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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $589 (1.0%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Ben Hill County is $386 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $461 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $558 a month.
Cities in this county include: Fitzgerald
.
Neighboring
counties: Coffee County
, Irwin County
, Telfair County
, Turner County
, Wilcox County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Ben Hill County: Ben
Hill County Farm
(A),
Fitzgerald Country Club
(B)
Shopping Center: Fitzgerald
Plaza Shopping Center
(1).
Churches in Ben Hill County include: Abba
Church
(A),
Westwood Church
(B),
Youngs Chapel
(C),
Anderson Memorial Church
(D),
Union Church
(E),
Bethlehem Church
(F),
Sturgeon Church
(G),
Callie Garbutt Church
(H),
Shiloh Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Saint
Pauls Cemetery
(1),
Wilcox-Reid Cemetery
(2),
Union Cemetery
(3),
Westwood Cemetery
(4),
Tucker Cemetery
(5),
Troup Cemetery
(6),
Kiokee Cemetery
(7)
Lakes and reservoirs: Reubin
Lake
(A),
Devils Den
(B),
Ware Pond
(C),
Tuggle Lake
(D),
Beatrice, Lake
(E),
Metz Lake
(F),
Lake Beatrice
(G),
Morehead Lake
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Stone
Creek
(A),
Sturgeon Creek
(B),
Otter Creek
(C),
Courthouse Branch
(D),
South Prong House Creek
(E),
Minschew Branch
(F),
Mill Branch
(G),
Young Creek
(H),
Turkey Creek
(I)
Park in Ben Hill County: Ben
Hill County Park
(1).
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 591
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 65.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 9.5%
Number of foreign born residents: 591 (20% naturalized citizens)
| Ben
Hill County: |
3.4% | | Whole
state: | 7.1% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 216
- 1990
to 1994: 225
- 1985
to 1989: 29
- 1980
to 1984: 59
- 1975
to 1979: 5
- 1970
to 1974: 4
- 1970
to 1974: 9
- 1965
to 1969: 44
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Mean travel time to work: 18.3 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 78.6%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 4,619
- One,
attached: 131
- Two:
312
- 3
or 4: 224
- 5
to 9: 157
- 10
to 19: 69
- 20
or more: 182
- Mobile
homes: 1,918
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 11
Housing units in Ben Hill County with a mortgage: 1,840 (194 second mortgage, 179 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,182 Agriculture
in Ben Hill County
Average size of farms: 330 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $77811
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $336.36
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 2.61%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 34.55%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $68662
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 45.94%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 31.56%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $67861
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 92.53%
Average age of principal farm operators: 59 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 11.23
Corn for grain: 5662 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 2089 harvested acres
Upland cotton: 10681 harvested acres
Vegetables: 193 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 263 acresBen
Hill County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is above Georgia state average. It is 2.9 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 2 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 6/14/1963, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured 2 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(10%)
- Transportation
equipment (9%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Textile
mills and textile products (7%)
- Wood
products (6%)
- Public
administration (5%)
- Rail
transportation (3%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (17%)
- Educational
services (13%)
- Textile
mills and textile products (8%)
- Public
administration (6%)
- Accommodation
and food services (5%)
- Food
and beverage stores (5%)
- Finance
and insurance (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Metal
workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (4%)
- Textile,
apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
- Farmers
and farm managers (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Textile,
apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (6%)
- Cashiers
(6%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(85%)
- United
Kingdom (3%)
- India
(3%)
- Australia
(2%)
- Germany
(2%)
- Jamaica
(2%)
- Taiwan
(2%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Ben Hill County:
|
- United
States or American (28%)
- Irish
(8%)
- English
(5%)
- African
(2%)
- German
(2%)
- Scotch-Irish
(2%)
- French
(except Basque) (1%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 5,687 (79%)
- Carpooled:
1,173 (16%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 10 (0%)
- Streetcar
or trolley car: 6 (0%)
- Taxi:
36 (0%)
- Bicycle:
17 (0%)
- Walked:
83 (1%)
- Other
means: 106 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 85 (1%)
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People
in group quarters in Ben Hill County, Georgia
- 189
people in nursing homes
- 97
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 44
people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 44
people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 37
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $37,387.
6.06% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,597 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.06% | | Georgia
average: | 10.98% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.10% relocated from other counties in Georgia ($17,937 average AGI)
1.96% relocated from other states ($12,663 average AGI)
| Ben
Hill County: |
1.96% | | Georgia
average: | 4.40% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Irwin County, GA
|
1.08% ($25,484 average AGI) |
| from
Coffee County, GA
|
0.42% ($17,250) |
| from
Tift County, GA
|
0.38% ($30,545) |
| from
Wilcox County, GA
|
0.35% ($26,600) |
5.71% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,448 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.71% | | Georgia
average: | 9.55% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.40% relocated to other counties in Georgia ($21,540 average AGI)
1.31% relocated to other states ($7,911 average AGI)
| Ben
Hill County: |
1.31% | | Georgia
average: | 3.17% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Irwin County, GA
|
1.17% ($24,761 average AGI) |
| to
Tift County, GA
|
0.51% ($27,345) |
| to
Coffee County, GA
|
0.28% ($17,688) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 16.9
Births
per 1000 population in Ben Hill County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.1
Deaths
per 1000 population in Ben Hill County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 15.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 12.9
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Ben Hill County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 2,970 (2,305 aged, 665 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 21%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 19%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 17,114
- In
family households: 14,847 (3,116 male householders, 1,592 female householders)
3,291
spouses, 5,535 children (4,900 natural, 162 adopted, 473 stepchildren), 563 grandchildren, 151 brothers or sisters, 34 parents, 240 other relatives, 325 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 2,267 (843 male householders (696 living alone)), 1,126 female householders (1,081 living alone)), 298 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 370 (332 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,919 2-persons, 1,121 3-persons, 938 4-persons, 411 5-persons, 221 6-persons, 98 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,777 1-person, 146 2-persons, 31 3-persons, 5 4-persons, 10 5-persons.
