gordon

Effingham

Walton

Clay

Wilkinson

Morgan

Jenkins

Putnam

Toombs

Meriwether

Randolph

Houston

Cook

Bacon

Cherokee

Turner

Chatham

Jackson

White

Oglethorpe

Atkinson

Warren

Banks

Paulding

Butts

Johnson

Newton

Wheeler

Crawford

DeKalb

Baldwin

Dade

Lincoln

Pulaski

Whitfield

Madison

Lumpkin

Franklin

Jeff Davis

Calhoun

Richmond

Candler

Forsyth

Dougherty

Haralson

Columbia

Lanier

Ben Hill

Chattooga

Lamar

Evans

McDuffie

Pickens

Towns

Seminole

Dawson

Fayette

Bleckley

Schley

Webster

Barrow

Oconee

Treutlen

Douglas

Habersham

Peach

Spalding

Catoosa

Muscogee

Taliaferro

Clarke

Stephens

Clayton

Montgomery

Quitman

Chattahoochee

Glascock

Rockdale

­

Economic Output by Sector

LegendAgriculture

Construction

FIRE

Government

Manufacturing

Mining

Not Available

Services

Trade

Utilities

Persistent Poverty

Georgia Rural Development CouncilRural Development Division, DCAData prepared by: The University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development.

Economic Output in Service Area

Economic Output (millions)

$376

$252

$414

$667$601

$198

$1,907

$574 $567

$882

$103

$0

$500

$1,000

$1,500

$2,000

$2,500

Bleckley Candler Dodge Emanuel J eff ­Davis J ohnson Laurens Tattnall Telfair Toombs Treutlen

