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- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- Georgia statistical abstract [1955]
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- Georgia. University of Georgia. College of Business Administration. Bureau of Business Research
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- Georgia. University of Georgia. College of Business Administration. Bureau of Business Research
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- Athens, GA : Georgia. University of Georgia. College of Business Administration. Bureau of Business Research
- Date of Original:
- 1955
- Subject:
- Georgia
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- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
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INDEX
ACCIDENTS (see also Vital statistics)
Deaths, by specified major type Highway grade crossings Reported under workmen's
compensation
29
138 99
AGRICULTURE
Aid received from federal government 92
Cotton production
162
Employment, by counties
56-63
Farms
Average acreage
150
Crop value
155
Mortgage debt
153
Number
148
Operator, by color
150-151
Population
154
Property value
156
Real estate value
151
Size
148
Tenant
149
Tractors, number of
153
Fertilizer consumption
153
Income from cash
marketings
156-158, 160
Job insurance payments
97
Land use pattern
152
Land utilization, selected crops 152
Livestock, by type
159
Yield per acre, selected crops
161
ALABAMA See State data
AMUSEMENTS Establishments, number Kind of business Receipts from amusements Standard metropolitan area
118-119 119 119 120
APPAREL Index of consumer prices
AREA Counties in Georgia See County data Definition Rural Rural non-farm Standard metropolitan Urban
AUTOMOBILES See Motor vehicles
BANKS
Assets
106
Commercial
Deposits
109
Number
108
Cooperatives
110
Federal land banks
111
Federal reserve members
108
Insured, non-insured
108
BANKS (Cont'd)
Liabilities National Number State
BIRTH RATES See Vital statistics
BLlND PERSONS
Aid, public assistance program
100
BROADCAST STATIONS See Communications
BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS
State chartered, assets
109
BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
101
Entrance and discontinuance rates 103
Failures, industrial and commercial 104
Firms in operation
Number, by major industry
102
Per cent change
102
New and discontinued businesses 103
Patents
104
CITY DATA See Standard metropolitan area
CLIMATE DATA
9-12, 17-20
COMMUNICATIONS Broadcast stations, commercial Job insurance payments Newspapers Circulation Number Period of issue Postal service Money orders, domestic Operations Rural free delivery Telephones
Carriers, class A and B
Class of customer Per 100 population Television stations, commercial
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
Commodities except food
77
Food
75
For moderate income families
76
CONSTRUCTION AND HOUSING Construction Employment New Private Public Cost of new dwellings
CONSTRUCTION AND HOUSING (Cont'd)
Employment By county Placements
FHA mortgages Firms Index of consumer prices, housing Job insurance payments Urban building authorized
COTTON (see also Agriculture and Manufacturing) Average season prices Index of prices
Value Yield
COTTON SEED Average season prices Index of prices Value
COUNTY DATA
Congressional districts, map
82
Dentists
30
Elective officials
80
Employment by industry group 56-63
Families
Income
70-72
Number
70-72
Fish catch
173
Gubernatorial vote, map
84-85
Labor force
- 56-63
Nurses
30
Payments to county governments 93
Per capita income payments . 68-69
Physicians
30
Population
5-8
Representatives and unit vote, map 83
Road mileage
142-144
State aid grants for roads
142-144
State senatorial districts, map
82
COURTS
Federal court districts and
divisions, map
51
Superior court circuits, map
51
CREDIT UNIONS
111
CRIME
Offenses known to police
50
Rate per 100,000 population
48
Type
48
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Cash income from
160
Index of prices
75
Wholesale milk average season
prices
74
EDUCATION
33
Aid from federal government
92
Annual salaries, public school system 42
