Laurens County Facts

Census Statistics

	Laurens County	Georgia
Population, 2003 estimate	46,108	8,684,715
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	2.7%	6.1%
Population, 2000	44,874	8,186,453
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	12.2%	26.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.9%	7.3%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	26.8%	26.5%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	13.3%	9.6%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.9%	50.8%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	63.4%	65.1%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	34.5%	28.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.8%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	2.4%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.6%	1.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.2%	5.3%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	62.8%	62.6%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	58.9%	49.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	1.1%	7.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	2.8%	9.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	70.3%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	14.4%	24.3%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	9,269	1,456,812
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	23.6	27.7?
Housing units, 2002	20,029	3,487,088
Homeownership rate, 2000	71.3%	67.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	9.0%	20.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$73,900	$111,200?
Households, 2000	17,083	3,006,369
Persons per household, 2000	2.55	2.65
Median household income, 1999	$32,010	$42,433
Per capita money income, 1999	$16,763	$21,154
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	18.4%	13.0%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	1,051	202,505
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	17,239	3,498,583
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	2.8%	0.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	2,191	468,430
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	888,577	124,526,834
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	417,521	72,212,484
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$9,645	$9,646
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	14.7%	15.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	20.9%	25.6%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	46	97,523
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	301,053	51,335,502
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	812	57,906
Persons per square mile, 2000	55.2	141.4
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	175	13

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