Fiscal Capacity

Ware

Burke

Clinch

Hall

Laurens

Early

Worth

Floyd

Bulloch

Lee

Coffee Wayne

Charlton

Fulton

Tift

Long

Harris Screven

Decatur

Emanuel

Carroll

Troup

Liberty

Irwin

Polk

Dodge

Bryan

Grady

Wilkes

Colquitt

Telfair

Dooly

Brooks

Appling

Camden

Bartow

Sumter

Cobb

Gilmer

Jones

Mitchell

Thomas

Walker

Elbert

Glynn

Tattnall

Taylor

Berrien

Echols

Talbot

Stewart

Coweta

RabunFannin

Washington

Union

Hart

Jefferson

Jasper

Macon

Bibb

Wilcox

Baker

Lowndes

Brantley

Hancock

Monroe

Greene

Crisp

Henry

Miller

Marion

Pierce

Murray

Terrell

Upson

Gwinnett

Heard

Pike

Twiggs

McIntosh

Gordon

Effingham

Walton

Clay

Wilkinson

Morgan

Jenkins

Putnam

Toombs

Meriwether

Randolph

Houston

Cook

Bacon

Cherokee

Turner

Chatham

Jackson

White

Oglethorpe

Atkinson

Warren

Banks

Paulding

Dekalb

Butts

Johnson

Newton

Wheeler

Crawford

Baldwin

Dade

Lincoln

Pulaski

Whitfield

Madison

Lumpkin

Franklin

Jeff Davis

Calhoun

Richmond

Candler

Forsyth

Dougherty

Haralson

Columbia

Lanier

Ben Hill

Chattooga

Lamar

Evans

McDuffie

Pickens

Towns

Seminole

Dawson

Fayette

Bleckley

Schley

Webster

Barrow

Oconee

Treutlen

Douglas

Habersham

Peach

Spalding

Catoosa

Muscogee

Taliaferro

Clarke

Stephens

Clayton

Montgomery

Quitman

Chattahoochee

Glascock

Rockdale

Ware

Burke

Clinch

Hall

Laurens

Early

Worth

Floyd

Bulloch

Lee

Coffee Wayne

Charlton

Fulton

Tift

Long

Harris Screven

Decatur

Emanuel

Carroll

Troup

Liberty

Irwin

Polk

Dodge

Bryan

Grady

Wilkes

Colquitt

Telfair

Dooly

Brooks

Appling

Camden

Bartow

Sumter

Cobb

Gilmer

Jones

Mitchell

Thomas

Walker

Elbert

Glynn

Tattnall

Taylor

Berrien

Echols

Talbot

Stewart

Coweta

RabunFannin

Washington

Union

Hart

Jefferson

Jasper

Macon

Bibb

Wilcox

Baker

Lowndes

Brantley

Hancock

Monroe

Greene

Crisp

Henry

Miller

Marion

Pierce

Murray

Terrell

Upson

Gwinnett

Heard

Pike

Twiggs

McIntosh

Gordon

Effingham

Walton

Clay

Wilkinson

Morgan

Jenkins

Putnam

Toombs

Meriwether

Randolph

Houston

Cook

Bacon

Cherokee

Turner

Chatham

Jackson

White

Oglethorpe

Atkinson

Warren

Banks

Paulding

Butts

Johnson

Newton

Wheeler

Crawford

DeKalb

Baldwin

Dade

Lincoln

Pulaski

Whitfield

Madison

Lumpkin

Franklin

Jeff Davis

Calhoun

Richmond

Candler

Forsyth

Dougherty

Haralson

Columbia

Lanier

Ben Hill

Chattooga

Lamar

Evans

McDuffie

Pickens

Towns

Seminole

Dawson

Fayette

Bleckley

Schley

Webster

Barrow

Oconee

Treutlen

Douglas

Habersham

Peach

Spalding

Catoosa

Muscogee

Taliaferro

Clarke

Stephens

Clayton

Montgomery

Quitman

Chattahoochee

Glascock

Rockdale

­

County Growth Highlights

Georgia Rural Development CouncilRural Development Division, DCAData source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2000

Legend

Persistent Poverty

Lost population

0.0 - 14.9%

15.0 - 25.9%

26.0 - 49.9%

50.0% or greater

State average is 26%

Ware

Burke

Clinch

Hall

Laurens

Early

Worth

Floyd

Bulloch

Lee

Coffee Wayne

Charlton

Fulton

Tift

Long

Harris Screven

Decatur

Emanuel

Carroll

Troup

Liberty

Irwin

Polk

Dodge

Bryan

Grady

Wilkes

Colquitt

Telfair

Dooly

Brooks

Appling

Camden

Bartow

Sumter

Cobb

Gilmer

Jones

Mitchell

Thomas

Walker

Elbert

Glynn

Tattnall

Taylor

Berrien

Echols

Talbot

Stewart

Coweta

RabunFannin

Washington

Union

Hart

Jefferson

Jasper

Macon

Bibb

Wilcox

Baker

Lowndes

Brantley

Hancock

Monroe

Greene

Crisp

Henry

Miller

Marion

Pierce

Murray

Terrell

Upson

Gwinnett

Heard

Pike

Twiggs

McIntosh

Gordon

Effingham

Walton

Clay

Wilkinson

Morgan

Jenkins

Putnam

Toombs

Meriwether

Randolph

Houston

Cook

Bacon

Cherokee

Turner

Chatham

Jackson

White

Oglethorpe

Atkinson

Warren

Banks

Paulding

Dekalb

Butts

Johnson

Newton

Wheeler

Crawford

Baldwin

Dade

Lincoln

Pulaski

Whitfield

Madison

Lumpkin

Franklin

Jeff Davis

Calhoun

Richmond

Candler

Forsyth

Dougherty

Haralson

Columbia

Lanier

Ben Hill

Chattooga

Lamar

Evans

McDuffie

Pickens

Towns

Seminole

Dawson

Fayette

Bleckley

Schley

Webster

Barrow

Oconee

Treutlen

Douglas

Habersham

Peach

Spalding

Catoosa

Muscogee

Taliaferro

Clarke

Stephens

Clayton

Montgomery

Quitman

Chattahoochee

Glascock

Rockdale

­

Fiscal Capacity

Legend

< 60%

61% - 75%

76% - 90%

91% - 110%

111% +

Persistent Poverty

Georgia Rural Development CouncilRural Development Division, DCAData prepared by: Georgia Department of Community Affairs.

Closing Remarks

• Racial and Ethnic Demographics

• Human Capital and Social Characteristics

• Persistent Poverty

• Economics

• Local Government

Closing Remarks

• Promote policies that recognize the importance of Georgia’s regional economic markets.

• Foster an understanding of the inter-dependencies of Georgia’s rural communities and urban centers.

• Add value to Georgia’s unique qualities while supporting efforts that will improve the quality of life in Georgia.

• Understand that leadership is the key to success.

Questions?

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