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1 The University of Georgia Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Economic Vitality Index and Human Vitality Index Data Summaries and Calculations Prepared by: Katy Swickard and John McKissick Center Report February 2005

2 Table of Contents Foreword..1 Calculations used in Determining Grades....2 Economic Vitality Index Data Summaries...8 Key...8 Benchmarks for 1980 EVI Southeastern States (SE)...8 Benchmarks for 1980 EVI United States.8 Summaries of Grades by Year and Number of Grades Assigned Each Year for both Percent of Southeastern States and United States Grades for a County as a Percent of Southeastern States (SE) Grades for a County as a Percent of Southeastern States (SE) Grades for a County as a Percent of Southeastern States (SE) Grades for a County as a Percent of United States Grades for a County as a Percent of United States Grades for a County as a Percent of United States.30 Economic Vitality Maps..34 Figure Southeastern States EVI..34 Figure Southeastern States EVI..35 Figure Southeastern States EVI..36 Figure United States EVI 37 Figure United States EVI 38 Figure United States EVI 39 Human Vitality Index Summaries...40 Key...40 Benchmarks for 1980 Southeastern States (SE)..40 Benchmarks for 1980 United States 40 Summaries of Grades by Year and Number of Grades Assigned Each Year for both Percent of Southeastern States and United States Grades for a County as a Percent of Southeastern States (SE) Grades for a County as a Percent of Southeastern States (SE) Grades for a County as a Percent of Southeastern States (SE) Grades for a County as a Percent of United States Grades for a County as a Percent of United States Grades for a County as a Percent of United States.62 Human Vitality Maps..66 Figure HVI.66 Figure Southeastern States HVI.67 Figure Southeastern States HVI.68 Figure United States HVI.69

3 Figure United States HVI.70 1

4 1 Foreword The Georgia Rural Development Council (GRDC) requested that a single index, capable of showing the economic and human vitality condition of each county in the state of Georgia, be formulated. It is important that the index be able to be benchmarked against other states and over a period of time. The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of the GRDC proposed that the set of variables selected should represent the most important human and economic factors of the state. Furthermore, the TAC proposed 1980 as the benchmark year. The Economic Vitality Index and the Human Vitality Index would be calculated for 1980, 1990, 2000 and forward as the latest data available allows. Specifically, the Technical Advisory Committee recommended the following process to form the benchmarks used to compare Georgia s counties to seven Southeastern States and the United States. The calculations were performed for both the Human Vitality Index and the Economic Vitality Index.

5 2 Calculations used in Determining Grades: Economic Vitality and Human Vitality Indices 1. Choose the variables that best describe economic conditions of Georgia s Counties as well as the South Eastern states. The following variables were chosen due to their economic significance: Per Capita Income (PCI) US Census Bureau Unemployment Rate (Unemp) Bureau of Labor Statistics Population (POP) US Census Bureau Percent Below Poverty (POV) 1979, 1989, 1999 US Census Bureau Employment (Emp) Bureau of Economic Analysis Average Weekly Wage (AWW) Bureau of Economic Analysis *Titles of worksheets are noted by name. *The raw numbers can be found in worksheet data. 2. The first step in the process is to make sure each set of data is in the appropriate form. Some variables be cannot used in the raw data form. For example, Rate Changes and Moving Averages for Employment Emp, Average Weekly Wage AWW, and Population Pop need to be calculated before being used. However, Unemployment Unemp and Per Capita Income PCI can be used to find MAVG s by averaging three years already given in the data set ( , , , ). Poverty Rates were used as given in data. In order to create Moving Averages (MAVG) for the years 1980, 1990, 2000, 2001, the rate changes first need to be calculated between those four years. The result will be three numbers. The average must then be taken of these three rate changes to get the actual MAVG. For example, for Appling County s 1980 Employment Moving Average data was taken from Find the rate change for , , Rate Change: , , , , Moving Avg: ( ) = = -.60% 3 This is the 1980 MAVG for Appling County. Continue this process for the other years and repeat for AWW and POP. To find Appling County s 1980 Unemployment MAVG we only need to average the numbers given in the data set data, as they are already in proper form.

6 MAVG: average(1978,1979,1980) = ( ) = Continue for the other years and repeat process for PCI. Remember for Percent Below Poverty just use the number given: Appling County 1979 POV = 29.0% 3. Take these Moving Averages and copy/paste them into a new worksheet by referencing them to the first sheet: emprank poprank povrank unemprank awwrank pcirank. The data must be ranked first before assigning quintiles. Use this Excel Tool: Tools/Data Analysis/Rank and Percentile Example: emprank Input: MAVG (all counties, one year at a time) Input: (highlight all of 1980 s county MAVG) The table should be sorted by Percent in descending order. Next, assign Quintiles by setting up a formula in the column to the right of the Percent. The Quintiles are assigned 0-4 by 20% cutoffs. In the Percent column, the values >= to 80% are given 4 s, >= to 60% are given 3 s and so on. Do this for Employment, PCI, AWW, and Pop. For Unemployment and Poverty, 4 is considered bad, so the cutoffs will go like this: values >= 80% are given 0 s, >= to 60% are given 1 s and so on. Example: emprank s are assigned at a cutoff of 80.30% and above, 3 s are 60.10% and above, 2 s are 40.50% and above, 1 s are 20.20% and above and everything below receives a 0. pov 1980 start with 0 s given to 80.30% and above, 1 s are 60.70%, 2 s are 41.10%, 3 s are 20.20%, and everything below receives a 4. Each rank will be slightly different as for the percentages. Do this for each year and variable; again keep in mind if the variable should receive a 4 or 0 for the top cutoffs. Finally, highlight the ranked columns including the new quintiles and sort by Point, ascending. The Point corresponds to the order of the counties and we want them to match up. (***When the Rank and Percentile is first performed, the numbers do not match up correctly with the county names.) Now that we have started to copy/paste numbers from one worksheet to another, try to reference all of the numbers from the page you are copying from. This is so if you need to change or update numbers it will make the changes in all the worksheets that have used that number. For example, if we need to update a number in emp for Appling County s 1990 MAVG in step 2, it will automatically update the number in step 3 and so on.

