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Counties by Groups: Five Gain and Loss Leaders (Slow Growers): 1970-1980...................... page 9 VI. Counties Whose 1970 population Counts Were Revised After Publication of 1970 Census Reports ......... page 10 VII. Municipal Population Rankings: 1970 and 1980....... page 11 VIII. Municipalities: Twenty-Five Gain and Loss Leaders (Percentage): 1970-l980.............. page 26 IX. Municipalities: Twenty-Five Gain and Loss Leaders (Actual Population): 1970-1980 ........... page 27 X. Municipalities by Groups - Ten Gain and Loss Leaders (Percentage): 1970-1980......page 28 ,XI. Municipalities by Groups - Ten Gain and Loss Leaders (Actual Population) 1970-l980........... page 30 XII. Municipal Population Gain and Loss - Percentage in Each Category: 1970-1980............... page 32 XIII. Municipalities and Total State Population: 1970-1980.. page 33 XIV. Municipalities for Which Population Was Recorded in 1970 but not in 1980....................... page 34 XV. Municipalities for Which Population Was Recorded in 1980 but not in 1970............................. page 35 XVI. Municipalities Whose 1970 Population Counts Were Revised Since Publication of 1970 Census Reports ........... page 36 INTRODUCTION This report analyzes population growth in the United States and Georgia from 1970 to 1980. Based upon data received from the Bureau of the Census, the report looks at the growth in population reported by the fifty united States and counties and municipalities in Georgia. The report identifies those states, counties, and municipalities which experienced population growth in the ten year period and those that experienced population loss in the same period. Although the focus of the report is on Georgia, an attempt is made to provide basic data on the states in the union. Each state's 1970 and 1980 population, the net change in the period, the percentage change, and the ranking in terms of the 1980 population is given. The same basic information is provided for each county and municipality in Georgia. However, greater use is made of the data. Not only are rankings provided, but also population groups are formed and gain and loss leaders or slow growers are identified. A population group is a group of counties or municipalities of approximately the same population size. A gain leader is a county or municipality that experienced a high degree of population growth during the ten year period. Conversel~ a slow grower experienced a small degree of population growth while a loss leader experienced a loss in population in the period. Additional information on counties and municipalities that was gleaned from the advance report for Georgia from the Bureau of the Census is presented. One table contains information on the municipalities whose 1970 population counts were revised since publication of the 1970 data. A second table provides information on the municipalities in the 1980 census for which population data was not recorded in 1970. It should be remembered when using the municipal population data that not all of the municipalities counted by the Bureau of the Census are incorporated towns and cities. Some of what the Census classifies as municipalities are not in fact incorporated as municipalities under Georgia law. Additionally, many of the incorporated municipalities are not active municipalities in that they do not have a functioning government. i TABLE I. POPULATION BY STATE: 1970 and 1980 State 1980 1970 Population population Net Change 1980 Rank Percent by Change Population 1 Alabama 3,890,061 3,444,354 445,707 12.9 22 2 Alaska 400,481 302,583 97,898 32.3 50 3 Arizona 2,717,866 1,775,399 942,467 53.0 29 4 Arkansas 2,285,513 1,923,322 362,191 18.8 33 5 California 23,668,562 19,971,069 3,693,493 18.4 1 6 Colorada 2,888,834 2,209,596 679,238 30.7 28 7 Connecticut 3,107,576 3,032,217 75,359 2.5 25 8 Delaware 595,225 548,104 47,121 6.2 47 District of Columbia 637,651 756,668 -119,017 -15.7 9 Florida 9,739,992 6,791,418 2,948,574 43.4 7 10 Georgia 5,464,265 4,587,930 876,335 19.1 13 11 Hawaii 965,000 769,913 195,087 25.3 39 12 Idaho 943,935 713,015 230,920 32.3 41 13 Illinois 11,418,461 11,110,285 308,203 2.7 5 14 Indiana 5,490,179 5,195,392 294,787 5.7 12 15 Iowa 2,913,387 2,825,368 -11,981 -.5 27 16 Kansas 2,363,208 2,249,071 119,137 5.1 32 17 Kentucky 3,661,433 3,220,711 440,722 13.7 23 18 Louisiana 4,203,972 3,644,637 559,335 15.3 19 19 Maine 1,124,660 993,722 130,938 13.2 38 20 Maryland 4,216,446 3,923,897 292,549 7.4 18 21 Massachusetts 5,737,037 5,689,170 47,867 .5 11 22 Michigan 9,258,344 8,881,826 376,518 7.4 8 23 Minnesota 4,077,148 3,806,103 271,045 4.1 21 24 Mississippi 2,520,638 2,216,994 303,644 13.7 31 25 Missouri 4,917,444 4,077,623 239,821 2.9 15 26 Montana 786,690 694,409 92,281 13.8 44 27 Nebraska 1,570,006 1,485,333 84,673 9.9 35 28 Nevada 799,184 488,735 310,446 63.5 43 29 New Hampshire 920,610 737,681 182,929 24.8 42 30 New Jersey 7,364,158 7,171,112 193,046 1.5 9 31 New Mexico 1,299,968 1,017,055 282,913 27.8 37 32 New York 17,557,288 18,241,391 -684,103 -3.8 2 33 North Carolina 5,874,429 5,084,441 789,988 15.5 10 34 North Dakota 652,695 617,792 34,903 5.6 46 35 Ohio 10,797,419 10,657,423 139,996 1.3 6 36 Oklahoma 3,025,226 2,559,463 465,803 18.1 26 37 Oregon 2,632,663 2,091,533 541,130 25.9 30 38 Pennsylvania 11,866,728 11,800,766 65,962 .5 4 39 Rhode Island 947,154 949,723 -2,569 -1. 