Chatham County Georgia Demographical Information


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Chatham County Demographics

According to the Census, in Chatham County, 55.3% of the residents were white and 40.5% were black. Hispanics, who can be identified as either white or black in the Census data, made up 2.3% of the county's population. Statewide, 65.1% of residents were white, 28.7% were black and 5.3% were Hispanic.
In Chatham County, 25.0% of the county’s residents were age 18 or younger, while 12.8% were age 65 or older. Statewide, 26.5% were age 18 or younger and 9.6% were age 65 or older.
The Census reports 9.9% of Chatham County's households were headed by females with children under 18 years of age, compared with 9.0% statewide. Total households with children under 18 comprised 30.4% of all households in the county and 35.0% of those in the state.

Between 1996 and 2000, Chatham County school system reported an average high school dropout rate of 8.9%, for students in grades 9 to 12. Statewide, this rate is 6.8% for the same period of time.
Chatham County spent an average of $5,020 per student for public education each year between 1996 and 2000. This expenditure was less than the state wide average of $5,285
Based on the 2000 graduating class for Chatham County school system, 45.3% of the students were eligible for the HOPE Scholarship Program. The scholarship is available to eligible students to attend a post-secondary school in Georgia. Statewide, 57.9% of the graduating students were eligible for the HOPE scholarship.

Community	Population			Growth (%)
	1980	1990	2000	1980-90	1990-2K
Chatham County	202,226	216,774	232,048	7.2%	7.0%
Bloomingdale	1,855	2,075	2,665	11.9%	28.4%
Vernonburg	178	143	138	-19.7%	-3.5%
Pt Wentworth	3,947	4,012	3,276	1.6%	-18.3%
Thunderbolt	2,165	2,821	2,340	30.3%	-17.1%
Tybee Island	2,240	2,842	3,392	26.9%	19.4%
Savannah	141,390	137,812	131,510	-2.5%	-4.6%
Pooler	2,543	4,649	6,239	82.8%	34.2%
Garden City	6,895	7,410	11,289	7.5%	52.3%

Infant Mortality Rate

Registered Voters

Between 1995 and 1998, the infant mortality rate (infant deaths per 1,000 live births) was 9.5 for the county. The statewide rate was 9.2 during the same period.
In 2000, the number of physicians in the county per 1,000 population was 2.7, compared with the 1.9 state average. Chatham County had 5.1 hospital beds per 1,000 population in 2000, which was greater than the statewide average of 3.1 beds per 1,000 population.
The 2000 index crime rate (crimes per 1,000) for Chatham County was 6.3. Statewide, in 2000, the rate was 3.4. Of the total index crimes reported, 12.5% were violent crimes, while 87.5% were property crimes.

In 2000, 59.5% of the adult population in the county was registered to vote. Of those registered voters, 75.7% voted in the 2000 general election. Statewide, in 2000, 64.1% of eligible Georgians were registered to vote. Of those registered, 69.6% voted in the general election that year.