7 4. The next step it to find each county s MAVG as a percent of the average of the Southeastern (SE) states and the United States. First you need to take the average of the seven Southeastern States MAVG. These numbers should be a part of every calculation so far except they will not have been a part of the ranking and assigning Quintiles in step 3. There will be SE state and US numbers fro each year. In same worksheet create a comparison of each county to the state averages and the US averages. Name the columns % of SE states and % of US. Examples are from Appling County emprank A. Find the Georgia County as a percent of the South Eastern State average = County MAVG = -21% SE AVG.0284 B. Find the Georgia County as a percent of the U.S. Average = County MAVG = % US AVG.0287 Do this for each year and each variable!! 5. Take all the Quintiles from the ranking and put them into a new worksheet- 80scores On this sheet you will see the FIPS code, metro codes, and econ_regs. Starting with 1980, all six variables should be listed with the Quintile values from the original rankings from ---rank worksheets. Average these Quintiles across for each county. These averages will be used to assign grades for each county. 4 Example: Appling County 80scores Unemp Emp Pop AWW PCI POV Average Somewhere on the sheet there should be the Scoring Ranges that give the numerical values for the grades. The grade is a three-part formula. A.) Interim 1: assigns grades to counties with Averages >= = C up to A. If the average is less than it is given other. B.) Interim 2: assigns grades to counties with Averages < from C- to F. If the average is greater than it is given other interval. C.) Grade: pulls the letter grade from A) and B) Do the same for each year. 90scores 00scores 01scores

8 5 Example: Appling County 80scores part A) and B) Interim1 Interim2 Other interval F Final: Unemp Emp Pop AWW PCI POV Average Grade Interim1 Interim F Other interval F -Since the Average (0.33) is less than , Interim 1 is given other interval. Interim 2 s formula then sees that 0.33 is less than 0.5 and gives the county an F. Finally, the column with Grade will pull the actual letter grade from Interim 1 or Interim 2. Scoring Range: used in parts A) and B). Scoring Ranges A A- 3.5 B B B- 2.5 C C C- 1.5 D D D- 0.5 F 0 6. Transfer the column of % of SE states for each variable from 1980 onto a new worksheet SE1980 (reference the numbers to the original). This worksheet should have all the 1980 numbers for each variable. For each variable, rank the data using the same procedure in 3. Sort by Percent, descending. Assign Quintiles 0-4 same as before (using the 20% cutoffs) Scroll down through the columns and find where the Quintiles end at 4 and 3 begins. The number in Column 1 that is in the same row as the very last 4 will be the new benchmark for assigning 4 s for this specific variable in all other years. Copy this number in a new worksheet just for your reference. Do the same for 3,2,1,0 and each variable (each variable will have different benchmarks that will be used for each year.) All six variables from 1980 will be on this one worksheet with all of the ranks and quintiles. When finished sort back by Point, ascending!

9 6 Example: from SE1980 Employment. The cells have been sorted by Percent, descending. The number in Column1, which corresponds to the very last 4 in Quintile, is %. This number will be used in the rankings in worksheets SE1990 and SE2001 as the cutoff for 4 s. This replaces 80%. Point Column1 Rank Percent Quintile % % % % % % % % 3 The final benchmark numbers for Employment: Employment % % % % 7. Somewhere in the same worksheet copy (by referencing) all quintiles from each variable in 1980 s rankings (by 20% s) so that they are side by side. Do not include any of the rankings; Quintiles only. Find the average of Quintiles across each variable for each county and assign grades as we did in 5. Always use the same Score Range. (You may find it easier to copy the Score Range to each sheet as you work). **** Do all of 6. and 7. for County as a % of US : US1980 you will have different benchmarks for US numbers!! Record all the benchmarks on one worksheet so that they are easier to reference in the formulas SEbchmrk USbchmrk. 8. Go back to worksheets with original ranks Empranks etc. where the SE and US numbers were calculated. Next to each column of 1990 and 2001 % of SE and % of US values assign Quintiles using the new benchmarks from SE1980 and US1980 referencing the worksheets SEbchmrk and USbchmrk. For example: in Emprank (Employment only) for 1990 county as a % of SE states, assign quintiles using benchmarks: If >= , 4 >= 0.926, 3 >= 0.573, 2 >= 0.033, 1 0

10 Values above % are assigned 4 s, above 92.63% are given 3 s, above 57.32% are given 2 s, above 3.3% are given 1 s everything below are given 0 s 7 *** See how these are not the 80%, 60%, 40%, 20% cutoffs as used previously in 80scores or SE1980. The numbers above are different for each variable! You will use the same variable benchmark for each year. 9. Now transfer (by referencing) all of these new Quintiles to new worksheets SE1990, SE2000, SE2001 respectively. Do the same for the US worksheets. Follow the process in step 5. to assign grades to each county. You will use the same Scoring Range and formulas for Interims 1 and 2 and to pull the final grade out. You will want to end up with grades for each county from SE1990, SE2001, US1990, and US2001. The grades for SE and US 1980 are used from the step 5. They will always be the same because we used 20% cutoffs. Use 1980 as a Benchmark to compare the other years to. Example: Appling County SE1990 Unemp POV Emp Pop AWW PCI Grades versus Base Average Grade Interim1 Interim D- Other intervald- Economic Vitality Index Summaries

11 8 Key and Benchmarks Key: Emp: Employment Pop: Population Pov: Poverty Rate AWW: Average Weekly Wage Unemp: Unemployment Rate PCI: Per Capita Income AVG: Averages Bureau of Economic Analysis US Census Bureau Us Census Bureau Bureau of Economic Analysis Bureau of Labor Statistics Bureau of Economic Analysis Cutoffs for all SE Grades using 1980's Benchmark Employment Population Poverty % % % % % % % % % % % % Unemployment AWW PCI % % % % % % % % % % % % Cutoffs for all US Grades using 1980's Benchmark Employment Population Poverty % % % % % % % % % % % % Unemployment AWW PCI % % % % % % % % % % % % Summaries of Grades by Year and Number of Grades Assigned Each Year For both Percent of Southeastern States and United States

12 9 SE Emp Pop Pov Aww Unemp PCI AVG Counts SE 1980 SE 1990 SE 2001 Diff. 1980/'90 Diff. 1980/'01 Diff. 1990/'01 A B C D F Total US Emp Pop Pov Aww Unemp PCI AVG Counts US 1980 US 1990 US 2001 Diff. 1980/'90 Diff. 1980/'01 Diff. 1990/'01 A B C D F Total Grades for a County as a Percent of SE States (EVI)

13 10 County SE 1980 Employment Population Poverty AWW Unemployment PCI Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade APPLING F ATKINSON D BACON D BAKER D+ BALDWIN C+ BANKS C+ BARROW B- BARTOW C BEN HILL B- BERRIEN B- BIBB C BLECKLEY C+ BRANTLEY C BROOKS C- BRYAN B- BULLOCH B- BURKE C- BUTTS C- CALHOUN F CAMDEN B CANDLER D+ CAR ROLL C CATOOSA B CHARLTON C- CHATHAM C+ CHATTAHOOCHEE C- CHATTOOGA D CHEROKEE A- CLARKE B- CLAY D CLAYTON A- CLINCH C COBB A COFFEE D+ COLQUITT C COLUMBIA A COOK D+ COWETA B- CRAWFORD B- CRISP D- DADE B- DAWSON B- DECATUR C- DEKALB B SE 1980 County Employment Population Poverty AWW Unemployment PCI

