Taliaferro County, GA

Designated Market Area: Augusta, GA-SC
USDA County Type (2015): Low Education, Low Employment, Persistent Poverty
American Communities Project County Type (2023): African American South

Places in Taliaferro County, GA [Sort places by population]

2022 population: 1,600 ( 117 from 2010 , 38 from 2020)
Land area: 194.6 square miles
Population density: 8.2 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	597	37.31%	4.5%
Black:	829	51.81%	19.0%
Indian:	2	0.12%	0.0%
Asian:	26	1.62%	225.0%
2+ races:	53	3.31%	130.4%
Hispanic:	93	5.81%	165.7%

Total non-White:	1,003	62.69%	8.2%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	30	9.6
Deaths:	76	24.3
Net Migration:	83	26.6
Net Immigration:	0	0.0

Change in White population:	-28	-1.6
Change in Non-White pop.:	-89	-5.2

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
1,717
625	36.40%
1,024	59.64%
2	0.12%
8	0.47%
23	1.34%
35	2.04%
1,092	63.60%

2000
2,077
787	37.89%
1,251	60.23%
1	0.05%
1	0.05%
12	0.58%
19	0.91%
1,290	62.11%

1990
1,915
732	38.22%
1,167	60.94%
0	0.00%
8	0.42%
n/a
8	0.42%
1,183	61.78%

1980
2,032
705	34.69%
1,297	63.83%
3	0.15%
0	0.00%
n/a
27	1.33%
1,327	65.31%

1970
2,423
882	36.40%
1,541	63.60%
0	0.00%
0	0.00%
n/a
0	0.00%
1,541	63.60%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
195	9.4
213	10.3
-251	-12.1
6	0.3

-162	-7.8
-198	-9.5

Number	Rate
1990's
224	11.7
291	15.2
65	3.4
7	0.4

55	2.9
107	5.6

Number	Rate
1980's
306	15.1
324	15.9
-58	-2.9
n/a

27	1.3
-144	-7.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-438	-18.1
n/a

-177	-7.3
-214	-8.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Taliaferro County, GA

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
47.2
239	14.9%
1,361	85.1%
457	28.6%

643
2.54

390	60.7%
178	45.6%
3	0.8%
253	39.3%

2010
Number	Percent
45.9
323	18.8%
1,394	81.2%
352	20.5%

759
2.25

480	63.2%
270	56.2%
69	14.4%
279	36.8%

2000
Number	Percent
39.4
504	24.3%
1,573	75.7%
387	18.6%

865
2.37

556	64.3%
346	62.2%
87	15.6%
309	35.7%

1990
Number	Percent
35.4
530	27.7%
1,385	72.3%
368	19.2%

724
2.65

491	67.8%
355	72.3%
53	10.8%
233	32.2%

1980
Number	Percent
35.3
572	28.1%
1,460	71.9%
426	21.0%

757
2.68

523	69.1%
360	68.8%
50	9.6%
234	30.9%

2022 Housing Data for Taliaferro County, GA

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	34	5.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	63	9.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	22	3.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	5	0.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	45	7.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	41	6.4%
$35,000 to $39,999	19	3.0%
$40,000 to $44,999	71	11.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	68	10.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	97	15.1%
$60,000 to $74,999	70	10.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	37	5.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	19	3.0%
$125,000 to $149,999	19	3.0%
$150,000 to $199,999	26	4.0%
$200,000 or more	7	1.1%

Median Household Income	45,881
Per Capita Income	24,766

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	78
Compared to U.S.	74

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	71	11.0%
Public Assistance	17	2.6%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	175	27.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	566	62.3%
Unemployed	28	3.1%
In Armed Forces	2	0.2%

Total Labor Force	596	65.6%
Not in Labor Force	313	34.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		37.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	186	196	48.7%
Non-Profit	4	7	36.4%
Self-Employed	72	5	93.5%

Local Government	33	71	31.7%
State Government	21	59	26.2%
Federal Government	0	0	?%

Total Private + Self	258	201	56.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	58	137	29.7%
Total	316	338	48.3%

