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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $394 (0.6%)
Area name: Albany, GA MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Baker County is $456 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $535 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $718 a month.
Cities in this county include: Newton
, Milford
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Neighboring
counties: Calhoun County
, Decatur County
, Dougherty County
, Early County
, Miller County
, Mitchell County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Baker County: Old
Dam Site
(A),
Pine Bloom Plantation
(B)
Churches in Baker County include: Weldon
Spring Church
(A),
White Corner Church
(B),
Assembly of God Church
(C),
Travelers Rest Church
(D),
Bethany Church
(E),
Bethel Church
(F),
Thankful Church
(G),
Springfield Church
(H),
Live Oak Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Clifton
Cemetery
(1),
Trinity Cemetery
(2),
Notchaway Baptist Church Cemetery
(3),
Oak Grove Cemetery
(4),
Tarva Cemetery
(5),
Stephen Bush Cemetery
(6),
Morgan Cemetery
(7)
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Mayhall
Pond
(A),
Cassidy Pond
(B),
Rex Lake
(C),
Perry Pond
(D),
Cypress Pond
(E),
Jones Pond
(F),
Halls Pond
(G),
Geer Pond
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Chickasawhatchee
Creek
(A),
Big Cypress Creek
(B),
Spring Creek
(C),
Ichawaynochaway Creek
(D),
Mill Creek
(E),
Keel Creek
(F),
Caney Creek
(G),
Piney Woods Branch
(H)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 103
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 66.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 10.7%
Number of foreign born residents: 78 (36% naturalized citizens)
| Baker
County: |
1.9% | | Whole
state: | 7.1% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 25
- 1990
to 1994: 8
- 1985
to 1989: 7
- 1980
to 1984: 16
- 1975
to 1979: 5
- 1970
to 1974: 0
- 1970
to 1974: 0
- 1965
to 1969: 17
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Mean travel time to work: 28.3 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 34.5%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 972
- One,
attached: 2
- Two:
38
- 3
or 4: 2
- 5
to 9: 5
- 20
or more: 3
- Mobile
homes: 718
Housing units in Baker County with a mortgage: 232 (39 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 267 Agriculture
in Baker County
Average size of farms: 860 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $189760
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $402.79
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 38.61%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $188792
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 33.63%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 47.98%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $123071
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 85.71%
Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 4.83
Corn for grain: 7909 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 1440 harvested acres
Upland cotton: 16180 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 640 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 146 acresBaker
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is below Georgia state average. It is 1.3 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 2 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 9/29/1998, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado injured 2 people and caused $750,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (26%)
- Public
administration (12%)
- Construction
(8%)
- Truck
transportation (7%)
- Textile
mills and textile products (5%)
- Educational
services (4%)
- Food
and beverage stores (4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (17%)
- Educational
services (12%)
- Public
administration (7%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Food
(6%)
- Apparel
(5%)
- Food
and beverage stores (5%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Agricultural
workers including supervisors (11%)
- Farmers
and farm managers (7%)
- Law
enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material
moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Retail
sales workers except cashiers (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
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- Textile,
apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other
teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- Mexico
(78%)
- Philippines
(12%)
- Canada
(10%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Baker County:
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- United
States or American (23%)
- Irish
(5%)
- English
(4%)
- German
(2%)
- Scotch-Irish
(1%)
- French
(except Basque) (1%)
- Scottish
(1%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 1,208 (78%)
- Carpooled:
264 (17%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 8 (1%)
- Walked:
22 (1%)
- Other
means: 12 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 29 (2%)
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8
people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
4 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $33,400.
7.55% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($26,563 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
7.55% | | Georgia
average: | 10.98% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
6.13% relocated from other counties in Georgia ($21,300 average AGI)
1.42% relocated from other states ($5,263 average AGI)
| Baker
County: |
1.42% | | Georgia
average: | 4.40% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Dougherty County, GA
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1.79% ($21,789 average AGI) |
| from
Mitchell County, GA
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1.13% ($21,000) |
7.55% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($24,738 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
7.55% | | Georgia
average: | 9.55% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated to other counties in Georgia.
10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated to other states.
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.9
Births
per 1000 population in Baker County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.3
Deaths
per 1000 population in Baker County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 14.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 12.3
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Baker County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 439 (341 aged, 98 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 24%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 21%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 4,062
- In
family households: 3,608 (751 male householders, 341 female householders)
742
spouses, 1,364 children (1,231 natural, 31 adopted, 102 stepchildren), 173 grandchildren, 44 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 106 other relatives, 71 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 454 (182 male householders (169 living alone)), 234 female householders (210 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 12 (3 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 419 2-persons, 263 3-persons, 225 4-persons, 115 5-persons, 42 6-persons, 28 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 379 1-person, 37 2-persons.
