Georgia's Congressional Districts: Seventh Congressional District Facts At A.Glance Prepared by '!he Georgia Depa..rt:rrEnt of Crnmunity Affairs Intergovernmental Assistance Division 40 Marietta Street, N. W., Eighth Floor Atlanta, Georgia 30303 An Equal Opportunity Emp l oyer Table of Contents Introduction Congressional Districts, Counties and Selected Places .... 7-1 Umts of Govenm~t ....... ... 7-3 Counties and Municipalities in Georgia Population O1aracteristics........................................ 7-5 Counties by Population Size Groups Rural and Urban Populaticn by County Counties Experiencing Population Olanges Racial Canposition . Black Population Distribution Black Population by County Population by Age categories Years of School Carpleted Family Type by Presence of rk State Source: 1980 Census of Population and Housing, Congressional Districts, 98th Congress, Table 4, Page 12-9 7-12 Incorre 'Ihe level of per capita incorre in the Seventh COngressional District is higher than the average for the state ($7,370 corrpared to $6,402). 'Ihe average family inccme in the District is also higher than for the state, ( $22,826 ce:rrpared to $20, 7l3j. COrrespondingly, the percent of families with inccme below the poverty level in 1979 was lower (7 percent ~ed to 13 percent). 'Ihe f o l.Loszinq map indicates that none of the counties within the District have rroderate or severe incidences of poveztyr Incidence of Poverty by County, 1979 Incidence of Poverty III I22I o Severe (25% or rrore of households) M::rlerate (15-25% of households) I.DN (less than 15 % of households) Number of persons in District belo.... pover-ty Ievel.. Number of families in District below pover-ty level: with children under 18 years: wi th female head and children under 18: 50,021 11,200 7,593 3,427 Source: 1980 census of Population and Hous.ino, Congressional Districts, 98th COngress, Table 6, Page 12-11 7-13 ~~ di an family Income Ranking, 1979 1 District 4 j $24,538 2 Dist r i ct 7 E= 3 $20, 296 3 District 6 j$ 1 9 , 4 1 0 4 District 10 1 $17,935 H St at e lillillllll!III1I1IIl!lllllllllllllUIIII!l!lIl11lUlIilllllllllllllllU!l Il!llUll!Il!mn $17,414 5 District 9 \$16,943 6 District 3 [ 7 r District 5 h16, 069 1$15 ,431 8 District 1 1$ 15, 112 9 District 8 ] $ 15, 075 10 District 2 t 1$14 ,440 Source: 1980 CenslLs of Population and Housing, Congressional Districts, 98th Congress, Table 6, Page 12-11 7-14 ~~dixn Per Capita Income Rxnking, 1979 1 District 4 [ $9,212 2 District 7 f$7,370 3 District 5 f$6,637 4 District 6 .c [$6,622 M State tlllllllllilnlllllllllllllllll[ $6,402 5 District 10 6 District 9 1$6,269 I $6,105 7 District 3 8 District 1 1 1$5,708 I $5,618 9 District 8 J 10 District 2 $5,294 r $5,190 Source: 1980 Census of Population and Housing, Congressional Districts, 98th Congress, Table 6, Page 12-11 7-15 Household Incorre, 1979 Incorre Distribution o Per cent of District Households _ Percent of State Households Household Incorre less than $5,000 .11I0111/11I0 u1rWUlIilIhl1lIlIi1il 10.8% 19.6% $10,000 - $14,999 ~ 15 .6% 17.2% $15,000 - $24,999 ~28.8% _24.1% $25,000 - $34,999 C=====,..-__I17 .3% [[lllll1illllil 11.1% c = = $35,000 or rrore 113.5% I1llllilllUllil 78% Source: 1980 Census of P::>pu1ation and Housing, Congressional Districts, 98th Congress, Table 6, Page 12-11 District Family Income by Race, 1979 FarnilY Incorre less then $5,000 White 7,293 Number of Families Black. 1,517 $5,000 - $9,999 16,772 1,506 $10,000 - $14,999 21,251 1,377 $15,000 - $24,999 44,693 2,237 $25,000 - $34,999 29,227 $35,000 or rrore 23,216 Source: 1980 Census of Population and Housing, Congressional Districts, 98th Congress, Table 7, Page 12- 13 7- 16 EiTployrrent and Labor Force Characteristics In 1980, over t.YJo-thirds of the seventh District I s population 16 years and older was in the labor force: sare 274,000 \<>wOrkers. Men outnumbered v.orren in the District's labor force by a substantial margin (57 percent to 43 percent). Of the people included in the civilian labor force, 5.0 percent were unenployed. The largest catego:ry of workers was in teclmical, sales and administrative support occupations (84,901), followed by the category of managerial and professional occupations (57,708). Following are depictions of the labor force and enployrrent characteristics in the seventh District. *' Labor Force Status, 1980 (Percent of Persons 16 Years and Over) (Total in this category: 405,685) District 7 State Status o Enp10yed W Unenp10yed t=- -I Not in Labor force *includes rni.litary am. civilian labor force Source: 1980 census of Population and Housing, Congressional Districts, 98th Congress, Table 5, Page 12-10 District 7 Labor Force Status by Sex, 1980 (Percent of Persons 16 Years and Over) (Total in this category: 405,685) State Status o l!ales in labor force r.77l l..:....:..J Ferrales in labor force Hales oot in force r==1 I=.::J Fena.les not in labor force Source: 1980 census of Population and Housing, Congressional Districts. 