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People QuickFacts |
Whitfield County |
Georgia |
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Population, 2008 estimate |
93,835 | 9,685,744 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 |
12.3% | 18.3% |
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
83,555 | 8,186,812 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2007 |
9.8% | 7.7% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2007 |
30.1% | 26.5% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2007 |
10.5% | 9.9% |
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Female persons, percent, 2007 |
50.0% | 50.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
93.5% | 65.6% |
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Black persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
3.7% | 30.0% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
0.5% | 0.3% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
1.3% | 2.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2007 (a) |
0.1% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2007 |
0.9% | 1.2% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2007 (b) |
30.2% | 7.8% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2007 |
64.2% | 58.5% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
52.4% | 49.2% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
16.6% | 7.1% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
22.2% | 9.9% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
63.0% | 78.6% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
12.8% | 24.3% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
16,805 | 1,456,812 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
20.8 | 27.7 |
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Housing units, 2007 |
35,167 | 3,961,474 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
67.6% | 67.5% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
16.6% | 20.8% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$91,800 | $111,200 |
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Households, 2000 |
29,385 | 3,006,369 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.82 | 2.65 |
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Median household income, 2007 |
$43,408 | $49,080 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$18,515 | $21,154 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 |
16.5% | 14.3% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Whitfield County |
Georgia |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2006 |
2,549 | 225,9961 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2006 |
56,305 | 3,623,2101 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006 |
0.2% | 4.0%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2006 |
5,307 | 690,191 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
6,879 | 674,521 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 13.4% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.7% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
2.7% | 4.0% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
3.3% | 2.7% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
20.6% | 29.1% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
6,551,305 | 126,156,636 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
D | 201,091,040 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
1,248,916 | 90,098,578 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$14,393 | $10,551 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
124,757 | 12,740,423 |
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Building permits, 2007 |
462 | 73,165 |
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Federal spending, 2007 ($1000) |
403,537 | 71,078,9901 |