14 11 Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade DODGE C- DOOLY D DOUGHERTY B- DOUGLAS A- EARLY C ECHOLS C+ EFFINGHAM C+ ELBERT C EMANUEL D+ EVANS D+ FANNIN D FAYETTE A- FLOYD C FORSYTH A- FRANKLIN D+ FULTON C+ GILMER D+ GLASCOCK C GLYNN B GORDON C+ GRADY C+ GREENE C GWINNETT A- HABERSHAM C HALL B+ HANCOCK D HARALSON C+ HARRIS C+ HART C- HEARD C- HENRY A- HOUSTON B- IRWIN D+ JACKSON B- JASPER C JEFF DAVIS B- JEFFERSON D+ JENKINS C- JOHNSON C- JONES B LAMAR C LANIER C- LAURENS C+ LEE B- LIBERTY C+ LINCOLN C- LONG C LOWNDES C County SE 1980 Employment Population Poverty AWW Unemployment PCI

15 12 Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade LUMPKIN C+ MACON C MADISON B- MARION D- MCDUFFIE C MCINTOSH D+ MERIWETHER D+ MILLER C- MITCHELL D+ MONROE B+ MONTGOMERY C- MORGAN B- MURRAY B- MUSCOGEE C NEWTON B OCONEE B+ OGLETHORPE C PAULDING B+ PEACH B- PICKENS C PIERCE D PIKE B POLK C- PULASKI C PUTNAM A- QUITMAN D RABUN B- RANDOLPH D- RICHMOND C+ ROCKDALE A SCHLEY C SCREVEN C SEMINOLE C SPALDING B- STEPHENS D+ STEWART D- SUMTER C+ TALBOT C- TALIAFERRO D- TATTNALL D TAYLOR D TELFAIR C- TERRELL F THOMAS C+ TIFT C TOOMBS D+ TOWNS C+ TREUTLEN D TROUP C+ County SE 1980 Employment Population Poverty AWW Unemployment PCI

16 13 Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade TURNER C TWIGGS C- UNION C- UPSON B- WALKER C- WALTON B- WARE C- WARREN D- WASHINGTON C+ WAYNE C+ WEBSTER C WHEELER C- WHITE C+ WHITFIELD C+ WILCOX D- WILKES B- WILKINSON B+ WORTH C Averages Grades for a County as a Percent of SE States (EVI)

17 14 SE 1990 County Employment Population Poverty AWW Unemployment PCI Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade APPLING D- ATKINSON D BACON D BAKER D BALDWIN C BANKS C BARROW B- BARTOW B+ BEN HILL D BERRIEN C- BIBB C BLECKLEY C BRANTLEY C+ BROOKS C- BRYAN B BULLOCH B- BURKE F BUTTS C- CALHOUN D CAMDEN B CANDLER C CARROLL B CATOOSA B- CHARLTON D CHATHAM B- CHATTAHOOCHEE C- CHATTOOGA D+ CHEROKEE A- CLARKE B CLAY D- CLAYTON B CLINCH D COBB B+ COFFEE C COLQUITT D COLUMBIA A- COOK F COWETA A- CRAWFORD C CRISP D DADE C SE 1990 County Employment Population Poverty AWW Unemployment PCI

18 15 Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade DAWSON B- DECATUR C- DEKALB B DODGE C- DOOLY D+ DOUGHERTY C- DOUGLAS A EARLY D+ ECHOLS C+ EFFINGHAM A- ELBERT D+ EMANUEL D EVANS B FANNIN C FAYETTE A FLOYD C+ FORSYTH A- FRANKLIN C FULTON C GILMER B GLASCOCK C- GLYNN B GORDON C+ GRADY D+ GREENE C GWINNETT A HABERSHAM B- HALL B+ HANCOCK D+ HARALSON C- HARRIS B+ HART C+ HEARD B- HENRY A HOUSTON B IRWIN F JACKSON A- JASPER C- JEFF DAVIS B- JEFFERSON D JENKINS F JOHNSON F JONES B- SE 1990 County Employment Population Poverty AWW Unemployment PCI

19 16 Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade LAMAR C- LANIER D+ LAURENS C LEE B- LIBERTY C- LINCOLN C LONG D LOWNDES B- LUMPKIN A- MACON D+ MADISON C+ MARION F MCDUFFIE C MCINTOSH D MERIWETHER D+ MILLER C- MITCHELL F MONROE C MONTGOMERY D+ MORGAN C- MURRAY C MUSCOGEE C NEWTON B OCONEE A OGLETHORPE B- PAULDING B+ PEACH B PICKENS B- PIERCE C PIKE C POLK D PULASKI C+ PUTNAM C+ QUITMAN D+ RABUN B- RANDOLPH D- RICHMOND C ROCKDALE A- SCHLEY D- SCREVEN D- SEMINOLE C- SPALDING B- STEPHENS C SE 1990 County Employment Population Poverty AWW Unemployment PCI

20 17 Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade STEWART F SUMTER D TALBOT D+ TALIAFERRO D+ TATTNALL C TAYLOR D TELFAIR D- TERRELL F THOMAS D+ TIFT C+ TOOMBS D TOWNS B- TREUTLEN D- TROUP B- TURNER F TWIGGS D- UNION B- UPSON D WALKER C- WALTON B- WARE D- WARREN F WASHINGTON C+ WAYNE C- WEBSTER C- WHEELER D WHITE A- WHITFIELD B- WILCOX C WILKES C- WILKINSON C+ WORTH D+ Averages Grades for a County as a Percent of SE States (EVI)

21 18 SE 2001 County Employment Population Poverty AWW Unemployment PCI Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade APPLING D- ATKINSON D- BACON D- BAKER D+ BALDWIN D BANKS B BARROW B BARTOW B+ BEN HILL D- BERRIEN D+ BIBB D+ BLECKLEY C- BRANTLEY C- BROOKS D+ BRYAN A BULLOCH C BURKE D+ BUTTS C+ CALHOUN C- CAMDEN D+ CANDLER D- CARROLL C+ CATOOSA A- CHARLTON C+ CHATHAM C+ CHATTAHOOCHEE B+ CHATTOOGA C- CHEROKEE A- CLARKE B- CLAY D CLAYTON B+ CLINCH F COBB A COFFEE C- COLQUITT D- COLUMBIA A- COOK D- COWETA B+ CRAWFORD C+ CRISP D- DADE B SE 2001 County Employment Population Poverty AWW Unemployment PCI

