| People
QuickFacts |
Thomas County |
Georgia |
| Population, 2003 estimate |
43,667 |
8,684,715 |
| Population,
percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 |
2.2% |
6.1% |
| Population,
2000 |
42,737 |
8,186,453 |
| Population, percent change,
1990 to 2000 |
9.7% |
26.4% |
| Persons under 5 years old,
percent, 2000 |
6.7% |
7.3% |
| Persons under 18 years
old, percent, 2000 |
27.1% |
26.5% |
| Persons 65 years old
and over, percent, 2000 |
13.7% |
9.6% |
| Female persons, percent, 2000 |
52.9% |
50.8% |
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| White persons, percent,
2000 (a) |
59.0% |
65.1% |
| Black or African American
persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
38.9% |
28.7% |
| American Indian and
Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.3% |
0.3% |
| Asian persons, percent,
2000 (a) |
0.4% |
2.1% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.1% |
0.1% |
| Persons reporting some
other race, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.5% |
2.4% |
| Persons reporting
two or more races, percent, 2000 |
0.9% |
1.4% |
| White
persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 |
58.2% |
62.6% |
| Persons of Hispanic or
Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
1.7% |
5.3% |
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| Living in
same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000 |
56.3% |
49.2% |
| Foreign born persons, percent,
2000 |
1.4% |
7.1% |
| Language
other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
3.8% |
9.9% |
| High school
graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
73.5% |
78.6% |
| Bachelor's
degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
16.8% |
24.3% |
| Persons with a disability,
age 5+, 2000 |
10,054 |
1,456,812 |
| Mean
travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
19.1 |
27.7 |
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| Housing units, 2002 |
18,704 |
3,487,088 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000 |
70.0% |
67.5% |
| Housing units
in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
10.9% |
20.8% |
| Median value of
owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$76,900 |
$111,200 |
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| Households,
2000 |
16,309 |
3,006,369 |
| Persons per household, 2000 |
2.55 |
2.65 |
| Median household income, 1999 |
$31,115 |
$42,433 |
| Per capita money income, 1999 |
$16,211 |
$21,154 |
| Persons below poverty, percent,
1999 |
17.4% |
13.0% |
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| Business QuickFacts |
Thomas County |
Georgia |
| Private
nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001 |
1,064 |
202,505 |
| Private nonfarm employment, 2001 |
18,142 |
3,498,583 |
| Private nonfarm
employment, percent change 2000-2001 |
0.2% |
0.4% |
| Nonemployer establishments, 2000 |
2,214 |
468,430 |
| Manufacturers shipments, 1997
($1000) |
933,735 |
124,526,834 |
| Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) |
395,830 |
72,212,484 |
| Retail sales per capita, 1997 |
$9,298 |
$9,646 |
| Minority-owned firms,
percent of total, 1997 |
16.1% |
15.6% |
| Women-owned firms, percent
of total, 1997 |
19.8% |
25.6% |
| Housing units
authorized by building permits, 2002 |
190 |
97,523 |
| Federal funds and grants,
2002 ($1000) |
262,982 |
51,335,502 |
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| Geography QuickFacts |
Thomas County |
Georgia |
| Land area, 2000 (square miles) |
548 |
57,906 |
| Persons per square mile, 2000 |
77.9 |
141.4 |
| Metropolitan
Area |
None |
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| FIPS
Code |
275 |
13 |
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(a) Includes persons reporting only one race. |
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(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. |
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FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data |
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NA: Not available |
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D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information |
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X: Not applicable |
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S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards |
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Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown |
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F: Fewer than 100 firms |
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Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts |
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