3 40 40 South Carolina 3,119,208 2,590,713 528,495 20.4 24 41 South Dakota 690,257 662,257 27,921 4.2 45 42 Tennessee 4,590,750 3,926,018 664,732 16.9 17 43 Texas 14,228,383 11,198,655 3,029,728 27.0 3 1 POPULATION BY STATE: 1970 and 1980 State 1980 1970 Population Population Net Change Percent Change 1980 Rank by Population 44 Utah 1,461,037 1,059,273 401,764 37.9 36 45 Vermont 511,456 444,732 66,724 15.0 48 46 Virginia 5,346,279 4,651,448 649,831 14.9 14 47 Washington 4,130,163 3,413,244 716,919 21.0 20 48 West Virginia 1,949,644 1,744,237 205,407 11.8 34 49 Wisconsin 4,705,335 4,417,821 287,514 6.5 16 50 Wyoming 470,816 332,416 138,400 41.6 49 Total of all States 225,478,656 203,235,298 22,243,358 10.9 2 County Fulton DeKa1b Cobb Chatham Richmond Muscogee Gwinnett Bibb Clayton Dougherty Floyd Houston Hall Clarke Lowndes Whitfield Walker Carroll Glynn Douglas Cherokee Troup Spalding Bartow Columbia Coweta Bulloch Thomas Liberty Ware Catoosa Laurens Rockdale Henry Colquitt Baldwin Newton Tift Polk Walton Gordon Sumter Fayette Forsyth Coffee TABLE II: COUNTY POPULATION RANKINGS: 1970 and 1980 1980 Ranking 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 1980 Population 589,904 483,024 297,694 202,226 181,629 170,108 166,903 151,085 150,357 100,978 79,800 77,605 75,649 74,498 67,972 65,780 56,470 56,346 54,981 54,573 51,699 50,003 47,899 40,760 40,118 39,268 38,785 38,098 37,583 37,180 36,991 36,900 36,747 36,309 35,376 34,686 34,389 32,862 32,386 31,211 30,070 29,360 29,043 27,958 26,894 1970 Ranking 1 2 3 4 6 5 11 7 8 9 10 13 14 12 15 16 17 19 18 32 30 20 21 26 43 27 29 22 58 23 33 24 54 38 28 25 36 34 31 41 39 35 89 63 42 1970 Population 605,210 415,387 196,793 187,816 162,437 167,377 72 ,349 143,366 98,126 89,639 73,742 62,924 59,405 65,177 55,112 55,108 50,691 45,404 50,528 28,659 31,059 44,466 39,514 32,911 22,327 32,310 31,585 34,562 17,569 33,525 28,271 32,738 18,152 23,724 32,298 34,240 26,282 27,288 29,656 23,404 23,570 26,931 11,364 16,928 22,828 Percent Change 1970-1980 -2.5 16.3 51.3 7.7 11.8 1.6 130.7 5.4 53.2 12.6 8.2 23.3 27.3 14.3 23.3 19.4 11.4 24.1 8.8 90.4 66.5 12.5 21.2 23.8 79.7 21.5 13.3 10.2 113.9 10.9 30.8 13.0 102.4 53.0 9.5 1.3 31.2 20.4 9.2 33.4 27.6 9.0 155.6 65.2 17.8 3 County Paulding Upson Decatur Jackson Habersham Toombs Chattooga Stephens Chattahoochee Barrow Meriwether Mitchell Emanuel Wayne Grady Murray Crisp Burke Peach Washington Elbert Hart McDuffie Haralson Jefferson Effingham Tattna11 Worth Madison Dodge Jones Ben Hill Appling Harris Brooks Franklin Fannin Monroe Screven Macon Butts Berrien Cook Camden Early Oconee Dade COUNTY POPULATION RANKINGS: 1970 and 1980 1980 Ranking 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 1980 Population 26,042 25,998 25,495 25,343 25,020 22,592 21,856 21,763 21,732 21,293 21,229 21,114 20,795 20,750 19,845 19,685 19,489 19,349 19,151 18,842 18,758 18,585 18,546 18,422 18,403 18,327 18,134 18,064 17,747 16,955 16,579 16,000 15,565 15,464 15,255 15,185 14,748 14,610 14,043 14,003 13,665 13,525 13,490 13,371 13,158 12,427 12,318 1970 Ranking 59 40 44 45 46 50 47 48 37 64 49 51 52 56 57 77 55 53 66 60 61 68 70 67 62 73 65 71 74 69 83 76 80 86 72 79 75 91 82 78 93 85 84 90 81 116 98 1970 Population 17,520 23,505 22,310 21,093 20,691 19,151 20,541 20,331 25,813 16,859 19,461 18,956 18,357 17,858 17,826 12,986 18,087 18,255 15,990 17,480 17,262 15,814 15,276 15,927 17,174 13,632 16,557 14,770 13,517 15,658 12,270 13,171 12,726 11,520 13,743 12,784 13,357 10,991 12,591 12,933 10,560 11,556 12,129 11,334 12,682 7,915 9,810 Percent Change 1970-1980 48.6 10.6 14.3 20.1 20.9 18.0 6.4 7.0 -15.8 26.3 9.1 11.4 13.3 16.2 11.3 51.6 7.8 6.0 19.8 7.8 8.7 17.5 21.4 15.7 7.2 34.4 9.5 22.3 31. 3 8.3 35.1 21.5 22.3 34.2 11.0 18.8 10.4 32.9 11.5 8.3 29.4 17.0 11.2 18.0 3.8 57.0 24.3 4 County Lamar Terrell Pierce Lee Pickens Morgan Jeff Davis Telfair Greene Gilmer Wilkes Doo1y B1eck1ey Lumpkin Rabun Wilkinson Putnam Bryan White Randolph Turner Hancock Union Bacon Twiggs Seminole Irwin Oglethorpe Pulaski Pike Jenkins Banks Brantley Johnson Evans McIntosh Taylor Crawford Wilcox Jasper Candler Charlton Miller Montgomery Lincoln COUNTY POPULATION illU~KINGS: 1970 and 1980 1980 Ranking 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 1980 Population 12,215 12,017 11,897 11,684 11,652 11,572 11,473 11,445 11,391 11,110 10,951 10,826 10,767 10,762 10,466 10,369 10,295 10,175 10,120 9,599 9,510 9,466 9,390 9,379 9,354 9,057 8,988 8,929 8,950 8,937 8,841 8,702 8,701 8,660 8,428 8,046 7,902 7,684 7,682 7,553 7,518 7,343 7,038 7,011 6,949 1970 Ranking 92 87 103 125 100 99 101 88 96 105 97 94 95 108 111 102 109 132 118 107 106 104 128 112 113 124 115 120 114 122 110 127 138 119 123 121 117 142 126 141 135 143 134 137 139 1970 Population 10,688 11,416 9,281 7,044 9,620 9,904 9,425 11,394 10,212 8,956 10,184 10,404 10,291 8,728 8,327 9,393 8,394 6,539 7,742 8,734 8,790 9,019 6,911 8,233 8,222 7,059 8,036 7,598 8,066 7,316 8,332 6,833 5,940 7,727 7,190 7,371 7,865 5,748 6,998 5,760 6,412 5,680 6,424 6,099 5,895 Percent Change 1970-1980 14.3 5.3 28.2 65.9 21.1 16.8 21. 7 0.4 11.5 24.1 7.5 4.1 4.6 23.3 25.7 10.4 22.6 55.6 30.7 9.9 8.2 5.0 37.9 13.9 13.8 28.3 11.8 17.5 11.0 22.2 6.1 27.4 46.5 12.1 15.6 9.2 0.5 33.7 9.8 31.1 17.2 29.3 9.6 15.0 17.9 5 County Clinch Warren Talbot Heard Atkinson Treutlen Stewart Calhoun Lanier Towns Marion Wheeler Dawson Long Baker Clay Schley Glascock Quitman Webster Echols Taliaferro COUNTY POPULATION RANKINGS: 1970 and 1980 1980 Ranking 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 1980 Population 6,660 6,583 6,536 6,520 6,141 6,087 5,896 5,717 5,654 5,638 5,297 5,155 4,774 4,525 3,808 3,553 3,433 2,382 2,357 2,341 2,297 2,032 1970 Ranking 136 129 130 145 140 144 133 131 147 149 146 148 152 151 150 153 154 157 158 156 159 155 1970 Population 6,405 6,669 6,625 5,354 5,879 5,647 6,511 6,606 5,031 4,565 5,099 4,956 3,639 3,746 3,875 3,636 3,097 2,280 2,180 2,362 1,924 2,423 Percent Change 1970-1980 4.0 -1. 3 -1.3 21.8 4.5 7.8 -9.4 -13.5 12.4 23.5 3.9 12.2 31.2 20.8 -1. 7 -2.3 10.8 4.5 8.1 -0.9 19.4 -16.1 6 TABLE III. COUNTIES - TEN GAIN AND LOSS LEADERS: 1970-1980 Actual Population 1. Cobb 2. Gwinnett 3. DeKalb 4. Clayton 5. Douglas 6. Cherokee 7. Liberty 8. Richmond 9. Rockdale 10. Columbia Actual Population 1. Fulton 2. Chattahoochee 3. Calhoun 4. Stewart 5. Taliaferro 6. Talbot 7. Warren 8. Clay 9. Baker 10. Webster GAINERS Number Percentage 100,901 94,554 67,637 52,231 25,914 20,640 20,014 19,192 18,595 17,791 1. Fayette 2. Gwinnett 3. Liberty 4. Rockdale 5. Douglas 6. Columbia 7. Cherokee 8. Lee 9. Forsyth 10. Oconee LOSERS Number Percentage -15,306 -4,081 -899 -615 -391 -89 -86 -83 -67 -21 1. Taliaferro 2. Chattahoochee 3. Calhoun 4. Stewart 5. Fulton 6. Clay 7. Baker 8. Warren 9. Talbot 10. Webster Percent 155.6 130.7 113.9 102.4 90.4 79.7 66.5 65.9 65.2 57.0 Percent -16.1 -15.8 -13.5 -9.4 -2.5 -2.3 -1. 