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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $509 (0.7%)
Area name: Valdosta, GA MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Brooks County is $445 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $535 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $725 a month.
Cities in this county include: Quitman
, Pavo
, Morven
, Barney
, Empress
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Neighboring
counties: Jefferson County, Florida
, Colquitt County
, Cook County
, Madison County, Florida
, Lowndes County
, Thomas County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable location: Quitman
Country Club
(A).
Churches in Brooks County include: Welcome
Hope Church
(A),
Welcome Hill Church
(B),
Antioch Church
(C),
Union Church
(D),
Bethany Church
(E),
Bethlehem Church
(F),
Beulah Church
(G),
Beulah Hill Church
(H),
Sweetfield Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Union
Cemetery
(1),
Ramsey Cemetery
(2),
Beasley Cemetery
(3),
North End Cemetery
(4),
Lebanon Cemetery
(5),
Bethlehem Cemetery
(6),
Kennedy Cemetery
(7)
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Stanley
Bay
(A),
Mud Lake
(B),
Dry Lake
(C),
Fearnside Lake
(D),
Brice Pond
(E),
Nichols, Lake
(F),
Blue Pond
(G),
Johnson Pond
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Gum
Creek
(A),
Negro Branch
(B),
Mule Creek
(C),
Okapilco Creek
(D),
Little Creek
(E),
Franks Creek
(F),
Reedy Creek
(G),
Millrace Creek
(H),
Jones Creek
(I)
Post offices: Barney
Post Office
(A),
Dixie Post Office
(B)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 518
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 67.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 11.3%
Number of foreign born residents: 280 (33% naturalized citizens)
| Brooks
County: |
1.7% | | Whole
state: | 7.1% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
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- 1995
to March 2000: 92
- 1990
to 1994: 58
- 1985
to 1989: 4
- 1980
to 1984: 36
- 1975
to 1979: 15
- 1970
to 1974: 13
- 1970
to 1974: 6
- 1965
to 1969: 56
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Mean travel time to work: 24.6 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 48.5%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 4,196
- One,
attached: 87
- Two:
100
- 3
or 4: 155
- 5
to 9: 74
- 10
to 19: 41
- 20
or more: 59
- Mobile
homes: 2,347
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 59
Housing units in Brooks County with a mortgage: 1,497 (143 second mortgage, 137 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 853 Agriculture
in Brooks County
Average size of farms: 455 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $124011
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $525.81
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.28%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 26.74%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $104513
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 38.00%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 22.44%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $83898
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 85.43%
Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 7.21
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 25.52%
Corn for grain: 3967 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 2259 harvested acres
Upland cotton: 45996 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 1212 harvested acres
Vegetables: 6591 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 3250 acresBrooks
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is near Georgia state average. It is 1.5 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 2 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 2/8/1971, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado injured 2 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(13%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Public
administration (7%)
- Accommodation
and food services (4%)
- Truck
transportation (4%)
- Building
material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Administrative
and support and waste management services (3%)
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Most
common industries for females:
|
- Health
care (18%)
- Educational
services (14%)
- Accommodation
and food services (7%)
- Public
administration (5%)
- Social
assistance (4%)
- Finance
and insurance (3%)
- Textile
mills and textile products (3%)
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Most
common occupations for males
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- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Agricultural
workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail
sales workers except cashiers (3%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (5%)
- Health
technologists and technicians (5%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Material
recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- Mexico
(49%)
- United
Kingdom (9%)
- Philippines
(6%)
- Ecuador
(6%)
- Turkey
(5%)
- Other
Northern Europe (4%)
- Spain
(4%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Brooks County:
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- United
States or American (25%)
- English
(8%)
- Irish
(5%)
- German
(4%)
- African
(2%)
- Scotch-Irish
(2%)
- European
(2%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 5,118 (76%)
- Carpooled:
1,314 (19%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 26 (0%)
- Ferryboat:
1 (0%)
- Bicycle:
7 (0%)
- Walked:
60 (1%)
- Other
means: 69 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 172 (3%)
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People
in group quarters in Brooks County, Georgia
- 257
people in nursing homes
- 57
people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 39
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 33
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 11
people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 2
people in homes for the mentally ill
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $34,797.
10.00% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($28,212 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
10.00% | | Georgia
average: | 10.98% |
0.24% of residents moved from foreign countries ($609 average AGI)
| Brooks
County: |
0.24% | | Georgia
average: | 0.39% |
6.71% relocated from other counties in Georgia ($17,821 average AGI)
3.06% relocated from other states ($9,784 average AGI)
| Brooks
County: |
3.06% | | Georgia
average: | 4.40% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Lowndes County, GA
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3.59% ($25,779 average AGI) |
| from
Thomas County, GA
|
0.93% ($27,596) |
| from
Colquitt County, GA
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0.38% ($29,947) |
| from
Cook County, GA
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0.20% ($25,900) |
9.06% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($24,662 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
9.06% | | Georgia
average: | 9.55% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
7.00% relocated to other counties in Georgia ($19,009 average AGI)
2.07% relocated to other states ($5,653 average AGI)
| Brooks
County: |
2.07% | | Georgia
average: | 3.17% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Lowndes County, GA
|
3.79% ($25,503 average AGI) |
| to
Thomas County, GA
|
0.92% ($22,696) |
| to
Colquitt County, GA
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0.40% ($26,950) |
| to
Cook County, GA
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0.24% ($15,917) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.0
Births
per 1000 population in Brooks County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.6
Deaths
per 1000 population in Brooks County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 11.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 8.5
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Brooks County
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Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 2,285 (1,815 aged, 470 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 22%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 20%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 16,049
- In
family households: 14,077 (3,012 male householders, 1,418 female householders)
3,001
spouses, 5,196 children (4,791 natural, 112 adopted, 293 stepchildren), 654 grandchildren, 197 brothers or sisters, 115 parents, 197 other relatives, 287 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 1,972 (722 male householders (621 living alone)), 1,015 female householders (944 living alone)), 235 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 401 (274 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,884 2-persons, 1,021 3-persons, 878 4-persons, 392 5-persons, 167 6-persons, 88 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,565 1-person, 147 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 2 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons.