22 19 Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade DAWSON A DECATUR D DEKALB B DODGE D DOOLY D+ DOUGHERTY D DOUGLAS A- EARLY C- ECHOLS C EFFINGHAM A- ELBERT C- EMANUEL D- EVANS C FANNIN B+ FAYETTE A FLOYD B FORSYTH A FRANKLIN B FULTON B+ GILMER B+ GLASCOCK D+ GLYNN C+ GORDON C GRADY D+ GREENE C GWINNETT A HABERSHAM B HALL A HANCOCK F HARALSON B- HARRIS B- HART C HEARD B- HENRY A- HOUSTON B+ IRWIN C- JACKSON B+ JASPER B+ JEFF DAVIS D- JEFFERSON D JENKINS D JOHNSON D+ JONES B+ SE 2001 County Employment Population Poverty AWW Unemployment PCI

23 20 Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade LAMAR C- LANIER C- LAURENS D+ LEE B- LIBERTY C- LINCOLN D LONG C+ LOWNDES D+ LUMPKIN B+ MACON D MADISON A- MARION D+ MCDUFFIE D+ MCINTOSH C- MERIWETHER D+ MILLER D- MITCHELL D+ MONROE C+ MONTGOMERY C- MORGAN B MURRAY B- MUSCOGEE C- NEWTON A- OCONEE A OGLETHORPE B+ PAULDING B+ PEACH C PICKENS B+ PIERCE B- PIKE B POLK C PULASKI C- PUTNAM B QUITMAN D+ RABUN A- RANDOLPH D- RICHMOND D ROCKDALE A- SCHLEY C- SCREVEN F SEMINOLE C- SPALDING C+ STEPHENS C SE 2001 County Employment Population Poverty AWW Unemployment PCI

24 21 Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade STEWART D- SUMTER D- TALBOT F TALIAFERRO D TATTNALL D TAYLOR D TELFAIR F TERRELL F THOMAS B- TIFT C- TOOMBS D- TOWNS B+ TREUTLEN F TROUP B TURNER D TWIGGS F UNION B+ UPSON D+ WALKER C+ WALTON A- WARE F WARREN F WASHINGTON D WAYNE D+ WEBSTER D WHEELER D+ WHITE B+ WHITFIELD B+ WILCOX D WILKES D WILKINSON C- WORTH D+ Averages Grades for a County as a Percent of United States (EVI)

25 22 US 1980 County Employment Population Poverty AWW Unemployment PCI Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade APPLING F ATKINSON D BACON D BAKER D+ BALDWIN C+ BANKS C+ BARROW B- BARTOW C BEN HILL B- BERRIEN B- BIBB C BLECKLEY C+ BRANTLEY C BROOKS C- BRYAN B- BULLOCH B- BURKE C- BUTTS C- CALHOUN F CAMDEN B CANDLER D+ CARROLL C CATOOSA B CHARLTON C- CHATHAM C+ CHATTAHOOCHEE C- CHATTOOGA D CHEROKEE A- CLARKE B- CLAY D CLAYTON A- CLINCH C COBB A COFFEE D+ COLQUITT C COLUMBIA A COOK D+ COWETA B- CRAWFORD B- CRISP D- DADE B- DAWSON B- US 1980 County Employment Population Poverty AWW Unemployment PCI

26 23 Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade DECATUR C- DEKALB B DODGE C- DOOLY D DOUGHERTY B- DOUGLAS A- EARLY C ECHOLS C+ EFFINGHAM C+ ELBERT C EMANUEL D+ EVANS D+ FANNIN D FAYETTE A- FLOYD C FORSYTH A- FRANKLIN D+ FULTON C+ GILMER D+ GLASCOCK C GLYNN B GORDON C+ GRADY C+ GREENE C GWINNETT A- HABERSHAM C HALL B+ HANCOCK D HARALSON C+ HARRIS C+ HART C- HEARD C- HENRY A- HOUSTON B- IRWIN D+ JACKSON B- JASPER C JEFF DAVIS B- JEFFERSON D+ JENKINS C- JOHNSON C- JONES B LAMAR C LANIER C- US 1980 County Employment Population Poverty AWW Unemployment PCI

27 24 Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade LAURENS C+ LEE B- LIBERTY C+ LINCOLN C- LONG C LOWNDES C LUMPKIN C+ MACON C MADISON B- MARION D- MCDUFFIE C MCINTOSH D+ MERIWETHER D+ MILLER C- MITCHELL D+ MONROE B+ MONTGOMERY C- MORGAN B- MURRAY B- MUSCOGEE C NEWTON B OCONEE B+ OGLETHORPE C PAULDING B+ PEACH B- PICKENS C PIERCE D PIKE B POLK C- PULASKI C PUTNAM A- QUITMAN D RABUN B- RANDOLPH D- RICHMOND C+ ROCKDALE A SCHLEY C SCREVEN C SEMINOLE C SPALDING B- STEPHENS D+ STEWART D- SUMTER C+ TALBOT C- US 1980 County Employment Population Poverty AWW Unemployment PCI

28 25 Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade TALIAFERRO D- TATTNALL D TAYLOR D TELFAIR C- TERRELL F THOMAS C+ TIFT C TOOMBS D+ TOWNS C+ TREUTLEN D TROUP C+ TURNER C TWIGGS C- UNION C- UPSON B- WALKER C- WALTON B- WARE C- WARREN D- WASHINGTON C+ WAYNE C+ WEBSTER C WHEELER C- WHITE C+ WHITFIELD C+ WILCOX D- WILKES B- WILKINSON B+ WORTH C Averages Grades for a County as a Percent of United States (EVI)

29 26 US 1990 County Employment Population Poverty AWW Unemployment PCI Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade APPLING F ATKINSON D- BACON F BAKER D BALDWIN C BANKS C- BARROW C BARTOW B- BEN HILL D BERRIEN D+ BIBB C BLECKLEY C- BRANTLEY C+ BROOKS D+ BRYAN C+ BULLOCH B- BURKE F BUTTS D+ CALHOUN F CAMDEN C+ CANDLER D+ CARROLL C+ CATOOSA C+ CHARLTON D CHATHAM C+ CHATTAHOOCHEE D CHATTOOGA D CHEROKEE B+ CLARKE C+ CLAY D- CLAYTON C+ CLINCH D- COBB B COFFEE C COLQUITT D- COLUMBIA B+ COOK D- COWETA B+ CRAWFORD C- CRISP D- DADE C DAWSON C US 1990 County Employment Population Poverty AWW Unemployment PCI

30 27 Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade DECATUR D DEKALB C+ DODGE C- DOOLY D DOUGHERTY D DOUGLAS B+ EARLY D- ECHOLS C EFFINGHAM B ELBERT D EMANUEL D- EVANS C+ FANNIN C FAYETTE A- FLOYD C FORSYTH A- FRANKLIN C- FULTON C GILMER B- GLASCOCK D GLYNN B- GORDON C GRADY D GREENE C- GWINNETT A- HABERSHAM C+ HALL B- HANCOCK D HARALSON D HARRIS B HART C HEARD B- HENRY B+ HOUSTON C+ IRWIN F JACKSON B JASPER D JEFF DAVIS C- JEFFERSON D- JENKINS F JOHNSON D- JONES C+ LAMAR C- LANIER D US 1990 County Employment Population Poverty AWW Unemployment PCI