7 -1.3 -1.3 -0.9 7 Group Size Number of Counties I 50,000 and over 22 II 25,000 - 49,999 28 00 III 10,000 - 24,999 61 IV 5,000 - 9,999 38 V Less than 5,000 10 TABLE IV. COUNTIES BY POPULATION GROUPS 1980 Population Percent of State Total 1970 Population Percent of State Total 2,259,284 - 59.6 2,760,775 - 60.2 935,961 - 17.1 727,096 - 15.8 946,018 - 17.3 813,652 - 17.6 291,501 - 5.3 257,245 - 5.6 31,501 - .6 29,162 - .6 Percent Change 1970 - 1980 Net Change 1970 - 1980 18.1 498,509 Average Gain Per County 22,659 28.7 208,865 7,459 16.3 132,366 2,169 13.3 34,256 901 8.0 2,339 233 TABLE V. COUNTIES BY POPULATION GROUPS - FIVE GAIN AND LOSS LEADERS (SLOW GROWERS) : 1970-1980 Group Size I 50,000 and over Gainers 1. Gwinnett 2. Douglas 3. Cherokee 4. Clayton 5. Cobb Losers or Percent Slow Growers 130.7 90.4 66.5 53.2 51. 3 1. Fulton 2. Muscogee 3. Bibb 4. Chatham 5. Floyd Percent -2.5 1.6 5.4 5.7 8.2 II 25,000 to 49,999 1. Fayette 2. Liberty 3. Rockdale 4. Columbia 5. Forsyth 155.6 113.9 102.4 79.7 65.2 1. Baldwin 2. Sumter 3. Polk 4. Colquitt 5. Thomas 1.3 9.0 9.2 9.5 10.2 III 10,000 to 24,999 1. Lee 2. Oconee 3. Bryan 4. Murray 5. Jones 65.9 57.0 55.6 51.6 35.1 1. Chattahoochee 2. Telfair 3. Early 4. Dooly 5. Bleckley -15.8 0.4 3.8 4.1 4.6 IV 5,000 to 9,999 1. Brantley 2. Union 3. Crawford 4. Jasper 5. Charlton 46.5 37.9 33.7 31.1 29.3 1. Calhoun 2. Stewart 3. Warren 4. Talbot 5. Taylor -13.5 -9.4 -1.3 -1.3 0.5 V Less than 5,000 1. Dawson 2. Long 3. Echols 4. Schley 5. Quitman 31.2 20.8 19.4 10.8 8.1 1. Taliaferro 2. Clay 3. Baker 4. Webster 5. Glascock -16.1 -2.3 -1. 7 -0.9 4.5 9 TABLE VI. COUNTIES WHOSE 1970 POPULATION COUNTS WERE REVISED SINCE PUBLICATION OF THE 1970 CENSUS REPORTS County 1970 Population Bartow Bibb Brooks Chatham Clayton Colquitt Emanuel Fulton Jones Miller Telfair Thomas 32,663 143,418 13,739 187,767 98,043 32,200 18,189 605,210 12,218 6,397 11,381 34,515 1970 Revised Population Amount of Revision 32,911 143,366 13,743 187,816 98,126 32,298 18,357 607,592 12,270 6,424 11,394 34,562 248 -52 4 49 83 98 168 2,382 52 27 13 47 10 TABLE VII. MUNICIPAL POPULATION RANKINGS: 1970-1980 Municipality County 1980 1980 1970 1970 % Nt Ranking Population Ranking Population Change Change Atlanta Columbus DeKalb/ Fulton 1 Muscogee 2 Savannah Chatham 3 Macon Albany Bibb 4 Dougherty 5 Augusta Richmond 6 Athens Clarke 7 Warner Robins Houston 8 Valdosta Lowndes 9 East Point Fulton 10 Marietta Cobb 11 Rome Floyd 12 College Park Clayton/ 13 Fulton LaGrange Troup 14 Roswell Fulton 15 Dalton Whitfield 16 Griffin Spalding 17 Smyrna Cobb 18 Waycross Ware 19 Forest Park Clayton 20 Thomasville Thomas 21 Decatur DeKalb 22 Brunswick Glynn 23 Americus Dublin Sumter 24 Laurens 25 Moultrie Colquitt 26 Gainesville Hall 27 Statesboro Bulloch 28 Carrollton Carroll 29 Tifton Tift 30 Milledgeville Baldwin 31 Newnan Coweta 32 Hinesville Liberty 33 Douglas Coffee 34 Cordele Crisp 35 Covington Newton 36 Bainbridge Vidalia Fitzgerald Thomaston Decatur 37 Toombs 38 Ben Hill 39 Upson 40 Cartersville Bartow 41 425,022 169,441 141,634 116,860 73,934 47,523 42,549 39,893 37,596 37,486 30,805 29,654 24,632 24,204 23,337 20,743 20,728 20,312 19,371 18,782 18,463 18,404 17,605 16,120 16,083 15,708 15,280 14,866 14,078 13,749 12,176 11,449 11,309 10,980 10,914 10,586 10,553 10,393 10,187 9,682 9,508 1 495,039 -14.1 -70,017 2 155,028 9.3 14,413 4 118,349 19.7 37,698 3 122,423 -4.5 -5,563 5 72,623 1.8 1,311 6 59,864 -20.6 -12,332 7 44,342 -4.0 -1,793 9 33,491 19.1 6,402 10 32,303 16.4 5,293 8 39,315 -4.7 -1,829 12 27,216 13.2 3,589 11 30,759 -3.6 -1,105 21 18,203 35.3 6,429 13 23,301 3.9 1,003 59 5,430 329.8 17,907 20 18,872 9.9 1,871 14 22,734 -6.8 -2,006 18 19,157 6.0 1,155 19 18,996 2.0 375 16 19,994 -6.1 -1,212 22 18,155 1.7 308 15 21,943 -16.1 -3,539 17 19,585 -10.1 -1,980 23 16,091 0.2 29 25 15,143 6.2 940 27 14,302 9.1 1,406 24 15,459 -1. 2 -179 26 14,616 1.7 250 28 13,520 4.1 558 29 12,179 12.9 1,570 30 11,601 5.0 575 31 11,205 2.2 244 82 4,115 174.8 7,194 35 10,195 7.7 785 33 10,733 1.7 181 34 10,267 3.1 319 32 10,887 -3.1 -344 39 9,507 9.3 886 47 8,015 24.4 2,172 36 10,024 -3.4 -342 37 9,929 -6.2 -421 11 MUNICIPAL POPULATION RANKINGS: 1970-1980 Municipality County 1980 1980 1970 1970 % Net Ranking Population Ranking Population Change Change Perry Houston 42 Jesup Wayne 43 Toccoa Stephens 44 Fort Valley Peach 45 Lawrence- Gwinnett 46 ville Monroe Walton 47 Cairo Grady 48 Cedartown Polk 49 Snellville Gwinnett 50 Douglasville Douglas 51 Swainsboro Emanuel 52 Doraville DeKalb 53 Chamblee DeKalb 54 Riverdale Clayton 55 Thomson McDuffie 56 Garden City Chatham 57 Winder Barrow 58 Buford Gwinnett 59 Conyers Rockdale 60 LaFayette Walker 61 Peachtree 62 City Fayette Hapeville Fulton 63 Sandersville Washington 64 Blakely Early 65 Sylvester Worth 66 Waynesboro Burke 67 Dawson Terrell 68 Elberton Elbert 69 Adel Cook 70 Ft. Ogle- Catoosa/ 71 thorpe Walker Camilla Mitchell 72 Calhoun Gordon 73 Eastman Dodge 74 Quitman Brooks 75 Cochran Bleckley 76 Kennesaw Cobb 77 Barnesville Lamar 78 Summerville Chattooga 79 Stone Moun- DeKalb 80 tain 9,453 48 9,418 43 9,104 50 9,000 41 8,928 64 8,854 45 8,777 46 8,619 40 8,514 155 7,641 58 7,602 49 7,414 44 7,137 42 7,121 135 7,001 52 6,895 55 6,705 51 6,697 74 6,567 69 6,517 54 6,429 257 6,166 38 6,137 56 5,880 62 5,860 78 5,760 57 5,699 61 5,686 53 5,592 67 5,443 91 5,414 66 5,335 73 5,330 60 5,188 71 5,121 63 5,095 102 4,887 68 4,878 65 4,867 160 7,771 9,091 6,971 9,251 5,115 8,071 8,061 9,253 1,990 5,472 7,325 9,039 9,127 2,521 6,503 5,741 6,605 4,640 4,890 6,044 793 9,567 5,546 5,267 4,226 5,530 5,383 6,438 4,972 3,869 4,987 4,748 5,416 4,818 5,161 3,548 4,935 5,043 1,899 21. 6 3.6 30.6 -2.7 71. 5 1,682 327 2,133 -251 3,813 9.7 8.9 -6.9 327 .8 39.6 3.8 -19.0 -21.8 182.5 7.7 19.1 1.5 44.3 34.3 7.8 710.7 783 716 -634 6,524 2,169 277 -1,625 -1,990 4,600 498 1,154 100 2,057 1,677 473 5,636 -35.5 10.7 11. 6 38.7 4.2 5.9 -11. 