Georgia Facts: A Look at the "Five Georgias"
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GEORGIA FACTS: A LOOK AT GEORGIA FACTS: A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS WITHIN YOUR THE NUMBERS WITHIN YOUR STATESTATE
By: Andrew Carswell, Ph.D., and Douglas Bachtel, Ph.D.
Society of Georgia Archivists MeetingSavannah, GA
November 6, 2009
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WHAT WE ARE GOING TO COVER WHAT WE ARE GOING TO COVER TODAYTODAY
The Five Georgias
Ten Pertinent Things That Make The State Unique
Recent Research That Covers Under-Documented Populations
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THE FIVE GEORGIASTHE FIVE GEORGIAS
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URBAN URBAN COUNTIESCOUNTIES
Contains a city with 50,000 or more inhabitants
Some Georgia urban counties are part of metro areas outside the state
Large numbers of African-Americans
Growing number of Hispanics
High crime rates
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URBANIZING COUNTIESURBANIZING COUNTIES
Sometimes referred to as “micropolitan”
Viable job opportunities and infrastructure improvements
Diversified economyGrowing minority groupMay eventually evolve into
metropolitan area
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SUBURBASUBURBANN
Also metropolitan¼ of population
commutes in to core/central city to work
Predominantly white, affluent, and highly educated
These areas grow at the expense of the urban counties
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RURAL GROWTHRURAL GROWTHExperienced growth during
the 1980sCharacterized by scenic
beautyAttractive to tourists and
retireesSome located near military
baseUsually tax issues involved
in these countiesConflicts between new and
old residents
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RURAL DECLINERURAL DECLINEThe counties in
greatest perilLong-term population
lossLack of employment
opportunitiesLow infrastructure
and business development
Bi-modal age distribution
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SIZE OF THE POPULATIONSIZE OF THE POPULATION
9th largest population in the U.S.
Only 24th in areaLarge rural populationFarm population shrinking
(currently 63,480)
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GROWTHGROWTH
4TH fastest growing state in the nation (2000-2007)
60% of growth was from new people moving into the state
Majority of new movers came from other SE states
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DIVERSITYDIVERSITY
4TH highest % of African-Americans among U.S. states
Hispanics represent 7.5% of population
Asians account for 2.8% of the population
GA’s minority population heavily concentrated in a few areas
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AGEAGEGA is a young stateLess % retirees than rest of
U.S., but growingLarge portion of GA’s
population growth is from new residents in their child-bearing years
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EDUCATIONEDUCATION
GA traditionally has low educational attainment
Dropout rate is growing and is above the U.S. rate
Disparities in HS educational attainment rates within the races
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ECONOMICSECONOMICSGA has low income levelsRanked 36th among all states119 counties are below that
of MSDisparities in income
between Asians/whites and Hispanics/A-A
53.7% of all firms in GA have <4 employees
187 companies have more than 1,000 employees
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HOUSINGHOUSINGLarge number of mobile
and manufactured homesIn the top ten states for
foreclosuresRecently hit by large wave
of mortgage fraudRental and single-family
sectors both hurting Generally house prices
have been more stable than in other areas
Tax assessment and property tax issues
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HEALTHHEALTHBirths to unwed mothers a
real problem within GA50% of students in GA
public school system live in single-parent households
Infant mortality rate much higher than rate for U.S.
Four epidemics prevalent within the state
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VOTINGVOTINGA majority of eligible voters
do not cast their votes during a Presidential election
Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama elections
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WATERWATER
State’s water supply directly tied to population growth
State currently has a border issue going on with FL, AL
Still currently a cheap resource, which hurts conservation efforts
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