Ben Hill County, GA Census Data

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Georgia



Ben Hill County, Georgia

People QuickFactsBen Hill CountyGeorgia
Population, 2005 estimate 17,3169,072,576
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -1.0%10.8%
Population, 2000 17,4848,186,453
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 8.0%7.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 27.2%26.0%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 12.6%9.6%
Female persons, percent, 2005 51.3%50.5%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)65.2%66.1%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)33.7%29.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.3%0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.4%2.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.0%0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 0.4%1.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)6.4%7.1%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 59.3%59.6%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 58.6%49.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 3.4%7.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 5.0%9.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 65.8%78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 9.5%24.3%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 3,9841,456,812
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 18.327.7
Housing units, 2005 7,8703,771,466
Homeownership rate, 2000 66.7%67.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 12.4%20.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $60,700$111,200
Households, 2000 6,6733,006,369
Persons per household, 2000 2.572.65
Median household income, 2003 $27,413$42,421
Per capita money income, 1999 $14,093$21,154
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 19.3%13.3%
Business QuickFactsBen Hill CountyGeorgia
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 373214,7141
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 6,6023,452,4511
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 -9.2%-0.9%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 873610,966
Total number of firms, 2002 1,165674,521
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA13.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA4.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA2.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 31.7%29.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 576,707126,156,636
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 39,852201,091,040
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 160,71590,098,578
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $9,308$10,551
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 11,01012,740,423
Building permits, 2005 78109,336
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 112,19955,152,9111
Geography QuickFactsBen Hill CountyGeorgia
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 25157,906
Persons per square mile, 2000 69.4141.4
FIPS Code 01713
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Fitzgerald, GA Micro Area

1: Includes data not distributed by county.


(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:04:05 EST
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