Attendance, daily
35
Cost per pupil
35
Dropouts, grade-to-grade
36
Enrollment, by color
36
Number of schools, by color
38-41
Payments to local governments
93
Public library data
43
Receipts and expenditures, public
school education
34, 90
School buses
36
School completed
34
School districts payments from state 93
Selected data
36
Size of school, by color
38-41
Teachers
37-43
University system
Degrees conferred
45
Enrollment, selected years
46
Internal income
44
State allotment
44
Total income
44
ELECTRICITY
Generating plants, installed capacity 128
Production
128-129
EMPLOYMENT
53
Agricultural
56-63
Construction
183
In manufacturing industries
54-63
Manufacturing production workers 176
Nonagricultural
54
FINANCE Aid, federal government Aid, local governments City expenditures City revenue Distribution of general revenue Employment Employment placements Expenditure Firms
Job insurance payments Payments to local governments Per capita general expenditure,
by function Per capita revenue, by source Per cent distribution of general
expenditure, by function Revenue Tax revenue, by source
FISHERIES
Catch, summary Fi.sh distribution Manufactured fishery products
172-173 174
174
DEATH RATES
26-29 FLORIDA See State data
FOREIGN TRADE (see also Transporta-
tion)
Merchants
117
FORESTRY
163
Employment placements
98
Expenditures for forest fire control 167
&est fires
167
'st lands site quality
170
and area, commercial
165
Lumber production
168
National forest land purchases
166
Pulpwood production
168
Rosin production
169
Saw timber, volume
164
Tree distribution program
167
Turpentine production
169
Turpentine still output
169
GAS PIPE LINES
Natural gas supply lines
130
South Georgia Gas Company
130
Southern Natural Gas Company
130
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 130
GEORGIA See State data
GOVERNMENT (see also Politics)
Commissioners of roads, number
80
Elective officials
80
Employment
54, 56-63
Employment placements
98
m N M E N T A L EXPENDlTURES 65
Education
34, 90
Employment Security Administration 90
Forest fire control
167
Health and hospitals
90
Highways
90, 142
Housing and community
redevelopment
90
Natural resources
90
Nonhighway transportation
90
Public safety
90
Public welfare
90
GRAINS Acres of production Average season prices Index of prices Value Yield
HEALTH AND NUTRITION (Cont'd)
Nurses, number
30
Payments to local governments
93
Physicians, number
30
HIGHWAYS See Roads
HOSPITALS See Insurance operations and Health and nutrition
HOTELS See Services
HOUSEHOLDS (see also Construction)
Definition
1
Number
3
HOUSING See Construction
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT
Expenditures for
90
INCOME Agricultural From farm marketings Government income payments Manufacturing payrolls Median family, by county Of proprietors Payments, by type and source Payments to individuals By type of payment Per capita By county University system
INSURANCE OPERATIONS
By county
56-63
Employment
54
Employment placements
98
Fire insurance companies
113, 114
Firms
102
Fraternal insurance societies
112
General casualty insurance companies 114
Job insurance payments
97
Life insurance companies
112
Nonprofit hospitalization associations 113
LABOR (see also Employment) Labor force, by county
53 56-63
LIBRARY DATA See Education
HARBORS AND RIVERS See Transportation
HEALTH AND NUTRITION (see also
Vital statistics)
i h t i s t s , number
30
Kxpenditures for health and
hospitals
90
Health aid from federal government 92
Hospital facilities
31
Hospital patients
31
LIVESTOCK (see also Agriculture)
Average season prices
74
Cash income
160
Index of prices
75
On Georgia farms
159
MANUFACTURING
Cotton consumption
180
Cotton seed oil production
180
Cotton system spindles
179
Earnings, average weekly and hourly 55
MANUFACTURING (Cont'd)
Employment
54
By county
56-63
Employment placements
98
Establishments, number
177
Firms
102
Hours, average weekly Atlanta and
Savannah
55
Job insurance payments
97
Payrolls
67
Production workers
176
Sales outlets
117
Value added by
176, 178
MAP COVERAGE OF GEORGIA Congressional districts County unit votes