31 28 Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade LAURENS C- LEE C- LIBERTY D+ LINCOLN C- LONG D LOWNDES C LUMPKIN B MACON D MADISON C- MARION F MCDUFFIE C- MCINTOSH D MERIWETHER D+ MILLER D MITCHELL F MONROE D+ MONTGOMERY D+ MORGAN C- MURRAY C MUSCOGEE D+ NEWTON C+ OCONEE A OGLETHORPE B- PAULDING B- PEACH C PICKENS C PIERCE D+ PIKE C POLK D- PULASKI C- PUTNAM C+ QUITMAN D RABUN C+ RANDOLPH D- RICHMOND C- ROCKDALE B+ SCHLEY F SCREVEN D- SEMINOLE D+ SPALDING C STEPHENS D+ STEWART F SUMTER F TALBOT D+ US 1990 County Employment Population Poverty AWW Unemployment PCI

32 29 Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade TALIAFERRO D TATTNALL C- TAYLOR D TELFAIR D TERRELL F THOMAS D- TIFT C- TOOMBS D- TOWNS C TREUTLEN D- TROUP C+ TURNER F TWIGGS F UNION C+ UPSON D WALKER D+ WALTON C WARE D- WARREN F WASHINGTON C WAYNE D+ WEBSTER C- WHEELER D- WHITE B+ WHITFIELD C+ WILCOX D+ WILKES D+ WILKINSON C WORTH D- Averages Grades for a County as a Percent of United States (EVI)

33 30 US 2001 County Employment Population Poverty AWW Unemployment PCI Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade APPLING D- ATKINSON F BACON F BAKER D BALDWIN D- BANKS B- BARROW C+ BARTOW B- BEN HILL D- BERRIEN D BIBB D BLECKLEY D+ BRANTLEY C BROOKS D BRYAN A- BULLOCH C- BURKE D BUTTS C CALHOUN C- CAMDEN D+ CANDLER F CARROLL C+ CATOOSA B- CHARLTON C+ CHATHAM C+ CHATTAHOOCHEE B- CHATTOOGA D+ CHEROKEE B+ CLARKE C- CLAY D CLAYTON B- CLINCH F COBB A- COFFEE D+ COLQUITT D- COLUMBIA B COOK D- COWETA B+ CRAWFORD B- CRISP F DADE C+ DAWSON B+ US 2001 County Employment Population Poverty AWW Unemployment PCI

34 31 Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade DECATUR F DEKALB C+ DODGE D- DOOLY D DOUGHERTY D- DOUGLAS B EARLY D ECHOLS C- EFFINGHAM B ELBERT D+ EMANUEL F EVANS C- FANNIN B- FAYETTE A- FLOYD C FORSYTH A FRANKLIN C+ FULTON B+ GILMER B- GLASCOCK D+ GLYNN C+ GORDON C- GRADY D GREENE D+ GWINNETT A- HABERSHAM C+ HALL A- HANCOCK F HARALSON C+ HARRIS B- HART C HEARD B- HENRY B HOUSTON B- IRWIN D+ JACKSON B- JASPER C+ JEFF DAVIS D- JEFFERSON D- JENKINS D- JOHNSON D JONES C+ LAMAR D+ LANIER C- US 2001 County Employment Population Poverty AWW Unemployment PCI

35 32 Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade LAURENS D LEE C+ LIBERTY C- LINCOLN D LONG C+ LOWNDES D LUMPKIN B MACON D MADISON B MARION D MCDUFFIE D MCINTOSH D+ MERIWETHER D- MILLER D- MITCHELL D MONROE C MONTGOMERY D+ MORGAN B- MURRAY B- MUSCOGEE C- NEWTON B- OCONEE B+ OGLETHORPE B+ PAULDING B PEACH D+ PICKENS B PIERCE C PIKE C+ POLK C- PULASKI D+ PUTNAM B- QUITMAN D RABUN B+ RANDOLPH F RICHMOND D ROCKDALE B SCHLEY D+ SCREVEN F SEMINOLE D SPALDING C- STEPHENS C- STEWART F SUMTER D- TALBOT F US 2001 County Employment Population Poverty AWW Unemployment PCI

36 33 Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade TALIAFERRO D TATTNALL D- TAYLOR D+ TELFAIR F TERRELL F THOMAS C+ TIFT D TOOMBS F TOWNS B- TREUTLEN F TROUP B- TURNER D TWIGGS D- UNION B UPSON D WALKER C- WALTON B WARE F WARREN F WASHINGTON D- WAYNE D WEBSTER D- WHEELER C- WHITE B- WHITFIELD B- WILCOX D WILKES D- WILKINSON D WORTH D Averages Maps

37 Figure Benchmark SE EVI 34

38 Figure SE EVI 35

39 Figure SE EVI 36

40 Figure US EVI 37

41 Figure US EVI 38

42 Figure US EVI 39

43 40 Human Vitality Index Summaries Key and Benchmarks Key: BAP: Bachelor's +/pop25 + (bachelor's or more) Potwork: Population 18-64/total population (potential workforce) SFHH: Male/female hh families with own or related children/# of families {80,90 are own children only, while 00 is related} Pcincm: Income maintenance payments/bea pop (per income maintenance) Pcmed: Public assistance medical payments/bea pop (per capita pa med payments) Cutoffs for all SE Grades using 1980's Benchmark Cutoffs for all US Grades using 1980's Benchmark BAP POTwork SFHH BAP POTwork SFHH % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % Pcincm Pcmed Pcincm Pcmed % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % %

44 41 Summaries of Grades by Year and Number of Grades Assigned Each Year For both Percent of Southeastern States and United States SE BAP Potwork SFHH Pcincm Pcmed AVG Count SE 1980 SE 1990 SE 2000 Diff. 1980/'90 Diff. 1980/'00 Diff. 1990/'00 A B C D F Total US BAP Potwork SFHH Pcincm Pcmed AVG Count US 1980 US 1990 US 2000 Diff. 1980/'90 Diff. 1980/'00 Diff. 1990/'00 A B C D F Total