98th Congress, Table 5, Page 12-10 7-17 Class of WOrkers, 1980 (Percent of Thployed -Persons 16 Years and Over) (Total in this category: 259,419) District 7 State Class of Ha r ke r O Private wage and salary ~ Governrrent ~ Self-employed ~ and family Source: 1980 Census of Population and Housing, Congressional Districts, 98th Congress, Table 5, Page 12-10 District 7 Workers in Family, 1979 (Percent of Families) (Total in this category: 151,384) State Nlm1ber of ~'lorkers D No workers fZ2] 1 worker 2 or rrore 56.1% Source : 1980 Census of Population and Housing, Conqrcssional Districts, 98th Congress, Table 5, Page 12-10 7-18 <:x:cupation (percent of Elrployed Persons 16 Years and over) (Total in this category: 259,419) <:x:cupation Managerial and Professional specialty District L:J = _ State l1IlIilli1!l (22.2%) (20.4 %) (Percent) Technical, sales and ad-~ ~ (32.7%) ministrative support DIBllIIlllllOll\IlIlIIllI1III1II11WDiliillIIiilliIiITuIIURm (29.5 %) Service (Household and Protective) (10.0%) (12.1%) Farming, forestry and fishing CL... IllIlIIlllI ((1.0%) 2 9%) ~ Precision, production, ~(13.8%) crafts and repair (12.7%) Operators, fabricators, ~ :J[ (20.3%) and laborers !lillIlilIIiIIIUUliilfillnmllliMlII\\i\llIll!!H!R (21. 8SS ) Source: 1980 Census of Population and Housing, Congressional Districts, 98th Congress, Table 5, Page 12-10 . 7-19 Erployrrent by I ndustry , 1980 (N1..1Irber of Employed Persons 16 Years and Over) ('Ibtal in tiris category: 259,419) Eirpl oyrren t Cateqory (Number of Workers) 0 Agricul ture, f orest ry , fi shing , and mining 2,922 Con s t r u c t i o n [_____1 17,162 Manufacturing t 69,315~ Transportation, carrrn..mication and utilities I_ _ _ _ _ _123,141 Wholesale and re- tail trade ~ 157 ,099 _ _ _ _I Finance, insurance and real e s tat e ( 17,176 BUSL'1eSS , repai r servi.ces , personal en t ertainrrent , and recrea tion services _ _ _~_ _121, 839 Prof essional and related services [_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _) 40 , 645 Public administration r________1 10,101 Source: 1980 Census o f Population and Housing, Congressional Districts, 98th Congress , Table 5, Page 12-10 7-20 Housing Characteristics The housing characteristics of the Se venth Cbngressional Di s trict r e flect the s urburban and outlying areas near b<.D major urban are a s. High proporti ons o f rrobi. Ie hares and mul ti-family housing units are f ound in the rrore urbanized counties. The f ollowing charts indicate the number and characteristics of housing units in the Seventh Cbngressional District: Housing Inventory by 'TYPe, 1980 Housing Type District 7 'Ibtal Housing Units: 205,292 Bartow 1911 114,836 catoosa Mil 113,401 Chattooga rr:==J 8,287 Cbbb ~IDilffiIIIIlIllIJIll..- ~ M:>bile hares anm Multi-family attached housing 0 Single-family detached housing -- _----..l11l3, 31 Dade Floyd \'Ja lker [] 4,293 gmrr[(_----J 30,246 mI---~ 20,918 Source: 1980 Census of Housing, Det.ai.Led Housing Olaracteristics - Georgia, Table 93, Page 1 2- 1 49 7-21 r-Blian Value of ONner - CX::cupied Housing, 1980 State ImluIII111111\'11I11l,1I11\1' 'Ililill III' \iU'I'II"III'IIlllllllltlll\l;l\illlll\l\l\\I\rlllllllllllnlllnlll $36,900 District 7 E Bartow I ~ ] $30,700 $41,200 catoosa [ $34,500 Olattooga [ $19,800 CObb Dade Floyd Walker 1 $27,200 J $30,500 $27,600 $52,700 Source: 1980 census of Population and Housing, Congressional Districts, 98th Congress, Table 2, Page 12-6 7-22 ~ian Cost of Renter - OCcupied Housing, 1980 State 1IJI[IJJIlI1h11ll11!blllbIIlDUOmllllmmUIlUIIlIII.lII\UlllnIIUIIIIIIUlUIIIOUnm $153 District 7 E~~~~~~~~~~~~~3g $207 Bartow I r: catoosa $114 I $155 Qlattooga 1 $87 Cobb 1 Dade r 1$125 $247 Floyd I ) $110 Walker t 1 $121 Source: 1980 census ofPopulatian and Housing, Congressional Districts, 98th Congress, Table 2, Page 12-6 7-23 Olaracteristics of Year-Found Housing, 1980 Percent of Units Lacking Facilities r:::::J Partial or no Bath E3 Partial or no Kitchen State \. 