2,474 married couples with children.
1,619 single-parent households (244 men, 1,375 women).
95.0% of residents of Ben Hill County speak English at home.
4.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (32% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 36% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $112,199,000 ($6469 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $2,465,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $45,118,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $27,789,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,118,000
Federal grants: $33,605,000
Federal procurement contracts: $480,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $2,088,000 ($222,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $3,300,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $3,937,000
Federal Government insurance: $6,556,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,483
| Here: |
86 per 1000 residents | | State: |
79 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 1,113
| Here: |
64 per 1000 residents | | State: |
38 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +165
| Here: |
+10 per 1000 residents | | State: | +21
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -686
| Here: |
-40 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+26 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Ben Hill County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 4.21 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: 169
- 1995
to 1998: 790
- 1990
to 1994: 491
- 1980
to 1989: 1,531
- 1970
to 1979: 1,374
- 1960
to 1969: 993
- 1950
to 1959: 967
- 1940
to 1949: 533
- 1939
or earlier: 775
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Ben Hill County, Georgia: |
- 1
room: 0
- 2
rooms: 7
- 3
rooms: 160
- 4
rooms: 484
- 5
rooms: 1,145
- 6
rooms: 1,259
- 7
rooms: 744
- 8
rooms: 333
- 9
or more rooms: 316
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Ben Hill County, Georgia: |
- 1
room: 38
- 2
rooms: 109
- 3
rooms: 454
- 4
rooms: 575
- 5
rooms: 558
- 6
rooms: 244
- 7
rooms: 182
- 8
rooms: 50
- 9
or more rooms: 15
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Ben Hill County: |
- no
bedroom: 7
- 1
bedroom: 75
- 2
bedrooms: 1,012
- 3
bedrooms: 2,711
- 4
bedrooms: 563
- 5
or more bedrooms: 80
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Ben Hill County: |
- no
bedroom: 56
- 1
bedroom: 448
- 2
bedrooms: 872
- 3
bedrooms: 754
- 4
bedrooms: 95
- 5
or more bedrooms: 0
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Ben Hill County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 278
- 1
vehicle: 1,590
- 2
vehicles: 1,557
- 3
vehicles: 759
- 4
vehicles: 206
- 5
or more vehicles: 58
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Ben Hill County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 570
- 1
vehicle: 1,028
- 2
vehicles: 491
- 3
vehicles: 118
- 4
vehicles: 13
- 5
or more vehicles: 5
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60% of Ben Hill County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Georgia.
| Ben
Hill County: |
60.1% | | State
average: |
50.8% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 13669
- Northeast:
393
- Midwest:
392
- South:
2178
- West:
177
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $40,700 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Electricity
(58%)
- Utility
gas (22%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (16%)
- No
fuel used (2%)
- Wood
(2%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Electricity
(53%)
- Utility
gas (25%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (16%)
- No
fuel used (4%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 44
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 68
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 158
| Here: |
29.7% | | Georgia: |
22.9% |
Ben
Hill County government finances in 2002:
- Charges
- All Other: $727,000
Solid Waste Management: $57,000
- Construction
- Welfare - Other: $495,000
Regular Highways: $486,000
General Public Buildings: $469,000
- Current
Operations - Regular Highways: $1,150,000
General - Other: $1,068,000
Police Protection: $964,000
Corrections - Other: $758,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $660,000
Solid Waste Management: $446,000
General Public Buildings: $432,000
Financial Administration: $404,000
Central Staff Services: $371,000
Housing & Community Development: $352,000
Health Services - Other: $336,000
Parks & Recreation: $169,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $92,000
Welfare - Other: $92,000
Libraries: $89,000
Natural Resources - Other: $55,000
Fire Protection: $35,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - All Other: $85,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $69,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - General: $1,079,000
Solid Waste Management: $178,000
Parks & Recreation: $167,000
Libraries: $89,000
Health: $58,000
Welfare: $29,000
Air Transportation: $19,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - All Other: $45,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $280,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $1,135,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $230,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $50,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $1,135,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $443,000
Interest Earnings: $76,000
Rents: $10,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Solid Waste Management: $196,000
General - Other: $169,000
Regular Highways: $154,000
Parks & Recreation: $108,000
Police Protection: $68,000
Fire Protection: $64,000
Judicial: $7,000
Central Staff: $2,000
Financial Administration: $1,000
General Public Building: $1,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $2,148,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $230,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $437,000
Health & Hospitals: $191,000
All Other: $116,000
Highways: $48,000
- Tax
- Total General Sales: $4,256,000
Property: $4,121,000
Other Selective Sales: $282,000
NEC: $80,000
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $71,000
Public Utilities: $28,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $3,269,000
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