45 Grades for a County as a Percent of SE States (HVI) SE 1980 County BAP Potwork SFHH Pcincm Pcmed Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade APPLING D+ ATKINSON D BACON D+ BAKER D- BALDWIN C+ BANKS B BARROW B- BARTOW B- BEN HILL D+ BERRIEN C BIBB C+ BLECKLEY C+ BRANTLEY C+ BROOKS D- BRYAN C BULLOCH B+ BURKE F BUTTS C- CALHOUN F CAMDEN C+ CANDLER D CARROLL B+ CATOOSA B+ CHARLTON D- CHATHAM C+ CHATTAHOOCHEE A CHATTOOGA C+ CHEROKEE A- CLARKE B CLAY D- CLAYTON B+ CLINCH D COBB A- COFFEE C- COLQUITT C- COLUMBIA A- COOK D+ COWETA C+ CRAWFORD D+ CRISP D- DADE B+ DAWSON B- DECATUR D+ DEKALB B+

46 43 SE 1980 County BAP Potwork SFHH Pcincm Pcmed Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade DODGE D+ DOOLY F DOUGHERTY C- DOUGLAS A- EARLY F ECHOLS D- EFFINGHAM C+ ELBERT C- EMANUEL D EVANS F FANNIN C+ FAYETTE A FLOYD B+ FORSYTH A- FRANKLIN B- FULTON C- GILMER C+ GLASCOCK D+ GLYNN B- GORDON B+ GRADY C- GREENE D- GWINNETT A HABERSHAM A- HALL A- HANCOCK F HARALSON B- HARRIS B+ HART B- HEARD C- HENRY A- HOUSTON B+ IRWIN D- JACKSON B JASPER C+ JEFF DAVIS B- JEFFERSON F JENKINS D- JOHNSON D+ JONES B LAMAR C+ LANIER D- LAURENS C+ LEE B+ LIBERTY B+ LINCOLN C+

47 44 SE 1980 County BAP Potwork SFHH Pcincm Pcmed Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade LONG C LOWNDES B- LUMPKIN B+ MACON F MADISON B- MARION F MCDUFFIE D+ MCINTOSH D- MERIWETHER D+ MILLER D- MITCHELL D- MONROE B- MONTGOMERY C- MORGAN C- MURRAY B MUSCOGEE B- NEWTON B- OCONEE A- OGLETHORPE B- PAULDING B- PEACH C- PICKENS B PIERCE C PIKE B+ POLK C+ PULASKI C- PUTNAM C+ QUITMAN F RABUN A- RANDOLPH D- RICHMOND C+ ROCKDALE A SCHLEY D SCREVEN D- SEMINOLE C- SPALDING C+ STEPHENS B+ STEWART F SUMTER D+ TALBOT D+ TALIAFERRO F TATTNALL C- TAYLOR F TELFAIR D TERRELL D- THOMAS C-

48 45 SE 1980 County BAP Potwork SFHH Pcincm Pcmed Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade TIFT B- TOOMBS D TOWNS A- TREUTLEN D- TROUP C+ TURNER D+ TWIGGS D+ UNION B- UPSON C- WALKER B WALTON B- WARE C- WARREN F WASHINGTON D WAYNE C- WEBSTER D+ WHEELER D WHITE A- WHITFIELD A- WILCOX D- WILKES C- WILKINSON C- WORTH C- Averages

49 Grades for a County as a Percent of SE States (HVI) SE 1990 County BAP Potwork SFHH Pcincm pcmed Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade APPLING D+ ATKINSON D- BACON D- BAKER D+ BALDWIN C+ BANKS B+ BARROW B- BARTOW B+ BEN HILL F BERRIEN C- BIBB C BLECKLEY C+ BRANTLEY C+ BROOKS F BRYAN B+ BULLOCH B BURKE F BUTTS C+ CALHOUN F CAMDEN A- CANDLER D CARROLL B+ CATOOSA B+ CHARLTON D+ CHATHAM C+ CHATTAHOOCHEE A CHATTOOGA C CHEROKEE A CLARKE B- CLAY D- CLAYTON B+ CLINCH D- COBB A- COFFEE C- COLQUITT D COLUMBIA A COOK C- COWETA B CRAWFORD C CRISP D- DADE B DAWSON B+ DECATUR D- DEKALB B+

50 47 SE 1990 County BAP Potwork SFHH Pcincm pcmed Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade DODGE D DOOLY F DOUGHERTY C- DOUGLAS A- EARLY F ECHOLS C+ EFFINGHAM B- ELBERT D+ EMANUEL F EVANS D FANNIN C FAYETTE A FLOYD B- FORSYTH A FRANKLIN C+ FULTON C+ GILMER C GLASCOCK C- GLYNN B- GORDON B+ GRADY D GREENE D GWINNETT A HABERSHAM A- HALL A- HANCOCK F HARALSON C+ HARRIS A- HART C+ HEARD C+ HENRY A- HOUSTON B+ IRWIN D- JACKSON B JASPER C JEFF DAVIS C+ JEFFERSON F JENKINS F JOHNSON F JONES B+ LAMAR B- LANIER F LAURENS D+ LEE B+ LIBERTY B+ LINCOLN C

51 48 SE 1990 County BAP Potwork SFHH Pcincm pcmed Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade LONG B- LOWNDES B- LUMPKIN A- MACON F MADISON B+ MARION D- MCDUFFIE D+ MCINTOSH D+ MERIWETHER D MILLER D- MITCHELL F MONROE B- MONTGOMERY C MORGAN C MURRAY B+ MUSCOGEE B- NEWTON B- OCONEE A- OGLETHORPE B- PAULDING B+ PEACH C PICKENS B PIERCE C PIKE B- POLK C- PULASKI D- PUTNAM B- QUITMAN D- RABUN B RANDOLPH F RICHMOND C- ROCKDALE A- SCHLEY C- SCREVEN D- SEMINOLE D+ SPALDING C+ STEPHENS B STEWART F SUMTER D TALBOT D+ TALIAFERRO F TATTNALL D+ TAYLOR F TELFAIR F TERRELL F THOMAS D+

52 49 SE 1990 County BAP Potwork SFHH Pcincm Pcmed Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade TIFT C- TOOMBS D+ TOWNS B+ TREUTLEN D- TROUP C+ TURNER F TWIGGS D+ UNION B- UPSON C- WALKER B WALTON B- WARE D WARREN F WASHINGTON D- WAYNE D+ WEBSTER D+ WHEELER D- WHITE B+ WHITFIELD A- WILCOX F WILKES D+ WILKINSON C- WORTH D Averages

53 Grades for a County as a Percent of SE States (HVI) SE 2000 County BAP Potwork SFHH Pcincm Pcmed Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade APPLING C- ATKINSON D BACON D+ BAKER D+ BALDWIN C BANKS B+ BARROW B+ BARTOW A- BEN HILL D- BERRIEN D+ BIBB C- BLECKLEY C- BRANTLEY C+ BROOKS D BRYAN B+ BULLOCH B BURKE D- BUTTS C+ CALHOUN D+ CAMDEN A- CANDLER F CARROLL B+ CATOOSA B+ CHARLTON C CHATHAM C+ CHATTAHOOCHEE A- CHATTOOGA C+ CHEROKEE A CLARKE B+ CLAY F CLAYTON B+ CLINCH D- COBB A- COFFEE C- COLQUITT D+ COLUMBIA A- COOK D+ COWETA A- CRAWFORD B- CRISP D- DADE B+ DAWSON A DECATUR D- DEKALB B+