7 12.5 40.7 -3,401 591 613 1,634 230 316 -752 620 1,574 8.6 12.4 -1.6 7.7 -0.8 43.6 -1.0 -3.3 156.3 427 587 -86 370 -40 1,547 -48 -165 2,968 12 MUNICIPAL POPULATION RANKINGS: 1970-1980 Municipality County 1980 1980 1970 1970 % Net Ranking Population Ranking Population Change Change Hartwell Eatonton Nashville Montezuma Manchester Union City Ashburn Washington Forsyth Clarkston Hawkinsville Cuthbert Pelham West Point Hazelhurst Lyons Glennville Jackson Jonesboro Commerce Millen Bremen Port wentworth Austell Alma Morrow Lilburn Rossville Acworth Rockmart Canton St. Mary's Baxley Metter Grovetown Fairburn Ocilla Villa Rica McRae Powder Springs Hogansville Hart 81 Putnam 82 Berrien 83 Macon 84 Meriwether 85 Fulton 86 Turner 87 Wilkes 88 Monroe 89 DeKalb 90 Pulaski 91 Randolph 92 Mitchell 93 Harris/ 94 Troup Jeff Davis 95 Toombs 96 Wheeler 97 Butts 98 Clayton 99 Jackson 100 Jenkins 101 Carroll/ 102 Haralson Chatham 103 Cobb 104 Bacon 105 Clayton 106 Gwinnett 107 Walker 108 Cobb 109 Polk 110 Cherokee 111 Camden 112 Appling 113 Candler 114 Columbia 115 Fulton 116 Irwin 117 Carroll/ 118 Douglas Telfair 119 Cobb 120 Troup 121 4,855 4,833 4,831 4,830 4,796 4,780 4,766 4,662 4,624 4,539 4,372 4,340 4,306 4,294 4,249 4,203 4,144 4,133 4,132 4,092 3,988 3,966 3,947 3,939 3,819 3,791 3,765 3,749 3,648 3,645 3,601 3,596 3,586 3,531 3,491 3,466 3,436 3,420 3,409 3,381 3,362 70 80 76 81 72 114 79 84 97 111 85 87 75 77 86 96 116 94 83 100 98 104 90 128 95 99 178 92 88 93 101 105 103 117 108 110 107 89 109 133 112 4,865 4,125 4,323 4,125 4,779 3,031 4,209 4,094 3,736 3,127 4,077 3,972 4,539 4,232 4,065 3,739 2,965 3,778 4,105 3,702 3,713 3,484 3,905 2,632 3,756 3,708 1,668 3,957 3,929 3,857 3,654 3,408 3,503 2,912 3,169 3,143 3,185 3,922 3,151 2,559 3,075 -0.2 17.2 11.8 17.1 0.4 57.7 13.2 13.9 23.8 45.2 7.2 9.3 -5.1 1.5 4.5 12.4 39.8 9.4 0.7 10.5 7.4 13.8 1.1 49.7 1.7 2.2 125.7 -5.3 -7.2 -5.5 -1.5 5.5 2.4 21. 3 10.2 10.3 7.9 -12.8 8.2 32.1 9.3 -10 708 508 705 17 1,749 557 557 888 1,412 295 368 -233 62 184 464 1,179 355 27 390 275 482 42 1,307 63 83 2,097 -208 -281 -212 -53 188 83 619 322 323 251 -502 258 822 287 13 MUNICIPAL POPULATION RANKINGS: 1970-1980 Municipality County 1980 1980 1970 1970 % Net Ranking PopUlation Ranking Population Change Change Sylvania Screven 122 Donalson- Seminole 123 ville Norcross Gwinnett 124 Blackshear Pierce 125 Cornelia Habersham 126 Alpharetta Fulton 127 Homerville Clinch 128 Greensboro Greene 129 Soperton Treutlen 130 Lake City Clayton 131 Duluth Gwinnett 132 Madison Morgan 133 East Dublin Laurens 134 Vienna Dooly 135 Dahlonega Lumpkin 136 Louisville Jefferson 137 McDonough Henry 138 Gordon Wilkinson 139 Fayetteville Fayette 140 Woodstock Cherokee 141 Claxton Evans 142 Lakeland Lanier 143 Tallapoosa Haralson 144 Lithonia DeKalb 145 Centerville Houston 146 Social Walton 147 Circle Pooler Chatham 148 Wrights- Johnson 149 ville Chatsworth Murray 150 Dallas Paulding 151 Wadley Jefferson 152 Wrens Jefferson 153 Royston Franklin/ 154 Hart/ Madison Monticello Jasper 155 Sugar Hill Gwinnett 156 Reidsville Tattnall 157 Folkston Charlton 158 Savannah Chatham 159 Beach/ Tybee Island 3,352 106 3,320 118 3,317 121 3,222 129 3,203 115 3,128 136 3,112 113 2,985 131 2,981 130 2,963 140 2,956 166 2,954 120 2,916 157 2,886 139 2,844 127 2,823 124 2,778 125 2,768 134 2,715 144 2,699 244 2,694 126 2,647 132 2,647 119 2,637 141 2,622 174 2,591 159 2,543 191 2,526 148 2,493 123 2,440 145 2,438 156 2,415 141 2,404 137 2,382 146 2,340 172 2,296 167 2,243 147 2,240 168 3,199 2,907 2,755 2,624 3,014 2,455 3,025 2,583 2,596 2,306 1,810 2,890 2,000 2,341 2,658 2,691 2,675 2,553 2,160 870 2,669 2,569 2,896 2,270 1,725 1,961 1,517 2,106 2,706 2,133 1,989 2,270 2,428 4.8 14.2 20.4 22.8 6.3 27.4 2.9 15.6 14.8 28.5 63.3 2.2 45.8 23.3 7.0 4.9 3.9 8.4 25.7 210.2 0.9 3.0 -8.6 16.2 52.0 32.1 67.6 19.9 -7.9 14.4 22.6 9.6 -1.0 153 413 562 598 188 673 87 402 385 657 1,146 64 916 545 186 132 103 215 555 1,829 25 78 -249 367 897 630 1,026 420 -213 307 449 145 -24 2,132 11. 7 250 1,745 34.1 595 1,806 27.1 490 2,112 6.2 131 1,786 25.4 454 14 MUNICIPAL POPULATION RANKINGS: 1970-1980 Municipality County 1980 1980 1970 1970 % Net Ranking Population Ranking Population Change Change Chickamauga Warrenton Thunderbolt Gray Stockbridge Cununing Palmetto Colquitt Hampton Lavonia Kingsland Rincon Butler Bloomingdale Loganville Clayton Pearson Ringgold Jefferson Richland Sparta Oxford Union Point Bowdon Adairsville Woodbury Mt. Vernon Trion Darien Tennille Ellaville Byron Trenton Rochelle Cleveland Dacula Arlington Unadilla Jasper Buena Vista Marshall- ville Walker 160 Warren 161 Chatham 162 Jones 163 Henry 164 Forsyth 165 Coweta/ 166 Fulton Miller 167 Henry 168 Franklin 169 Camden 170 Effingham 171 Taylor 172 Chatham 173 Walton 174 Rabun 175 Atkinson 176 Catoosa 177 Jackson 178 Stewart 179 Hancock 180 Newton 181 Greene 182 Carroll 183 Bartow 184 Meriwether 185 Montgomery 186 Chattooga 187 McIntosh 188 Washington 189 Schley 190 Peach 191 Dade 192 Wilcox 193 White 194 Gwinnett 195 Ca1houn/ 196 Early Dooly 197 Pickens 198 Marion 199 Macon 200 2,232 2,172 2,165 2,145 2,103 2,094 2,086 2,065 2,059 2,024 2,008 1,988 1,959 1,855 1,841 1,838 1,827 1,821 1,820 1,802 1,754 1,750 1,750 1,743 1,739 1,738 1,737 1,732 1,731 1,709 1,684 1,661 .1.... 'vc.."J'JvC 1,626 1,578 1,577 1,572 1,566 1,556 1,544 1,540 162 149 122 154 186 152 150 153 187 151 163 161 183 UR 211 185 175 200 179 165 143 204 180 170 177 197 184 158 164 171 199 205 190 201 207 259 176 193 222 192 203 1,842 2,073 2,750 2,014 1,561 2,031 2,045 2,026 1,551 2,044 1,831 1,854 1,589 1,318 1,569 1,700 1,381 1,647 1,823 2,172 1,373 1,624 1,753 1,676 1,422 1,579 1,965 1,826 1,753 1,391 1,368 1,523 1,380 1,353 782 1,698 1,457 1,202 1,486 1,376 21.2 4.8 -21.3 6.5 34.7 3.1 2.0 1.9 32.8 -1.0 9.7 7.2 23.3 39.7 17 .1 7.5 31.9 10.5 -1.2 -19.2 27.5 7.8 -0.6 3.8 22.2 10.0 -11.9 -5.2 -2.5 21.1 21.4 7.4 17 .8 16.6 101. 