565 married couples with children.
340 single-parent households (56 men, 284 women).
95.1% of residents of Baker County speak English at home.
4.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (38% speak English very well, 46% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $27,932,000 ($6575 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $195,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $5,969,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $4,608,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $7,088,000
Federal grants: $9,791,000
Federal procurement contracts: $99,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $377,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $401,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $2,506,000
Federal Government insurance: $16,545,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 202
| Here: |
49 per 1000 residents | | State: | 79
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 211
| Here: |
51 per 1000 residents | | State: |
38 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +13
| Here: |
+3 per 1000 residents | | State: | +21
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +88
| Here: |
+21 per 1000 residents | | State: | +26
per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Baker County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.25 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built:
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- 1999
to March 2000: 61
- 1995
to 1998: 204
- 1990
to 1994: 166
- 1980
to 1989: 354
- 1970
to 1979: 305
- 1960
to 1969: 260
- 1950
to 1959: 192
- 1940
to 1949: 88
- 1939
or earlier: 110
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Baker County, Georgia: |
- 1
room: 2
- 2
rooms: 27
- 3
rooms: 68
- 4
rooms: 150
- 5
rooms: 329
- 6
rooms: 282
- 7
rooms: 161
- 8
rooms: 93
- 9
or more rooms: 63
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Baker County, Georgia: |
- 1
room: 0
- 2
rooms: 42
- 3
rooms: 48
- 4
rooms: 88
- 5
rooms: 73
- 6
rooms: 48
- 7
rooms: 0
- 8
rooms: 26
- 9
or more rooms: 14
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Baker County: |
- no
bedroom: 17
- 1
bedroom: 37
- 2
bedrooms: 256
- 3
bedrooms: 688
- 4
bedrooms: 164
- 5
or more bedrooms: 13
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Baker County: |
- no
bedroom: 13
- 1
bedroom: 69
- 2
bedrooms: 121
- 3
bedrooms: 105
- 4
bedrooms: 31
- 5
or more bedrooms: 0
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Baker County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
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- no
vehicle: 82
- 1
vehicle: 351
- 2
vehicles: 515
- 3
vehicles: 164
- 4
vehicles: 52
- 5
or more vehicles: 11
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Baker County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 46
- 1
vehicle: 179
- 2
vehicles: 65
- 3
vehicles: 46
- 4
vehicles: 0
- 5
or more vehicles: 3
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69% of Baker County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Georgia.
| Baker
County: |
69.2% | | State
average: |
50.8% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 3583
- Northeast:
29
- Midwest:
27
- South:
333
- West:
9
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $21,500 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
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- Electricity
(62%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Utility
gas (2%)
- Wood
(1%)
- Solar
energy (1%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
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- Electricity
(59%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood
(1%)
- Utility
gas (1%)
- No
fuel used (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 39
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 40
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 3
Baker
County government finances in 2002:
- Charges
- Solid Waste Management: $89,000
All Other: $56,000
- Construction
- Central Staff Services: $9,000
Welfare - Other: $3,000
- Current
Operations - Regular Highways: $352,000
General - Other: $320,000
Police Protection: $290,000
Health Services - Other: $194,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $184,000
Central Staff Services: $178,000
Financial Administration: $148,000
Solid Waste Management: $121,000
Welfare - Other: $115,000
General Public Buildings: $69,000
Natural Resources - Other: $39,000
Fire Protection: $20,000
Parks & Recreation: $14,000
Libraries: $5,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $0
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - General: $42,000
Fire Protection: $32,000
- Intergovernmental
to State - Fire Protection: $3,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $124,000
Rents: $11,000
Interest Earnings: $6,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - General - Other: $58,000
Regular Highways: $41,000
Fire Protection: $12,000
Parks & Recreation: $5,000
Central Staff: $3,000
Financial Administration: $2,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $483,000
- State
Intergovernmental - All Other: $155,000
Public Welfare: $100,000
Health & Hospitals: $78,000
Housing & Community Development: $5,000
- Tax
- Property: $1,195,000
Total General Sales: $212,000
Other Selective Sales: $104,000
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $8,000
NEC: $7,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $736,000
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