Clarke County, Georgia (GA)

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• • 70,74454.5%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 31,93824.6%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 14,75111.4%Hispanic or Latino
  • 5,6854.4%Asian alone
  • 5,6314.3%Two or more races
  • 8120.6%Some other race alone
  • 3140.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $367,313

Here:	$367,313
State:	$376,364

Townhouses or other attached units: $218,120

Here:	$218,120
State:	$341,709

In 2-unit structures: $262,382

Here:	$262,382
State:	$269,631

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $133,202

Here:	$133,202
State:	$250,092

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $298,386

Here:	$298,386
State:	$370,730

Mobile homes: $117,976

Here:	$117,976
State:	$102,413

Crime in 2017 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 0
• Burglaries: 0
• Thefts: 0
• Auto thefts: 0

Crime in 2016 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 0
• Burglaries: 0
• Thefts: 0
• Auto thefts: 0

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $2,582 (0.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $2,544 (0.9%)

Area name: Athens-Clarke County, GA MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Clarke County is $509 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $639 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $851 a month.

Cities in this county include: Athens-Clarke County, Athens, Winterville.

2023 air pollution in Clarke County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.035 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 10.9 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Current college students: 29,695
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 89.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 45.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 12,083 (36.3% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 5,6162010 or later
• 3,2962000 to 2009
• 2,2571990 to 1999
• 1,6611980 to 1989
• 4221970 to 1979
• 446Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 99.3%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 29,285
• One, attached: 3,003
• Two: 4,238
• 3 or 4: 3,048
• 5 to 9: 6,951
• 10 to 19: 4,284
• 20 to 49: 2,281
• 50 or more: 2,797
• Mobile homes: 1,881

Housing units in Clarke County with a mortgage: 12,717 (1,407 second mortgage, 92 home equity loan, 1,231 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 327

Religion statistics for Clarke County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Clarke County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Georgia Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4501, Natural disaster type: Other
• Georgia Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: February 10, 2014 to February 14, 2014, Emergency Declared EM-3368: February 11, 2014, FEMA Id: 3368, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Georgia Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 27, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3218: September 05, 2005, FEMA Id: 3218, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Georgia Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 22, 2000 to February 01, 2000, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1311: January 28, 2000, FEMA Id: 1311, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Georgia Drought, Incident Period: July 20, 1977, Emergency Declared EM-3044: July 20, 1977, FEMA Id: 3044, Natural disaster type: Drought
• Georgia SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, Incident Period: June 11, 1973, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-391: June 11, 1973, FEMA Id: 391, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado
• Georgia TORNADOES, FLOODING, Incident Period: April 04, 1973, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-370: April 04, 1973, FEMA Id: 370, Natural disaster type: Tornado, Flood

11.30% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($57,964 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
7.20% relocated from other counties in Georgia ($35,217 average AGI)
4.09% relocated from other states ($22,747 average AGI)

Clarke County:	4.09%
Georgia average:	3.80%

from Oconee County, GA	0.82% ($91,108 average AGI)
from Gwinnett County, GA	0.61% ($44,950)
from Barrow County, GA	0.59% ($41,297)
from Jackson County, GA	0.54% ($56,000)
from Madison County, GA	0.50% ($35,294)
from Fulton County, GA	0.47% ($83,091)
from DeKalb County, GA	0.31% ($78,500)

12.48% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($50,760 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
8.38% relocated to other counties in Georgia ($33,133 average AGI)
4.10% relocated to other states ($17,627 average AGI)

Clarke County:	4.10%
Georgia average:	3.15%

to Oconee County, GA	1.17% ($88,638 average AGI)
to Gwinnett County, GA	0.72% ($35,700)
to Madison County, GA	0.70% ($40,240)
to Barrow County, GA	0.64% ($49,561)
to Fulton County, GA	0.63% ($42,378)
to Jackson County, GA	0.61% ($47,362)
to Oglethorpe County, GA	0.48% ($43,440)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 14.0
Births per 1000 population from 2010 to 2022: 9.6

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 6.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 5.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 6.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 10.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.5

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Clarke County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 25,187 (7,337 living alone), Female householders: 28,317 (10,265 living alone)

• 14,941 spouses (14,709 opposite-sex spouses), 5,332 unmarried partners, (5,058 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 22,945 children (21,191 natural, 608 adopted, 1,146 stepchildren), 1,579 grandchildren, 2,061 brothers or sisters, 2,191 parents, 0 foster children, 1,565 other relatives, 15,888 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 9,869

Size of family households: 12,032 2-persons, 7,050 3-persons, 3,882 4-persons, 1,626 5-persons, 63 6-persons, 176 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 17,602 1-person, 6,795 2-persons, 1,953 3-persons, 2,153 4-persons, 172 5-persons.

9,028 married couples with children.
9,465 single-parent households (3,565 men, 5,900 women).

84.4% of residents of Clarke speak English at home.
8.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
3.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (70% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other language at home (89% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 1% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $653,173,000 ($6,283 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $46,993,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $179,309,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $91,735,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,784,000
Federal grants: $234,034,000
Federal procurement contracts: $34,219,000 ($3,290,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $110,092,000 ($29,232,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $201,768,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $42,940,000
Federal Government insurance: $16,661,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-43 per 1000 residents
State:	+26 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 18.51 millions of gallons per day (1% from ground, 99% from surface)

• Year house built in Clarke County, Georgia
• 1,4712020 or later
• 4,7302010 to 2019
• 12,7682000 to 2009
• 7,4951990 to 1999
• 6,5981980 to 1989
• 8,6181970 to 1979
• 8,0781960 to 1969
• 3,3711950 to 1959
• 1,4481940 to 1949
• 3,1911939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Clarke County, Georgia

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Clarke County, Georgia
• 01 room
• 02 rooms
• 3513 rooms
• 2,5344 rooms
• 2,2905 rooms
• 4,6056 rooms
• 3,7947 rooms
• 3,2168 rooms
• 4,5359+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Clarke County, Georgia
• 7281 room
• 2,0732 rooms
• 6,8703 rooms
• 9,7544 rooms
• 6,2575 rooms
• 3,5606 rooms
• 1,1727 rooms
• 1,3198 rooms
• 4469+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Clarke County, Georgia

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Clarke County, Georgia
• 0no bedroom
• 2221 bedroom
• 2,9482 bedrooms
• 10,7853 bedrooms
• 5,3174 bedrooms
• 2,0535+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Clarke County, Georgia
• 875no bedroom
• 5,8391 bedroom
• 15,1652 bedrooms
• 6,9563 bedrooms
• 2,4424 bedrooms
• 9025+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Clarke County, Georgia in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Clarke County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 370no vehicle
• 7,9361 vehicle
• 8,5892 vehicles
• 2,7483 vehicles
• 1,2604 vehicles
• 4225+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Clarke County in renter-occupied apartments
• 2,430no vehicle
• 15,2371 vehicle
• 9,9462 vehicles
• 2,6753 vehicles
• 1,5594 vehicles
• 3325+ vehicles

72.0% of Clarke County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 27% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Georgia.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 76,724
• Other state: 40,530
• Northeast: 7,542
• Midwest: 7,400
• South: 20,086
• West: 5,502

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,366
• Number of aged recipients: 252
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,114
• Number of recipients under 18: 454
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,427
• Number of recipients older than 64: 485
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 928
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,065

Clarke County on our top lists:

• #18 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #43 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #53 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011"
• #61 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest ground withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #68 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #94 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011"
• #100 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Obama (Democrat) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"