54 51 SE 2000 County BAP Potwork SFHH Pcincm Pcmed Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade DODGE C- DOOLY D DOUGHERTY D+ DOUGLAS A- EARLY D- ECHOLS C+ EFFINGHAM A- ELBERT D+ EMANUEL F EVANS D- FANNIN C+ FAYETTE A- FLOYD B- FORSYTH A FRANKLIN C FULTON B- GILMER A- GLASCOCK D+ GLYNN B- GORDON B+ GRADY D+ GREENE C- GWINNETT A HABERSHAM A- HALL A- HANCOCK D HARALSON C+ HARRIS A- HART B- HEARD C HENRY A- HOUSTON B+ IRWIN D JACKSON B+ JASPER B JEFF DAVIS C- JEFFERSON F JENKINS F JOHNSON F JONES B+ LAMAR B- LANIER C- LAURENS C- LEE A- LIBERTY B LINCOLN C+

55 52 SE 2000 County BAP Potwork SFHH Pcincm Pcmed Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade LONG C+ LOWNDES B- LUMPKIN A MACON F MADISON B MARION D+ MCDUFFIE D+ MCINTOSH C- MERIWETHER D MILLER D- MITCHELL D MONROE B+ MONTGOMERY B- MORGAN B+ MURRAY B- MUSCOGEE C+ NEWTON B+ OCONEE A- OGLETHORPE B PAULDING A PEACH C PICKENS A- PIERCE C PIKE A- POLK C- PULASKI C+ PUTNAM B+ QUITMAN D- RABUN B+ RANDOLPH F RICHMOND C ROCKDALE A- SCHLEY C- SCREVEN D- SEMINOLE D- SPALDING C- STEPHENS C+ STEWART F SUMTER D+ TALBOT D+ TALIAFERRO D TATTNALL C- TAYLOR D- TELFAIR D TERRELL F THOMAS C-

56 53 SE 2000 County BAP Potwork SFHH Pcincm Pcmed Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade TIFT C TOOMBS D TOWNS B- TREUTLEN D- TROUP C TURNER D- TWIGGS D+ UNION B- UPSON C- WALKER C+ WALTON A- WARE D- WARREN F WASHINGTON D WAYNE C+ WEBSTER D+ WHEELER D+ WHITE A- WHITFIELD B+ WILCOX D WILKES D+ WILKINSON D+ WORTH D+ Averages

57 Grades for a County as a Percent of United States (HVI) US 1980 County BAP Potwork SFHH Pcincm Pcmed Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade APPLING D+ ATKINSON D BACON D+ BAKER D- BALDWIN C+ BANKS B BARROW B- BARTOW B- BEN HILL D+ BERRIEN C BIBB C+ BLECKLEY C+ BRANTLEY C+ BROOKS D- BRYAN C BULLOCH B+ BURKE F BUTTS C- CALHOUN F CAMDEN C+ CANDLER D CARROLL B+ CATOOSA B+ CHARLTON D- CHATHAM C+ CHATTAHOOCHEE A CHATTOOGA C+ CHEROKEE A- CLARKE B CLAY D- CLAYTON B+ CLINCH D COBB A- COFFEE C- COLQUITT C- COLUMBIA A- COOK D+ COWETA C+ CRAWFORD D+ CRISP D- DADE B+ DAWSON B- DECATUR D+ DEKALB B+

58 55 US 1980 County BAP Potwork SFHH Pcincm Pcmed Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade DODGE D+ DOOLY F DOUGHERTY C- DOUGLAS A- EARLY F ECHOLS D- EFFINGHAM C+ ELBERT C- EMANUEL D EVANS F FANNIN C+ FAYETTE A FLOYD B+ FORSYTH A- FRANKLIN B- FULTON C- GILMER C+ GLASCOCK D+ GLYNN B- GORDON B+ GRADY C- GREENE D- GWINNETT A HABERSHAM A- HALL A- HANCOCK F HARALSON B- HARRIS B+ HART B- HEARD C- HENRY A- HOUSTON B+ IRWIN D- JACKSON B JASPER C+ JEFF DAVIS B- JEFFERSON F JENKINS D- JOHNSON D+ JONES B LAMAR C+ LANIER D- LAURENS C+ LEE B+ LIBERTY B+ LINCOLN C+

59 56 US 1980 County BAP Potwork SFHH Pcincm Pcmed Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade LONG C LOWNDES B- LUMPKIN B+ MACON F MADISON B- MARION F MCDUFFIE D+ MCINTOSH D- MERIWETHER D+ MILLER D- MITCHELL D- MONROE B- MONTGOMERY C- MORGAN C- MURRAY B MUSCOGEE B- NEWTON B- OCONEE A- OGLETHORPE B- PAULDING B- PEACH C- PICKENS B PIERCE C PIKE B+ POLK C+ PULASKI C- PUTNAM C+ QUITMAN F RABUN A- RANDOLPH D- RICHMOND C+ ROCKDALE A SCHLEY D SCREVEN D- SEMINOLE C- SPALDING C+ STEPHENS B+ STEWART F SUMTER D+ TALBOT D+ TALIAFERRO F TATTNALL C- TAYLOR F TELFAIR D TERRELL D- THOMAS C-

60 57 US 1980 County BAP Potwork SFHH Pcincm Pcmed Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade TIFT B- TOOMBS D TOWNS A- TREUTLEN D- TROUP C+ TURNER D+ TWIGGS D+ UNION B- UPSON C- WALKER B WALTON B- WARE C- WARREN F WASHINGTON D WAYNE C- WEBSTER D+ WHEELER D WHITE A- WHITFIELD A- WILCOX D- WILKES C- WILKINSON C- WORTH C- Averages

61 Grades for a County as a Percent of United States (HVI) US 1990 County BAP Potwork SFHH Pcincm Pcmed Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade APPLING D+ ATKINSON F BACON D- BAKER D BALDWIN C+ BANKS B+ BARROW C+ BARTOW B+ BEN HILL F BERRIEN D+ BIBB C- BLECKLEY C- BRANTLEY C+ BROOKS F BRYAN B BULLOCH B- BURKE F BUTTS C- CALHOUN F CAMDEN A- CANDLER D CARROLL B CATOOSA B CHARLTON D+ CHATHAM C+ CHATTAHOOCHEE A CHATTOOGA C+ CHEROKEE A CLARKE B- CLAY D- CLAYTON B+ CLINCH D- COBB A- COFFEE D+ COLQUITT D COLUMBIA A- COOK C- COWETA B+ CRAWFORD C+ CRISP D- DADE B- DAWSON B+ DECATUR D DEKALB B+