Pct. Govt.	28.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	46	6.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	114	17.1%
Professional, Technical	87	13.0%
Service Occupations	185	27.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	5	0.7%
All others	236	35.3%

White Collar		37.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Public administration	133	19.9%
Manufacturing	133	19.9%
Retail trade	63	9.4%
Health care and social assistance	56	8.4%
Accommodation and food services	53	7.9%
Educational services	46	6.9%
Transportation and warehousing	40	6.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	40	6.0%
Other services	22	3.3%
Construction	21	3.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	17	2.5%
Wholesale trade	14	2.1%
Finance and insurance	8	1.2%
Information	8	1.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	8	1.2%
Utilities	3	0.4%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	3	0.4%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	74	4.53%
Puerto Rican	20	1.22%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	0	0.00%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	0	0.00%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	4	0.24%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Korean	1	0.06%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,488	94.9%
Spanish	74	4.7%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	5	0.3%
Korean	1	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	153	9.4%
Irish	71	4.3%
American	67	4.1%
Italian	52	3.2%
Scottish	22	1.3%
European	18	1.1%
German	18	1.1%
Norwegian	15	0.9%
French	14	0.9%
Dutch	8	0.5%
Jamaican	7	0.4%
African	3	0.2%
Polish	2	0.1%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,604	98.1%
Not a citizen	31	1.9%

Native	1,596	97.6%
Foreign-born	39	2.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
110	8.5%	94	7.2%	547	42.1%	400	30.8%	86	6.6%	63	4.8%
Average years of education: 12.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	110	8.5%
9-12 Years	94	7.2%
H.S. Grad or GED	547	42.1%
Some College	400	30.8%
Bach. Degree	86	6.6%
Grad Degree	63	4.8%
Average years of education: 12.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	753	714	39	5.2%	5.4%
1991	789	748	41	5.2%	5.3%
1992	724	665	59	8.1%	6.6%
1993	705	657	48	6.8%	5.7%
1994	629	596	33	5.2%	5.1%
1995	570	528	42	7.4%	4.8%
1996	663	602	61	9.2%	4.6%
1997	687	631	56	8.2%	4.5%
1998	689	641	48	7.0%	4.2%
1999	763	722	41	5.4%	3.8%

2000	844	801	43	5.1%	3.5%
2001	800	727	73	9.1%	4.1%
2002	791	696	95	12.0%	5.3%
2003	767	705	62	8.1%	5.1%
2004	719	670	49	6.8%	5.1%
2005	715	658	57	8.0%	5.7%
2006	785	726	59	7.5%	5.1%
2007	850	777	73	8.6%	4.9%
2008	847	772	75	8.9%	6.8%
2009	835	708	127	15.2%	10.4%

2010	637	521	116	18.2%	10.7%
2011	617	521	96	15.6%	10.1%
2012	604	519	85	14.1%	9.0%
2013	589	519	70	11.9%	8.1%
2014	592	527	65	11.0%	7.1%
2015	587	540	47	8.0%	6.1%
2016	548	510	38	6.9%	5.4%
2017	581	542	39	6.7%	4.8%
2018	570	539	31	5.4%	4.0%
2019	546	518	28	5.1%	3.5%

2020	530	492	38	7.2%	6.5%
2021	536	509	27	5.0%	3.9%
2022	541	518	23	4.3%	3.0%
2023	554	533	21	3.8%	3.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,013
Median Value	$69,200

Occupied	643	63.5%
Vacant	370	36.5%

Owned	483	75.1%
Rented	160	24.9%
Median Rent	$693

Single-Family Units	599	59.1%
Detached	595	58.7%
Attached	4	0.4%
Buldings with 5+ Units	17	1.7%
Mobile Homes	383	37.8%

Taliaferro County, GA

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Taliaferro County, GA

2022 Housing Data for Taliaferro County, GA

2022 Income & Employment Data for Taliaferro County, GA

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Taliaferro County, GA

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Taliaferro County, GA

Historical Labor Force Data for Taliaferro County, GA