7 -7.4 7.5 29.5 3.9 11.9 390 99 -585 131 542 63 41 39 508 -20 177 134 370 523 269 127 440 173 -21 -418 377 126 -10 63 316 158 -233 -95 -44 293 293 113 246 225 795 -126 109 354 58 164 15 MUNICIPAL POPULATION RANKINGS: 1970-1980 Municipality County 1980 1980 1970 1970 % Ranking Population Ranking Population Change Hahira Temple Ellijay Lookout Mountain Harlem Locust Grove Jefferson- ville Hepzibah Porterdale Lmnber City Boston Lincolnton Twin City Pembroke Helena Blue Ridge Sparks Clarkesville Lumpkin Avondale Estates Oglethorpe Leesburg Reynolds Ludowici Fort Gaines Shellman Watkinsville Meigs McCaysville Cussetta Greenville Sardis Richmond Hill Willacoochee Talbotton Demorest Edison Broxton Lowndes 201 Carroll 202 Gilmer 203 Walker 204 Colmnbia 205 Henry 206 Twiggs 207 Richmond 208 Newton 209 Telfair 210 Thomas 211 Lincoln 212 Emanuel 213 Bryan 214 Telfair 215 Fannin 216 Cook 217 Habersham 218 Stewart 219 DeKalb 220 Macon 221 Lee 222 Taylor 223 Long 224 Clay 225 Randolph 226 Oconee 227 Mitchell/ 228 Thomas Fannin 229 Chattahoo- 230 chee Meriwether 231 Burke 232 Bryan 233 Atkinson 234 Talbot 235 Habersham 236 Calhoun 237 Coffee 238 1,534 1,520 1,507 1,505 1,485 1,479 1,473 1,452 1,451 1,426 1,424 1,406 1,402 1,400 1,390 1,376 1,353 1,348 1,335 1,313 1,305 1,301 1,298 1,286 1,260 1,254 1,240 1,231 1,219 1,218 1,213 1,180 1,177 1,166 1,140 1,130 1,128 1,117 210 246 209 189 188 293 212 236 169 202 194 195 228 206 219 182 208 214 196 173 215 235 217 ] 98 216 223 237 220 181 218 229 292 252 227 232 231 221 239 1,326 864 1,326 1,538 1,540 642 1,305 987 1,773 1,377 1,443 1,442 1,119 1,361 1,230 1,602 1,337 1,294 1,431 1,735 1,286 996 1,253 1,419 1,255 1,166 986 1,226 1,619 1,251 1,085 643 826 1,120 1,045 1,070 1,210 957 15.7 75.9 13.7 -2.1 -3.6 130.4 13.1 47.1 -18.2 3.6 -1. 3 -2.5 25.3 2.9 13.0 -14.1 1.2 4.2 -6.7 -24.3 1.5 30.6 3.6 -9.4 0.4 7.5 25.8 0.4 -24.7 -2.6 11.8 83.5 42.5 4.1 9.1 5.6 -6.8 16.7 Net Change 208 656 181 -33 -55 837 168 465 -322 49 -19 -36 283 39 160 -226 16 54 -96 -422 19 305 45 -133 5 88 254 5 -400 -33 128 537 351 46 95 60 -82 160 16 MUNICIPAL POPULATION RANKINGS: 1970-1980 Municipality County 1980 1980 Ranking Population Milan Dodge/ 239 Telfair Nicholls Coffee 240 Emerson Bartow 241 Grantville Coweta 242 Statham Barrow 243 Baldwin Banks/ 244 Habersham Springfield Effingham 245 Doerun Colquitt 246 Industrial Gordon/ 247 City Murray/ Whitfield Tyrone Fayette 248 Brooklet Bulloch 249 Suwanee Gwinnett 250 Buchanan Hazalson 251 Omega Colquitt/ 252 Tift Zebulon pike 253 Alamo Wheeler 254 Abbeville Dodge/ 255 Wilcox Pine Moun- Harris 256 tain ,Lenox Nahunta Cook 257 Brantley 258 Georgetown Quitman 259 Comer Madison 260 Waverly Hall Harris 261 Woodbine Camden 262 Walthour- Liberty 263 ville Pine Lake DeKalb 264 Senoia Coweta 265 Bowman Elbert 266 Cave Springs Floyd 267 Hagan Evans 268 Screven Wayne 269 Smithville Lee/ 270 Sumter Tunnel Hill Whitfield 271 1,1l5 1,114 1,110 1,110 1,101 1,080 1,075 1,062 1,054 1,038 1,035 1,026 1,019 996 995 993 985 984 965 951 935 930 913 910 905 901 900 890 883 880 872 867 867 1970 1970 % Net Ranking Population Change Change 230 1,084 2.9 31 225 1,150 -3.1 -36 254 813 36.5 297 226 1,128 -1.6 -18 253 817 34.8 284 264 772 39.9 308 234 1,001 7.4 74 224 1,157 -8.2 -95 1054 521 284 301 256 250 262 249 260 247 248 238 308 251 286 233 UR 245 242 273 212 311 240 277 UR 131 683 615 800 831 776 833 781 862 860 974 860 828 671 1,002 866 910 724 1,305 572 936 713 1,146 692.4 51. 5 66.8 27.4 19.3 28.2 19.2 26.1 14.2 12.2 -2.4 8.7 12.3 36.1 -9.2 4.0 -1.1 22.9 -32.3 53.8 -6.8 21.6 -24.3 907 352 411 219 165 219 160 204 122 105 -23 75 102 242 -92 35 -10 166 -422 308 -64 154 -279 17 MUNICIPAL POPULATION RANKINGS: 1970-1980 Municipality County 1980 1980 Ranking Population Roberta Crawford 272 859 Lula Banks/ 273 857 Hall Aragon Polk 274 855 Fairmont Gordon 275 842 Irwinton Wilkinson 276 841 Pavo Brooks/ 277 830 Thomas Glennwood Wheeler 278 824 Bogart Clarke/ 279 819 OConee Poulan Worth 280 818 Franklin Franklin 281 797 Springs Leary Calhoun 282 783 Whitesburg Carroll 283 775 Alapaha Berrien 284 771 Baconton Mitchell 285 763 Patterson Pierce 286 763 Norman Park Colquitt 287 757 Adrian Emanuel/ 288 756 Johnson Flowery Hall 289 755 Branch Guyton Effingham 290 749 Coolidge Thomas 291 736 Horner Banks 292 734 Kingston Bartow 293 733 Tignall Wilkes 294 733 Gibson Glascock 295 730 Oakwood Hall 296 723 Franklin Heard 297 711 Hiram Paulding 298 711 Newton Baker 299 711 Canon Franklin/ 300 704 Hart Mountain Rabun 301 701 City Portal Bulloch 302 694 Rutledge Morgan 303 694 Auburn Barrow 304 692 Holly Cherokee 305 687 Springs Young Harris Towns 306 687 1970 1970 % Net Ranking Population Change Change 269 746 15.1 113 271 736 16.4 121 UR 298 623 35.2 219 266 757 11.1 84 263 775 7.1 55 287 670 23.0 154 288 667 22.8 152 265 776 6.8 42 328 501 59.1 296 243 907 -13.7 -124 274 720 7.6 55 294 633 21.8 138 278 710 7.5 53 258 788 -3.2 -25 241 912 -17.0 -155 280 705 7.2 51 261 779 -3.1 -24 270 742 0.9 7 275 717 2.6 19 371 365 101.1 369 276 714 2.7 19 267 756 -3.0 -23 281 701 4.1 29 441 250 189.2 473 268 749 -5.1 -38 343 441 61. 2 30 297 624 13.9 87 279 709 -0.7 -5 305 594 18.0 107 291 643 7.9 51 295 628 10.5 66 373 361 91. 7 331 309 575 19.5 112 317 544 26.3 143 18 MUNICIPAL POPULATION RANKINGS: 1970-1980 Municipality County 1980 1980 Ranking Population Homeland Charlton 307 683 Toomsboro Wilkinson 308 673 Midville Burke 309 670 Mt. Airy Habersham 310 670 Bibb City Muscogee 311 667 Woodland Talbot 312 664 Dasher Lowndes 313 659 Ray City Berrien 314 658 Plains Sumter 315 651 Uvalda Montgomery 316 646 Ball Ground Cherokee 317 640 Collins Tattnall 318 639 Ochlochnee Thomas 319 627 Attapulgus Decatur 320 623 Winterville Clarke 321 621 Ideal Macon 322 619 Maysville Banks/ 323 619 Jackson Alto Banks 324 618 Ty Ty Tift 325 618 Menlo Chattooga 326 611 Allenhurst Liberty 327 606 Luthersville Meriwether 328 597 Crawford- Taliaferro 329 594 ville Rhine Dodge 330 590 Ailey Montgomery 331 579 Enigma Berrien 332 574 Byromville Deoly 333 567 Pineview Wilcox 334 564 Nelson Cherokee/ 335 562 Pickens Dearing McDuffie 336 539 Berlin Colquitt 337 538 Blairsville Union 338 530 Danville Twiggs/ 339 529 Wilkinson Dexter Laurens 340 527 Stillmore Emanuel 341 527 Bronwood Terrell 342 524 Hilltonia Screven 343 515 Hoboken Brantley 344 514 Whigham Grady 345 507 1970 1970 % Net Ranking Population Change Change 304 595 14.8 88 285 682 -1.3 -9 289 665 0.8 5 338 463 44.7 207 255 812 -17.9 -145 282 689 -3.6 -25 340 452 45.8 207 300 617 6.6 41 283 683 -4.7 -32 290 663 -2.6 -17 