Demographics of Our Region
This information was obtained from: Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development. (2010). The Georgia County Guide (28th ed.). Athens, GA: Boatright, S. R. (Ed.).
| County | Age 65+ | Ethnicity - Black | Ethnicity - Hispanic | Rural | Poverty | No High School Diploma | Primary Care Physicians | Total Population |
| Banks | 12.1% | 4.2 % | 4.0% | 94.2% | 16.2% | 34.6% | 4 | 16,799 |
| Barrow | 9.4% | 11.7% | 8.1% | 53.1% | 12.2% | 26.7% | 25 | 72,158 |
| Clarke* | 8.7% | 25.6% | 9.3% | 8.7% | 36.3% | 19.0% | 107 | 116,342 |
| Columbia* | 9.3% | 15.5% | 3.6% | 26.2% | 6.8% | 12.1% | 58 | 112,958 |
| Elbert | 16.4% | 29.4% | 4.1% | 68.7% | 20.8% | 32.8% | 12 | 20,372 |
| Franklin | 16.8% | 8.8% | 2.2% | 89.2% | 20.0% | 33.0% | 12 | 21,748 |
| Glascock | 15.7% | 12.5% | 0.6% | 100.0% | 18.5% | 33.9% | 1 | 2,801 |
| Greene | 20.0% | 38.4% | 4.0% | 81.7% | 19.9% | 29.9% | 13 | 15,743 |
| Gwinnett* | 6.8% | 22.1% | 18.0% | 2.5% | 13.7% | 12.7% | 422 | 808,167 |
| Habersham | 15.2% | 5.1% | 12.1% | 64.9% | 17.7% | 29.1% | 20 | 43,613 |
| Hall* | 10.2% | 6.8% | 27.2% | 33.0% | 15.1% | 29.5% | 118 | 187,743 |
| Hart | 17.4% | 19.4% | 1.7% | 75.7% | 19.7% | 28.9% | 13 | 24,067 |
| Jackson | 13.1% | 7.7% | 5.2% | 88.0% | 14.3% | 31.9% | 17 | 63,544 |
| Lincoln | 16.2% | 33.3% | 1.1% | 100.0% | 20.9% | 29.0% | 3 | 7,913 |
| Lumpkin | 12.2% | 2.3% | 4.4% | 85.8% | 16.5% | 28.0% | 10 | 27,528 |
| Madison | 13.0% | 9.1% | 3.6% | 96.0% | 18.3% | 29.2% | 9 | 28,232 |
| McDuffie | 13.3% | 37.7% | 2.3% | 62.1% | 20.2% | 33.3% | 14 | 21,862 |
| Morgan | 14.5% | 24.5% | 1.9% | 77.2% | 15.5% | 26.0% | 6 | 18,761 |
| Oconee | 10.5% | 7.1% | 4.2% | 50.3% | 8.4% | 13.3% | 16 | 33,320 |
| Oglethorpe | 13.5% | 18.7% | 3.1% | 99.9% | 15.8% | 27.9% | 4 | 14,328 |
| Putnam | 18.2% | 26.5% | 5.2% | 75.0% | 16.9% | 24.%% | 12 | 20,495 |
| Rabun | 21.2% | 1.9% | 8.4% | 100.0% | 17.2% | 24.6% | 11 | 16,611 |
| Richmond* | 12.2% | 52.8% | 2.8% | 7.8% | 22.6% | 22.0% | 312 | 199,768 |
| Stephens | 17.9% | 11.6% | 1.6% | 60.0% | 21.0% | 28.9% | 17 | 25,700 |
| Taliaferro | 21.5% | 58.2% | 1.3% | 100.0% | 31.6% | 43.8% | 2 | 1,218 |
| Towns | 28.9% | 1/1% | 2/2% | 100.0% | 16.6% | 24.9% | 9 | 11,010 |
| Union | 25.7% | 1.7% | 1.4% | 100.0% | 17.7% | 28.8% | 15 | 21,252 |
| Walton | 12.1% | 16.0% | 3.3% | 57.8% | 12.%% | 26.5% | 34 | 87,311 |
| Warren | 17.2% | 56.1% | 1.3% | 100.0% | 27.4% | 42.9% | 4 | 5,755 |
| White | 16.6% | 2.9% | 2.5% | 100.0% | 17.7% | 24.0% | 6 | 25,294 |
| Wilkes | 19.9% | 40.9% | 3.44% | 66.8% | 23.2% | 35.0% | 7 | 10,268 |
| Percentage of Region | 15.35% | 19.67% | 4.97% | 71.76% | 18.43% | 27.86% | ||
| Total Number in Region | 319,692 | 409,663 | 103,509 | 1,930,229 | 383,838 | 580,234 | 1,313 | 2,082,681 |
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