Federal court districts. Forest lands Gubernatorial primary, 1950 Gubernatorial primary, 1954 Natural gas supply lines Physiographic diagram Radio stations Representation in Georgia House Soil associations State senatorial districts
Superior court districts Television stations Vegetation regions
MAP LIBRARY, DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY 9
MARRIAGE RATES, GEORGIA, AD-
TACENT STATES, AND UNITED
STATES
29
MEDICAL CARE (see also Health and
nutrition)
Index of consumer prices
77
NATURAL RESOURCES State expenditures for
NEWSPAPERS See Communications
NORTH CAROLINA See State data
PEACHES Cash income from
PEANUTS
Cash income from
158
Value
155
Yield
161
PERSONAL CARE
Index of consumer prices
77
PETROLEUM (see also Motor vehicles)
Bulk stations
117
PHYSICAL FEATURES
9, 14, 16
PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIAGRAM OF
GEORGIA
14
PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS OF
GEORGIA
16
POLICE
49
Civilian
49
Police officers
49
Total employees, by city
49
POLITICS (see also Government and
coverage of Georgia)
Congressional districts
County unit votes
Elected officiaIs
Election areas
Georgia House representation
Gubernatorial p r i m q , 1950
Gubernatorial primary, 1954
Senatorial districts
Vote for
electors
METROPOLITAN AREA See Standard metropolitan area
MlNERAL PRODUCTS
Minerals produced, quantity Minerals produced, value Mineral products
189 188, 189
190
MINING Employment By county Employment placements Firms, per cent change Job insurance payments
54 56-63
98 102 97
MOTOR VEHICLES
Accidents Fuel consumption Persons per vehicle Registration
POPULATION Birth and death rates Comparative statistics Counties Density Race or color Rural Standard metropolitan areas Urban Urban places
PRECIPITATION Average annual Average monthly and annual for selected Georgia cities
PRICE INDEX See Consumer price index
PRISONS Prisoners present
PRODUCTION CREDIT
ASSOCIATIONS
110
PUBLIC SAFETY Expenditures for
3UBLIC UTILITIES (see also Electricity)
blployment By county
Firms
RACE OR COLOR Birth rates Births and deaths, number of Death by specified major cause By age group Death rates Dentists, number of Farms, by color of operator Nurses, number of Physicians, number of Population
School Average daily attendance Average salary Cost per pupil Enrollment Number of Selected data Teachers, number of Teachers by type of certificate Years completed
AD10 STATIONS See Communications
RAILROADS See Transportation
REAL ESTATE (see also Housing)
Employment
54, 56-63
Employment placements
98
Farm
151
Firms
102
Job insurance payments
97
RECREATION
Index of consumer prices
77
RETAIL TRADE By kind of business By standard metropolitan area Employment By county Employment placements Firms
Job insurance payments Stores, number and sales
116 116 54 56-63 98 102
97 116
{TIREMENT SYSTEM, CITY
94
ROADS
Aid from federal government E.xisting mileage, by county
92 142-144
ROADS (Cont'd)
Expenditures for construction
142
Expenditures for, general
90
Expenditures for maintenance
142
Highway aid from local governments 92
Mileage built
141
Mileage, by type of surface
140
Mileage, state highway systems
140
Payments to local governments
for highways
93
State aid grants to counties
142-144
SAVINGS
Associations Commercial Postal
SERVICES
By kind of business
118
Employment
54, 56-63
Employment placements
98
Establishments, number
118
Firms
102
Hotels, number and receipts
120
Job insurance payments
97
Receipts
118
Selected, by standard metropolitan
area
118
Tourist courts, number and receipts 120
Wholesalers
117
SOCIAL SECURITY
95
Compensation, workmen's
99
Employment Security Administration,
aid from federal government
92
Employment Security Administration,
expenditures for
90
Job insurance activities
96
Job insurance fund
96
Job insurance payments
97
Non-farm employment service
placements
98
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
payments
99
Operations under Workmen's Com-
pensation Act
99
Public assistance program
100
Public welfare, aid from federal
government
92
Public welfare, aid from local
government
92
Public welfare, expenditures for
90
Public welfare, payment to local
government
93
SOIL ASSOCIATIONS, GEORGIA