299 617 3.7 23 310 574 11.3 65 303 611 2.6 16 324 513 21.4 110 315 551 12.7 70 318 543 14.0 76 314 553 11.9 66 369 372 66.1 246 342 447 38.3 171 306 593 3.0 18 454 230 163.5 376 356 400 49.3 197 272 735 -19.2 -141 336 471 25.3 119 332 487 18.9 92 327 505 13.7 69 351 419 35.3 148 320 528 6.8 36 302 613 -8.3 -51 313 555 -2.9 -16 350 422 27.5 116 330 491 7.9 39 323 515 2.7 14 344 438 20.3 89 377 522 1.0 5 329 500 4.8 24 405 294 75.2 221 347 424 21.2 90 364 381 33.1 126 19 MUNICIPAL POPULATION RANKINGS: 1970-1980 Municipality County 1980 1980 Ranking Population Hamilton Harris 346 506 Berkeley Gwinnett 347 503 Lake White Bartow 348 501 Colbert Madison 349 498 Crawford Oglethorpe 350 498 Cobbtown Tattnall 351 494 Hiawassee Towns 352 491 Nicholson Jackson 353 491 Hoschton Jackson 354 490 Warwick Worth 355 488 Lyerly Chattooga 356 482 Euharlee Bartow 357 477 Sycamore Turner 358 474 Morven Brooks 359 471 Waco Haralson 360 471 Leslie Sumter 361 470 East Ellijay Gilmer 362 469 Carnesville Franklin 363 465 Grayson Gwinnett 364 464 Flovilla Butts 365 458 Midway Liberty 366 457 Harrison Washington 367 456 Ivey Wilkinson 368 455 Woodville Greene 369 455 Waleska Cherokee 370 450 Lake Park Lowndes 371 448 Siloam Greene 372 446 Mount Zion Carroll 373 445 Remerton Lowndes 374 443 Flemington Liberty 375 440 Mansfield Newton 376 435 Davisboro Washington 377 433 Pinehurst Dooly 378 431 Preston Webster 379 429 Dudley Laurens 380 425 Warm Spr ings Meriwether 381 425 Linwood Walker 382 417 Barwick Brooks 383 413 Chester Dodge 384 409 Climax Decatur 385 407 Cohutta Whitfield 386 407 Sasser Terrell 387 407 1970 1970 % Net Ranking Population Change Change 375 357 41.7 149 464 219 129.7 284 339 462 8.4 39 319 532 -6.4 -34 296 624 -20.2 -126 392 321 53.9 173 352 415 18.3 76 357 397 23.7 94 326 509 -3.7 -19 337 466 4.7 22 346 426 13.1 56 UR - - 477 316 547 -13.3 -73 341 449 4.9 22 345 431 9.3 40 312 562 -16.4 -92 331 488 -3.9 -19 325 510 -8.8 -45 370 366 26.8 98 410 289 58.5 169 503 167 173.7 290 388 329 38.6 127 442 245 85.7 210 366 379 20.1 76 333 487 -7.6 -37 374 361 24.1 87 394 319 39.8 127 430 264 68.6 181 321 523 -15.3 -80 428 265 66.0 175 381 340 27.9 95 334 476 -9.0 -43 354 405 6.4 26 459 226 89.8 203 348 423 0.5 2 322 523 -18.7 -98 307 588 -29.1 -171 363 432 -4.4 -19 353 409 0.0 0 415 275 48.0 132 UR 393 3.6 14 382 339 20.1 68 20 MUNICIPAL POPULATION RANKINGS: 1970-1980 Municipality County 1980 1980 Ranking Population Damascus Early 388 403 Newington Screven 389 402 Odum Wayne 390 401 Shiloh Harris 391 392 Newborn Jasper/ 392 391 Newton Yatesville Upson 393 390 Stapleton Jefferson 394 388 Pineora Effingham 395 387 Walnut Grove Walton 396 387 McIntyre Wilkinson 397 386 Pitts Wilcox 398 384 Molena Pike 399 379 Mountain Cherokee/ 400 378 Park Fulton Russell Barrow 401 378 Arabi Crisp 402 376 Surrency Appling 403 368 Blythe Burke/ 404 367 Richmond Iron City Seminole 405 367 Morgan Calhoun 406 364 Ambrose Coffee 407 360 Jenkinsburg Butts 408 360 Moreland Coweta 409 358 Bartow Jefferson 410 357 Bostwick Morgan 411 357 Daniels- Madison 412 354 ville Cadwell Laurens 413 353 Chauncey Dodge 414 350 Dawsonville Dawson 415 342 Sunnyside Spalding 416 338 Funston Colquitt 417 337 Rentz Laurens 418 337 Sale City Mitchell 419 336 Center Jackson 420 330 Kite Johnson 421 328 Allentown Laurens/ 422 321 Twiggs/ Wilkinson Milner Lamar 423 320 Bowersville Hart 424 318 1970 1970 % Net Ranking Population Change Change 418 272 48.2 131 355 402 0.0 0 365 379 5.8 22 402 298 31.5 94 406 294 33.0 97 349 423 -7.8 -33 359 390 -0.5 -2 425 266 45.5 121 497 175 121.1 212 335 471 -18.0 -85 380 345 11.3 39 360 389 -2.6 -10 422 268 41.0 110 368 378 0.0 0 399 305 23.3 71 378 352 4.5 16 386 333 10.2 34 379 351 4.6 16 414 280 30.0 84 434 253 42.3 107 362 382 -5.8 -22 372 363 -1.4 -5 385 333 7.2 24 409 289 23.5 68 367 378 -6.3 -24 376 354 -0.3 -1 398 308 13.6 42 411 288 18.8 54 474 209 61.7 129 407 293 15.0 44 358 392 -14.0 -55 389 323 4.0 13 472 213 54.9 117 384 336 -2.4 -8 403 295 8.8 26 420 270 18.5 50 401 301 5.6 17 21 MUNICIPAL POPULATION RANKINGS: 1970-1980 Municipality Concord Braselton Norwood Oconee Martin Meansville Van Wert Pendergrass Eton Clermont Tiger Carlton Varnell Ila Denton Camak Braswell Bethlehem Culloden Plainville Cecil Lexington Ellenton Brinson Gumbranch Rebecca Anderson- ville DuPont Taylors- ville Chalybeate Springs Helen Morgantown Turin Dixie Pulaski North High Shoals County 1980 1980 Ranking Population Pike 425 317 Jackson 426 308 Warren 427 306 Washington 428 306 Franklin/ 429 305 Stephens Pike 430 303 Polk 431 303 Jackson 432 302 Murray 433 301 Hall 434 300 Rabun 435 299 Madison 436 291 Whitfield 437 288 Madison 438 287 Jeff Davis 439 286 Warren 440 283 Paulding/ 441 282 Polk Barrow 442 281 Monroe 443 281 Gordon 444 281 Cook 445 280 Ogle- 446 278 thorpe Colquitt 447 277 Decatur 448 274 Liberty 449 272 Turner 450 272 Sumter 451 267 Clinch 452 267 Polk/ 453 266 Bartow Meri- 454 265 wether White 455 265 Fannin 456 263 Coweta 457 260 Brooks 458 259 Candler 459 257 Oconee 460 256 1970 1970 % Net Ranking Population Change Change 396 312 1.6 5 361 386 -20.2 -78 419 272 12.5 34 431 262 16.8 44 481 201 51. 7 104 395 313 -3.2 -10 UR 360 15.8 -57 423 267 13.1 35 412 286 5.2 15 408 290 3.4 10 397 312 4.2 13 404 294 -1.0 -3 UR 314 -8.3 -26 480 202 42.1 85 443 244 17.2 42 460 224 26.3 59 570 30 840.0 252 400 304 -7.6 -23 417 272 3.3 9 485 192 46.4 89 427 265 5.7 15 391 322 -13.7 -44 383 337 -17 .8 -60 453 231 18.6 43 UR 426 266 2.3 6 416 274 -2.6 -7 436 252 6.0 15 435 253 5.1 13 424 266 -0.4 -1 437 252 5.2 13 477 205 28.3 58 445 242 7.4 18 UR 455 230 11. 