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- According
to the 2000 Census, in Gwinnett County, 72.7% of the residents were
white and 13.3% were black. Hispanics, who can be identified as
either white or black in the Census data, made up 10.9% of the
county's population. Statewide, 65.1% of residents were white, 28.7%
were black and 5.3% were Hispanic.
- In
Gwinnett County, 28.2% of the county’s residents were age 18 or
younger, while 5.4% were age 65 or older. Statewide, 26.5% were age
18 or younger and 9.6% were age 65 or older.
- The
2000 Census reports 6.3% of Gwinnett 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 42.3%
of all households in the county and 35.0% of those in the state.
- Between
1996 and 2000, Gwinnett County school system reported an average
high school dropout rate of 4.2%, for students in grades 9 to 12.
Statewide, this rate is 6.8% for the same period of time.
- Gwinnett
County spent an average of $5,340 per student for public education
each year between 1996 and 2000. This expenditure was greater than
the state wide average of $5,285
- Based
on the 2000 graduating class for Gwinnett County school system,
71.9% 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.
- Between
1995 and 1998, the infant mortality rate (infant deaths per 1,000
live births) was 6.1 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 1.1, compared with the 1.9 state average. Gwinnett County had
0.8 hospital beds per 1,000 population in 2000, which was less than
the statewide average of 3.1 beds per 1,000 population.
- The
2000 index crime rate (crimes per 1,000) for Gwinnett County was
2.9. Statewide, in 2000, the rate was 3.4. Of the total index crimes
reported, 7.3% were violent crimes, while 92.7% were property
crimes.
- In 2000, 60.8% of the adult population in the county was
registered to vote. Of those registered voters, 74.8% 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.
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Community
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Population
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Growth
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1980
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1990
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2000
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1980-1990
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1990-2000
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Gwinnett County
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166,808
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352,910
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588,448
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111.6
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66.7
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Berkeley Lake
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503
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791
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1,695
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57.3
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114.3
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Buford
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6,697
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8,771
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10,668
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31.0
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21.6
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Dacula
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1,577
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2,217
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3,848
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40.6
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73.6
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Duluth
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2,956
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9,821
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22,122
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232.2
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125.3
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Lawrenceville
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8,928
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17,250
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22,397
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93.2
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29.8
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Lilburn
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3,765
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9,295
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11,307
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146.9
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21.6
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Norcross
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3,317
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5,947
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8,410
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79.3
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41.4
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Snellville
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8,514
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12,084
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15,351
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41.9
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27.0
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Sugar Hill
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2,340
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4,519
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11,399
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93.1
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152.2
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Suwanee
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1,026
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2,412
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8,725
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135.1
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261.7
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Grayson
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464
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529
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765
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14.0
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44.6
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Cub Scouts
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Duluth, Ga.
 
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