2,281 married couples with children.
1,408 single-parent households (238 men, 1,170 women).
96.6% of residents of Brooks County speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 30% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 13% speak English not well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $107,374,000 ($6560 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $2,915,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $35,854,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $23,024,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $8,462,000
Federal grants: $37,691,000
Federal procurement contracts: $448,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $1,895,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,096,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $3,719,000
Federal Government insurance: $15,953,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,192
| Here: |
73 per 1000 residents | | State: | 79
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 1,112
| Here: |
68 per 1000 residents | | State: |
38 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +73
| Here: |
+4 per 1000 residents | | State: | +21
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -256
| Here: |
-16 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+26 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Brooks County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.60 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: |
- 1999
to March 2000: 209
- 1995
to 1998: 801
- 1990
to 1994: 874
- 1980
to 1989: 1,290
- 1970
to 1979: 1,198
- 1960
to 1969: 872
- 1950
to 1959: 762
- 1940
to 1949: 355
- 1939
or earlier: 757
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Brooks County, Georgia: |
- 1
room: 6
- 2
rooms: 42
- 3
rooms: 234
- 4
rooms: 476
- 5
rooms: 1,237
- 6
rooms: 1,312
- 7
rooms: 722
- 8
rooms: 454
- 9
or more rooms: 248
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Brooks County, Georgia: |
- 1
room: 32
- 2
rooms: 68
- 3
rooms: 220
- 4
rooms: 401
- 5
rooms: 325
- 6
rooms: 236
- 7
rooms: 85
- 8
rooms: 44
- 9
or more rooms: 13
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Brooks County:
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- no
bedroom: 15
- 1
bedroom: 150
- 2
bedrooms: 996
- 3
bedrooms: 2,705
- 4
bedrooms: 755
- 5
or more bedrooms: 110
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Brooks County:
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- no
bedroom: 44
- 1
bedroom: 213
- 2
bedrooms: 607
- 3
bedrooms: 466
- 4
bedrooms: 85
- 5
or more bedrooms: 9
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Brooks County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
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- no
vehicle: 303
- 1
vehicle: 1,435
- 2
vehicles: 1,958
- 3
vehicles: 726
- 4
vehicles: 206
- 5
or more vehicles: 103
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Brooks County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 236
- 1
vehicle: 692
- 2
vehicles: 401
- 3
vehicles: 49
- 4
vehicles: 21
- 5
or more vehicles: 25
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61% of Brooks County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Georgia.
| Brooks
County: |
60.9% | | State
average: |
50.8% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 12652
- Northeast:
322
- Midwest:
667
- South:
2249
- West:
208
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $21,900 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3%
Year
Householders Moved Into Unit:
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
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- Electricity
(63%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Utility
gas (11%)
- Wood
(1%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
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- Electricity
(55%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Utility
gas (20%)
- Wood
(2%)
- No
fuel used (1%)
- 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): 115
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 63
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 45
| Here: |
10.0% | | Georgia: | 22.9% |
Brooks
County government finances in 2004:
- Charges
- All Other: $361,000
Solid Waste Management: $19,000
- Construction
- Regular Highways: $504,000
General Public Buildings: $205,000
Corrections - Other: $11,000
- Current
Operations - Regular Highways: $1,101,000
Police Protection: $904,000
General - Other: $756,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $711,000
Financial Administration: $525,000
Corrections - Other: $521,000
General Public Buildings: $257,000
Health Services - Other: $217,000
Central Staff Services: $176,000
Solid Waste Management: $173,000
Welfare - Other: $108,000
Fire Protection: $88,000
Natural Resources - Other: $84,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $84,000
Parks & Recreation: $38,000
Libraries: $35,000
Housing & Community Development: $23,000
Own Hospitals: $20,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $0
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - General: $494,000
Welfare: $126,000
Health: $35,000
Hospitals: $20,000
Air Transportation: $10,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - All Other: $1,306,000
- Long
Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $268,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $268,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $338,000
Interest Earnings: $187,000
Rents: $17,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Corrections - Other: $175,000
General - Other: $108,000
Judicial: $21,000
Welfare - Other: $18,000
Police Protection: $12,000
Financial Administration: $10,000
Parks & Recreation: $5,000
Regular Highways: $4,000
Central Staff: $3,000
Natural Resource - Other: $3,000
General Public Building: $2,000
Protective Inspection & Regulation, NEC: $2,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $7,169,000
- State
Intergovernmental - All Other: $399,000
Highways: $233,000
Health & Hospitals: $182,000
Public Welfare: $43,000
Housing & Community Development: $18,000
- Tax
- Property: $3,169,000
Total General Sales: $1,042,000
Other Selective Sales: $411,000
NEC: $106,000
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $48,000
Public Utilities: $11,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $2,462,000
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