7 27 504 165 55.2 91 22 MUNICIPAL POPULATION RANKINGS: 1970-1980 Municipality . County 1980 1980 Ranking Population Oak Park Emanuel 461 256 Junction Talbot 462 254 City Williamson Pike 463 250 Avera Jefferson 464 248 DeSoto Sumter 465 248 Spring Place Murray 466 246 Central- Heard 467 240 hatchee Carl Barrow 468 239 Oliver Screven 469 239 Dillard Rabun 470 238 Geneva Talbot 471 232 Rest Haven Gwinnett/ 472 231 Hall White Plains Greene 473 231 Roopville Carroll 474 229 Naylor Lowndes 475 228 Girard Burke 476 225 Arcade Jackson 477 223 Rocky Ford Screven 478 223 Garfield Emanuel 479 222 Parrott Terrell 480 222 Scotland Telfair/ 481 222 Wheeler Buckhead Morgan 482 219 Riceboro Liberty 483 216 Sununertown Emanuel 484 215 Mitchell Glascock 485 214 Sumner Worth 486 213 Seville Wilcox 487 209 Argyle Clinch 488 206 Durand Meri- 489 206 wether Jacksonville Telfair 490 206 Lovejoy Clayton 491 205 Maxeys Oglethorpe 492 205 Lilly Dooly 493 202 Jersey Walton 494 201 Avalon Stephens 495 200 Good Hope Walton 496 200 Brooks Fayette 497 199 Payne Bibb 498 196 1970 1980 % Net Ranking Population Change Change 458 226 13.3 30 421 269 -5.6 -15 413 284 -12.0 -34 466 217 14.3 31 393 321 -22.7 -73 447 241 2.1 5 491 186 29.0 54 452 234 2.1 5 467 217 10.1 22 492 186 28.0 52 440 250 -7.2 -18 488 188 22.9 43 449 236 -2.1 -5 463 221 3.6 8 444 244 -6.6 -16 446 241 -6.6 -16 456 229 -2.6 -6 439 252 -11.5 -29 469 214 3.7 -8 462 222 0.0 0 432 261 -14.9 -39 495 177 23.7 42 438 252 -14.3 -36 UR 159 35.2 56 490 187 14.4 27 475 207 2.9 6 UR 476 206 0.0 0 484 192 7.3 14 470 227 -9.3 -21 UR 457 229 -10.5 -24 511 155 30.3 47 493 180 11. 7 21 478 204 -2.0 -4 479 202 -1.0 -2 499 172 15.7 27 448 236 -16.9 -40 23 MUNICIPAL POPULATION RANKINGS: 1970-1980 Municipality County 1980 1980 1970 1970 % Net Ranking Population Ranking Population Change Change Jakin Sharpsburg Graysville Hull Arnoldsville Ephesus Vernonburg Rayle Gay Daisy Bellville Bishop Ranger Montrose omaha Mountville Nunez Santa Claus Coleman Orchard Hill Tallulah Falls Shady Dale Ridd1 evil Ie Higgston Oakman Barney Tarrytown Gillsville Odessada1e Sharon Aldora Scott Benevolence Bluffton Mineral Bluff Plainfield Early 499 Coweta 500 Catoosa 501 Madison 502 Ogle- 503 thorpe Heard 504 Chatham 505 Wilkes 506 Meri- 507 wether Evans 508 Evans 509 Oconee 510 Gordon 511 Laurens 512 Stewart 513 Troup 514 Emanuel 515 Toombs 516 Randolph 517 Spalding 518 Habersham/ 519 Rabun Jasper 520 Washington 521 Montgomery 522 Gordon 523 Brooks 524 Montgomery 525 Banks/ 526 Hall Meri- 527 wether Taliaferro 528 Lamar 529 Johnson/ 530 Laurens Randolph 531 Clay 532 Fannin 533 Dodge 534 194 500 194 508 193 550 188 461 187 534 184 473 178 519 177 UR 175 482 174 512 173 451 172 450 171 517 170 483 169 487 168 465 168 530 167 529 164 502 162 UR 162 433 155 486 154 515 152 496 150 494 146 DR 145 489 142 541 142 557 140 509 139 390 139 468 138 UR 132 538 130 528 128 551 172 161 80 222 181 212 136 110 200 150 234 235 140 199 188 218 117 118 168 255 190 143 175 178 188 100 70 160 322 215 12.8 20.5 141. 3 -15.3 3.3 -13.2 30.9 60.9 -12.5 16.0 -26.1 -26.8 22.1 -14.6 -10.1 -22.9 43.6 41.5 -2.4 -36.5 -18.4 7.7 -13.1 -15.7 -22.9 42.0 102.9 -12.5 -56.8 -35.3 22 33 113 -34 6 -28 42 67 -25 24 -61 -63 31 -29 -19 -50 51 49 -4 -93 -35 11 -23 -22 -43 42 70 -20 -183 -76 105 25.7 27 119 9.2 11 77 66.2 51 24 MUNICIPAL POPULATION RANKINGS: 1970-1980 Municipality County 1980 1980 1970 1970 % Net Ranking Population Ranking Population Change Change Haralson Coweta/ 535 Meri- wether Cotton Mitchell 536 Deepstep Washing- 537 ton Lone oak Meri- 538 wether White Meri- 539 Sulphur wether Springs Manassas Tattnall 540 Oakfield Worth 541 Alston Montgom- 542 ery Weston Webster 543 Finleyson Pulaski 544 Riverside Colquitt 545 Woolsey Fayette 546 Alvaton Meri- 547 wether Between Walton 548 The Rock Upson 549 Corinth Coweta/ 550 Heard Talking Rock Pickens 551 Sky Valley Rabun 552 Rocky Mount Meri- 553 wether Edgehill Glascock 554 St. Marks Meri- 555 wether Primrose Meri- 556 wether 123 507 122 540 120 536 119 523 118 569 116 514 113 501 III 539 109 554 101 UR 99 532 99 547 91 531 87 544 78 518 75 535 72 553 65 UR 56 564 53 568 36 572 30 571 162 -24.1 -39 102 19.6 20 107 12.1 13 129 -7.8 -10 38 210.5 80 144 -19.4 -28 171 -33.9 -58 104 6.7 7 73 49.3 36 114 -13.2 -15 91 8.8 8 114 -20.2 -23 94 -7.4 -7 136 -42.6 -58 107 -29.9 -32 76 -5.3 -4 53 5.7 3 46 15.2 7 25 44.0 11 28 7.1 2 UR = unranked 25 TABLE VIII. MUNICIPALITIES - TWENTY-FIVE GAIN AND LOSS LEADERS (PERCENTAGE): 1970-1980 Gainers 1. Braswell 2. Peachtree City 3. Tyrone 4. Roswell 5. Snellville 6. White Sulphur Springs 7. Woodstock 8. Oakwood 9. Riverdale 10. Hinesville 11. Midway 12. Allenhurst 13. Stone Mountain 14. Graysville 15. Locust Grove 16. Berkeley Lake 17. Lilburn 18. Walnut Grove 19. Odessadale 20. Dacula 21. Homer 22. Auburn 23. Preston 24. Ivey 25. Sardis Percentage 840.0 710.7 692.4 329.8 327.8 210.5 210.2 189.2 182.5 174.8 173.7 163.5 156.3 141.3 130.4 129.7 125.7 121.1 102.9 101. 7 101.1 91. 7 89.8 85.7 83.5 Losers 1. Aldora 2. The Rock 3. Tallulah Falls 4. Hapeville 5. Scott 6. Oakfield 7. Cave Springs 8. Corinth 9. Linwood 10. Bishop 11. Bellville 12. McCaysville 13. Avondale Estates 14. Haralson 15. Mountville 16. Chamblee 17. Thunderbolt 18. Augusta 19. Crawford 20. Braselton 21. Sparta 22. Crawfordville 23. Doraville 24. Warm Springs 25. Porterdale Percentage -56.8 -42.6 -36.5 -35.5 -35.3 -33.9 -32.3 -29.9 -29.1 -26.8 -26.1 -24.7 -24.3 -24.1 -22.9 -21.8 -21.3 -20.6 -20.2 -20.2 -19.2 -19.2 -19.0 -18.7 -18.2 26 TABLE IX. MUNICIPALITIES - TWENTY-FIVE GAIN AND LOSS LEADERS (ACTUAL POPULATION) : 1970-1980 Gainers I. Savannah 2. Roswell 3. Columbus 4. Hinesville 5. Snellville 6. College Park 7. Warner Robins 8. Peachtree City 9. Valdosta 10. Riverdale II. Lawrenceville 12. Marietta 13. Stone Mountain 14. Fitzgerald 15. Douglasville 16. Toccoa 17. Lilburn 18. Buford 19. Dalton 20. Woodstock 2I. Union City 22. Perry 23. Conyers 24. Sylvester 25. Fort Oglethorpe Number 37,698 17,907 14,413 7,194 6,524 6,429 6,402 5,636 5,293 4,600 3,813 3,589 2,968 2,172 2,169 2,133 2,097 2,057 1,871 1,829 1,749 1,682 1,677 1,634 1,574 Losers I. Atlanta 2. Augusta 3. Macon 4. Decatur 5. Hapeville 6. Griffin 7. Chamblee 8. Brunswick 9. East Point 10. Athens II. Doraville 12. Forest Park 13. Rome 14. Elberton 15. Cedartown 16. Thunderbolt 17. Villa Rica 18. Cave Springs 19. Avondale Estates 20. Cartersville 2I. Sparta 22. McCaysville 23. Thomaston 24. Porterdale 25. Acworth Number -70,017 -12,332 -5,563 -3,539 -3,401 -2,006 -1,990 -1,980 -1,829 -1,793 -1,625 -1,212 -1,105 -752 -634 -585 -502 -422 -422 -421 -418 -400 -342 -322 -281 27 TABLE X. MUNICIPALITIES BY POPULATION GROUPS - TEN GAIN AND LOSS LEADERS: 1970-1980 Group Size Gainers Percent Losers Percent I 25,000 or more 1. Savannah 2. Warner Robins 3. Valdosta 4. Marietta 5. Columbus 6. Albany 19.7 19.1 16.4 13.2 9.3 1.8 1. Augusta 2. Atlanta 3. East Point 4. Macon 5. Athens 6. Rome -20.6 -14.1 -4.7 -4.5 -4.0 -3.6 II 10,000 to 24,999 1. Roswell 2. Hinesville 3. College Park 4. Fitzgerald 5. Tifton 6. Dalton 7. Vidalia 8. Moultrie 9. Douglas 10. Dublin 329.8 174.8 35.3 24.4 12.9 9.9 9.3 9.1 7.7 6.2 1. Decatur 2. Brunswick 3. Griffin 4. Forest Park 5. Bainbridge 6. Gainesville -16.1 -10.1 -6.8 -6.1 -3.1 -1.2 III 5,000 to 9,999 1. Peachtree City 2. Snellville 3. Riverdale 4. Lawrenceville 5. Buford 6. Kennesaw 7. Fort Oglethorpe 8. Douglasville 9. Sylvester 10. Conyers 710.7 327.8 182.5 71. 