62 59 US 1990 County BAP Potwork SFHH Pcincm Pcmed Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade DODGE D DOOLY F DOUGHERTY D+ DOUGLAS B+ EARLY F ECHOLS C+ EFFINGHAM C+ ELBERT D- EMANUEL F EVANS D FANNIN C FAYETTE A FLOYD B- FORSYTH A- FRANKLIN C+ FULTON C+ GILMER C+ GLASCOCK C- GLYNN B- GORDON B GRADY D- GREENE D- GWINNETT A- HABERSHAM B+ HALL A- HANCOCK F HARALSON C+ HARRIS A HART C+ HEARD C HENRY A- HOUSTON B+ IRWIN D- JACKSON B JASPER C- JEFF DAVIS C JEFFERSON F JENKINS F JOHNSON F JONES B- LAMAR C+ LANIER F LAURENS D+ LEE B+ LIBERTY B+ LINCOLN C-

63 60 US 1990 County BAP Potwork SFHH Pcincm Pcmed Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade LONG C+ LOWNDES C+ LUMPKIN A- MACON F MADISON B- MARION D- MCDUFFIE D+ MCINTOSH D+ MERIWETHER D MILLER D MITCHELL F MONROE B- MONTGOMERY C MORGAN C- MURRAY B+ MUSCOGEE C+ NEWTON B- OCONEE A- OGLETHORPE B+ PAULDING B PEACH C+ PICKENS B PIERCE C- PIKE C+ POLK C- PULASKI D- PUTNAM B- QUITMAN F RABUN B+ RANDOLPH F RICHMOND C ROCKDALE A- SCHLEY D+ SCREVEN D- SEMINOLE D SPALDING C+ STEPHENS B STEWART F SUMTER D+ TALBOT D+ TALIAFERRO F TATTNALL D+ TAYLOR F TELFAIR F TERRELL F THOMAS D+

64 61 US 1990 County BAP Potwork SFHH Pcincm Pcmed Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade TIFT C TOOMBS D+ TOWNS B+ TREUTLEN F TROUP C+ TURNER F TWIGGS D- UNION B- UPSON C- WALKER B- WALTON B- WARE D WARREN F WASHINGTON D- WAYNE D+ WEBSTER D+ WHEELER D- WHITE B+ WHITFIELD B+ WILCOX F WILKES D+ WILKINSON D+ WORTH D Averages

65 Grades for a County as a Percent of United States (HVI) US 2000 County BAP Potwork SFHH Pcinc Pcmed Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade APPLING D+ ATKINSON D BACON D BAKER D- BALDWIN C+ BANKS B+ BARROW B+ BARTOW A- BEN HILL F BERRIEN D+ BIBB D+ BLECKLEY D+ BRANTLEY C- BROOKS D- BRYAN B+ BULLOCH B- BURKE F BUTTS C+ CALHOUN D+ CAMDEN B+ CANDLER D- CARROLL B- CATOOSA A- CHARLTON C- CHATHAM C+ CHATTAHOOCHEE A- CHATTOOGA C CHEROKEE A CLARKE B- CLAY F CLAYTON B CLINCH D- COBB A- COFFEE C- COLQUITT D+ COLUMBIA A- COOK D- COWETA A- CRAWFORD C+ CRISP D- DADE B+ DAWSON A DECATUR D- DEKALB B

66 63 US 2000 County BAP Potwork SFHH Pcinc Pcmed Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade DODGE D DOOLY D DOUGHERTY C- DOUGLAS B+ EARLY D- ECHOLS B- EFFINGHAM A- ELBERT D EMANUEL F EVANS D- FANNIN B- FAYETTE A FLOYD B- FORSYTH A FRANKLIN C FULTON B- GILMER B+ GLASCOCK D+ GLYNN C+ GORDON B GRADY D- GREENE C- GWINNETT A- HABERSHAM B+ HALL A- HANCOCK D HARALSON C- HARRIS A- HART B- HEARD C HENRY A- HOUSTON B+ IRWIN D- JACKSON B JASPER C+ JEFF DAVIS D JEFFERSON F JENKINS D- JOHNSON F JONES B+ LAMAR C+ LANIER D+ LAURENS D+ LEE A- LIBERTY B- LINCOLN C+

67 64 US 2000 County BAP Potwork SFHH Pcinc Pcmed Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade LONG C- LOWNDES C+ LUMPKIN A- MACON D- MADISON B- MARION D- MCDUFFIE D MCINTOSH C- MERIWETHER D+ MILLER D- MITCHELL D- MONROE B+ MONTGOMERY C+ MORGAN B- MURRAY C+ MUSCOGEE C+ NEWTON B+ OCONEE A OGLETHORPE B PAULDING A- PEACH C PICKENS A- PIERCE C- PIKE A- POLK D+ PULASKI C- PUTNAM B QUITMAN D- RABUN B+ RANDOLPH F RICHMOND C- ROCKDALE B+ SCHLEY C- SCREVEN D- SEMINOLE F SPALDING C- STEPHENS C+ STEWART F SUMTER D+ TALBOT D+ TALIAFERRO D TATTNALL D+ TAYLOR D- TELFAIR D TERRELL F THOMAS D+

68 65 US 2000 County BAP Potwork SFHH Pcinc Pcmed Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Quintile Average Grade TIFT C- TOOMBS D- TOWNS B- TREUTLEN D- TROUP C+ TURNER D- TWIGGS D+ UNION B UPSON D+ WALKER C+ WALTON B+ WARE D WARREN F WASHINGTON D WAYNE C+ WEBSTER D+ WHEELER D WHITE A- WHITFIELD B+ WILCOX D WILKES D WILKINSON D+ WORTH D Averages

69 66 Maps Figure SE HVI

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74 The Center for Agribusiness & Economic Development The Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development is a unit of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences of the University of Georgia, combining the missions of research and extension. The Center has among its objectives: To provide feasibility and other short term studies for current or potential Georgia agribusiness firms and/or emerging food and fiber industries. To provide agricultural, natural resource, and demographic data for private and public decision makers. To find out more, visit our Web site at: Or contact: John McKissick, Director Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development Lumpkin House The University of Georgia Athens, Georgia Phone (706) caed@agecon.uga.edu The University of Georgia and Fort Valley State University, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture and counties of the state cooperating. The Cooperative Extension Service offers educational programs, assistance and materials to all people without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex or disability. An equal opportunity/affirmative action organization committed to a diverse work force. Report Number: CR February 2005 Issued in furtherance of Cooperation Extension Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture cooperating. J. Scott Angle, Dean and Director