4.3% 3.6% I District 1 F District 2 k District 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 6.4% J 5.4% b::L District 4 1.1 % 1. 3% { District 5 I 2.1% ] 2.4 % .bi. District 6 g;; District 7 l 3.4 % 2.5 % ] 2.2 ~ 1.8% b- District 8 - District 9 r 5.0% 3.2% ] 7.8% 6.3% f District 10 1 3.8 ~ 1 3 . 2 ':; Source: 1980 Census of Population and Housing, Congres::iional Districts, 98th Congress, Table 8, Page 12-15 7-24 i\Ta t er Sources for Year-Round Housing, 1980 District 7 1.9% ~vater Source O Public or Private System fZ1 Drilled Well E3 D..1g ~vell or ~ Other State Source: 1980 census of Population and Housing, Congressional Districts, 98th Congress, Table 8, Page 12-15 Waste DisfX'sal for Year-Found Housing, 1980 District 7 SeYlage Dis~sal O Public Sewer System Ci'7A Septic Tank or lLLJ Cesspool, ~ other rreans State 3.1% Source: 1980 Census of Population and Housing, Congressional Districts, 98th Congress, Table 8, Page 12-15 7-25 APPENDIX A Area Planning and Develop1'EI1t Planning and developrent; praroting services have been available to GeOrgia oounties and municipalities since the late 1950s when the Area Planning and Development carmi.ssions (APOCs) were established -- the first in the nation. CUrrently, there are eighteen APOCs serving Georgia's oounties and cities. '!hey identify problems,trends and issues that affect (or likely will affect) people in their respectdve Jurisdictional areas, and prepare plans to improve upon the identified situations. ThO APOCs serve the Seventh Congressional District -- the Atlanta regional, and Coosa Valley. '!he jurisdictional areas of these APOCs, and the major issues that they have identified in their areas as needing attention follCM: 7-26 Atlanta Regional Commission Major Issues: 1. Economic Development 2. Natural Resource Protection 3. Governmental Affairs 4. Transp0r:tation 5. Housing ~ Seventh District COlmties "'-_."II!I!!!"""!!!I--";;-';"=~~-"""'"- (Reprinted from Chapter III, "Issues and Alter. nalives ", 1983 Attanta Region Area Dt1lIfIlopment ProfilB, prepared by the Atlanta Regional CommIssIon .) ,- .~ 7-27 Coosa Valley Area Planning and Development Commission Major Issues: 1. Creation and Retention of Jobs 2. Diversification of the Region's Manufacturing Sector 3. Management of the Region's Natural Resources 4. Transportation 5. Provision of Affordable, Quality Housing flJl Seventh District Count.i.es (Typed Irom Chapter III, " Issues and Alternatives ", 1983 Area Development Profile . prepared by the Coosa Valley Area Planning and Development Comm ission .) ,- .~ i "LO"oa 7-28 APPENDIX B Job, Training Program Georgia I s Job Training Program is a partnership between rosiness and governrrent designed to train and errploy ea:manically disadvantaged and dislocated workers. '!he concept is realized through sixteen Service Delivery Areas (SDAs), each with a Private Industry Council (PIC). '!he PICs, consisting of business and local ccmnunity leaders, are responsible to identify errployrrent and training needs, to plan programs to meet; these needs, and to oversee their operation. 'lWO Service Delivery Areas, 1 and 3, are operating in the Seventh Congressional District. In addition, the Job Training Program funds statewide programs that benefit the District. Grant awards in the anount of $4,078,272 were made to specific service providers within the District in 1984. '!his arrount does not include matching funds that the local PICs mist; provide. Also, another $2,719,788 was awarded in 1984 to statewide agencies, such as the Georgia Depart::rrent of Lal::xJr. '!he statewide programs that serve the District are: Enployrrent Training Assistance for Dislocated Workers (Title III), State Education Coordination and Grants, and the Older Workers Program. 7-29 JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP P~OGRAM SERVICE DELIVERY AREAS . . seventh Congressional District l. Northwest Georgia 2. Georgia M::mntains 3. ~-EtroFOlitan Atlanta 4. Northeast Georgia 5. West Central Georgia 6. LoNer O1attahoochee/Middle Flint 7. Middle Georgia ll. savannah/Chatham County 12. Southwest Georgia 8. Heart of Georgia/CConee 13. South/Southeast Georgia 9. Central savannah River Area 14. City of Atlanta 10. Georgia Southern - Coastal 7-30 15. OeI