5 44.3 43.6 40.7 39.6 38.7 34.3 1. Hapeville 2. Chamblee 3. Doraville 4. Elberton 5. Cedartown 6. Cartersville 7. Thomaston 8. Fort Valley 9. Eastman 10. Cochran -35.5 -21.8 -19.0 -11.7 -6.9 -6.2 -3.4 -2.7 -1.6 -0.8 IV 1,000 to 4,999 1. Tyrone 2. Woodstock 3. Stone Mountain 4. Locust Grove 5. Lilburn 6. Dacula 7. Sardis 8. Temple 9. Pooler 10. Suwanee 692.4 210.2 156.3 130.4 125.7 101. 7 83.5 75.9 67.6 66.8 1. McCaysville 2. Avondale Estates 3. Thunderbolt 4. Sparta 5. Porterdale 6. Blue Ridge 7. Villa Rica 8. Trion 9. Ludowici 10. Tallapoosa -24.7 -24.3 -21.3 -19.2 -18.2 -14.1 -12.8 -11.9 -9.4 -8.6 28 MUNICIPALITIES BY POPULATION GROUPS - TEN GAIN AND LOSS LEADERS: 1970-1980 Group Size V 500 to 999 VI 250 to 499 VII Less than 250 Gainers Percent Losers 1. Oakwood 189.2 2. Allenhurst 163.5 3. Berkeley Lake 129.7 4. Homer 101.1 5. Auburn 91. 7 6. Hilltonia 75.2 7. Alto 66.1 8. Hiram 61.2 9. Franklin Springs 59.1 10. Hagan 53.8 l. Cave Springs 2. Crawfordville 3. Bibb City 4. Norman Park 5. Leary 6. Woodbine 7. Nelson 8. Screven 9. Franklin 10. Plains 1. Braswell 840.0 2. Midway 173.7 3. Walnut Grove 121.1 4. Preston 89.8 5. Ivey 85.7 6. Mount Zion 68.6 7. Flemington 66.0 8. Sunnyside 61. 7 9. Flovilla 58.5 10. North High Shoals 55.2 l. Linwood 2. Crawford 3. Braselton 4. Warm Springs 5. McIntyre 6. Ellenton 7. Leslie 8. Van Wert 9. Remerton 10. Rentz 1. White Sulphur Springs 2. Graysville 3. Odessadale 4. Plainfield 5. Rayle 6. Weston 7. St. Marks 8. Nunez 9. Gillsville 10. Santa Claus 210.5 141.3 102.9 66.2 60.9 49.3 44.0 43.6 42.0 41. 5 l. Aldora 2. The Rock 3. Tallulah Falls 4. Scott 5. Oakfield 6. Corinth 7. Bishop 8. Bellville 9. Haralson 10. Mountville Percent -32.3 -19.2 -17.9 -17.0 -13.7 -9.2 -8.3 -6.8 -5.1 -4.7 -29.1 -20.2 -20.2 -18.7 -18.0 -17.8 -16.4 -15.8 -15.3 -14.0 -56.8 -42.6 -36.5 -35.3 -33.9 -29.9 -26.8 -26.1 -24.1 -22.9 29 TABLE XI. MUNICIPALITIES BY POPULATION GROUPS - TEN GAIN AND LOSS LEADERS (ACTUAL POPULATION): 1970-1980 Group Size I 25,000 or more Gainers 1. Savannah 2. Columbus 3. Warner Robins 4. Valdosta 5. Marietta 6. Albany Number Losers 37,698 14,413 6,402 5,293 3,589 1,311 1. Atlanta 2. Augusta 3. Macon 4. East Point 5. Athens 6. Rome Number -70,017 -12,332 -5,563 -1,829 -1,793 -1,105 II 10,000 to 24,999 1. Roswell 2. Hinesville 3. College Park 4. Fitzgerald 5. Dalton 6. Tifton 7. Moultrie 8. Smyrna 9. LaGrange 10. Dublin 17,907 7,194 6,429 2,172 1,871 1,570 1,406 1,155 1,003 940 1. Decatur 2. Griffin 3. Brunswick 4. Forest Park 5. Bainbridge 6. Gainesville -3,539 -2,006 -1,980 -1,212 -344 -179 III 5,000 to 9,999 1- Snellville 2. Peachtree City 3. Riverdale 4. Lawrenceville 5. Douglasville 6. Toccoa 7. Buford 8. Perry 9. Conyers 10. Sylvester 6,524 5,636 4,600 3,813 2,169 2,133 2,057 1,682 1,677 1,634 1. Hapeville 2. Chamblee 3. Doraville 4. Elberton 5. Cedartown 6. Cartersville 7. Thomaston 8. Fort Valley 9. Eastman 10. Cochran -3,401 -1,990 -1,625 -752 -634 -421 -342 -251 -86 -40 IV 1,000 to 4,999 1- Stone Mountain 2. Lilburn 3. Woodstock 4. Union City 5. Clarkston 6. Austell 7. Glennville 8. Duluth 9. Pooler 10. East Dublin 2,968 2,097 1,829 1,749 1,412 1,307 1,179 1,146 1,026 916 1. Thunderbolt 2. Villa Rica 3. Avondale Estates 4. Sparta 5. McCaysville 6. Porterdale 7. Acworth 8. Tallapoosa 9. Trion 10. Pelham -585 -502 -422 -418 -400 -322 -281 -249 -233 -233 30 MUNICIPALITIES BY POPULATION GROUPS - TEN GAIN AND LOSS LEADERS (ACTUAL POPULATION) : 1970-1980 Group Size V 500 to 999 Gainers Number Losers I. Oakwood 2. Allenhurst 3. Homer 4. Georgetown 5. Auburn 6. Hagan 7. Franklin Springs 8. Berkeley Lake 9. Alto 10. Waverly Hall 473 I. Cave Springs 376 2. Tunnel Hill 369 3. Norman Park 357 4. Bibb City 331 5. Crawfordville 308 6. Leary 296 7. Woodbine 284 8. Screven 246 9. Nelson 242 10. Franklin Number -422 -279 -155 -145 -141 -124 -92 -64 -51 -38 VI 250 to 499 I. Midway 2. Braswell 3. Walnut Grove 4. Ivey 5. Preston 6. Mount Zion 7. Flemington 8. Cobbtown 9. Flovilla 10. Climax 290 I. Linwood 252 2. Crawford 212 3. Warm Springs 210 4. Leslie 203 5. McIntyre 181 6. Remer ton 175 7. Braselton 173 8. Sycamore 169 9. Ellenton 132 10. Van Wert -171 -126 -98 -92 -85 -80 -78 -73 -60 -57 VII Less than 25- I. Graysville 2. White Sulphur Springs 3. Odessadale 4. Rayle 5. Summertown 6. Centralhatchee 7. Dillard 8. Plainfield 9. Nunez 10. Santa Claus 113 1- Aldora 2. Tallulah Falls 80 3. Scott 70 4. DeSoto 67 5. Bishop 56 6. Bellville 54 7. The Rock 52 8. Oakfield 51 9. Mountville 51 10. Tarrytown 49 -183 -93 -76 -73 -63 -61 -58 -58 -50 -43 31 TABLE XII. MUNICIPAL POPULATION GAIN AND LOSS - PERCENTAGE IN EACH CATEGORY: 1970-1980 GROUP SIZE I 25,000 or more II 10,000 to 24,999 III w 5,000 to r-J 9,999 IV 1,000 to 4,999 V 500 to 999 VI 250 to 499 VII Less than 250 Number of Municipalities 100% or Greater 50% to 99.9% 25% to 49.9% 10% to 24.9% 0% to 9.9% -.1% -10% to to -9.9% -24.9% -25% . Greater to than -49.9% -50.0% 12 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.0 16.5 33.0 16.5 0.0 0.0 27 7.4 0.0 3.7 7.4 59.2 14.8 7.4 0.0 0.0 38 7.8 0.0 18.4 15.7 28.9 15.7 7.8 2.6 0.0 174 3.4 4.5 15.5 22.4 31.6 16.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 97 4.1 6.2 14.5 27.8 23.7 15.5 5.2 1.0 0.0 115 2.6 8.7 13.9 18.3 23.5 19.1 9.6 1.7 0.0 93 3.2 2.2 11. 9 16.3 16.3 13.0 21. 7 7.6 1.1 TABLE XIII. MUNICIPALITIES AND TOTAL STATE POPULATION: 1970-1980 til