15
SOUTH CAROLINA See State data
STANDARD METROPOLITAN AREA
Amusements in
120
Consumer price index
75-77
Crime
50
STANDARD METROPOLITAN
STATE ADJACENT DATA (Cont'd)
AREA (Cont'd)
Wildlife Service
174
Employment and earnings Expenditures Gas, natural, lines to Police department employees Population Precipitation Radio stations in Retail trade in Retirement system expenditures Revenue, general Seaports Selected services in Superior court circuits
Taxes, property Telephones, per 100 population Television stations in Temperature Wholesale trade in
55 94 130 49 3, 4 10, 11 126 116 94 93, 94 133 118 51
94 122 126
Products, value
174
Forest fires, expenditures for control 167
Forest products See individual products
Forests
Commercial
Area and ownership
National
Purchases
166
Tree distribution
167
Generating plants, installed capacity 128
Highway mileage
140
Hotels
120
Households and families
3
Income payments to individuals
66
Industrial and commercial failures 104
Lumber production
168
Manufacturing
176
Marriage rates
29
Mining and mineral products
187
S.T- ATE ADJACENT DATA
Agriculture
Cotton
179, 180
Cotton production
162
Cotton seed oil production 180, 181
Debt, farm mortgage
153
Farms
Acreage By color of operator
150 150, 151
Number
148
Population
154
Property value
156
Real estate, index of estimated
value
151
Tenant
149
Tractors, number of
153
Fertilizer consumption
153
Income, cash, farm marketings 156
Airports
Amusement establishments
Banks for cooperatives
Value
188
Patents and designs
104
Per capita income
67
Police department employees, by city 49
Population
2, 3
By color
8
Prisons and reformatories, inmates 48
Production workers, manufacturing 176
Public libraries
43
Radio broadcast stations
122
Railroads
136-1
Retail stores
116
Rosin production
169
Savings, selected media
109
School years completed
34
Service establishments, number
and receipts
118
Television broadcast stations
122
Votes, presidential electors
80
Water power
128
Water-borne transportation
132-135
Business enterprise, rates
TAXES
Business firms
City revenue from
93
New and discontinued
Income, corporation
88, 89, 91
Number
Income, individual
88, 89, 91
Per cent change in
License and privilege
88, 89, 91
Construction
Property tax, Georgia cities
94
Employment
Sales and gross receipts 88, 89, 91, 94
FHA insured homes
State revenue from
91
New dwellings, average cost
Telephone service
123
Private
Public
TELEPHONES See Communications
Urban, valuation of
Credit unions
111 TELEVISION STATIONS See
Electrical energy production 128, 129 Communications
Privately owned utilities Publicly owned utilities Fish and fisheries Catch, summary
129 129 TEMPERATURE
Average
172
January
Distribution by U. S. Fish and
July
TEMPERATURE (Cont'd)
Frost-free ~ e r i o d
19
Georgia cities, selected
12
TENNESSEE See State data
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 9
".BACCO
Average season prices
74
Cash income from
158
Value
155
TOURIST COURTS See Services
TRANSPORTATION (see also Roads)
Airports
Class
Number
Employment placements
Expenditures, non-highway
transportation
Job insurance payments
Railroads
Accidents at grade crossings
Grade crossings, ~rotectedand
unprotected
Miles owned
Revenue freight terminated
School children
Water
Commerce, coastwise
135
Index of consumer prices
77
Ocean port commerce
134
Shipping weight, exports
133
Traffic receipts, coastwise
134
Traffic shipments, coastwise
135
Vessel trips, harbors and rivers 133
Vessels in foreign t r ~ d e
132
UNITED STATES DATA
Agriculture
Cash income, marketing
156
Cotton production
162
Debt, farm mortgage
153
Farms
Average acreage
By color of operator
Number
Population
Property value
Real estate value
Tenants
Tractors, number of
Airports
Class
Number
Amusement establishments
Banks
Assets
Commercial, number
Cooperatives, for
UNITED STATES DATA (Cont'd)
Federal land banks
111
Liabilities
107
Production credit associations 110
Savings, selected media
109
Birth rates
22, 23
Business enterprise
101
Businesses, new and discontinued 103
Entrance and discontinuance rates 103
Firms in operation
102
Industrial and commercial failures 104
Patents and designs
104
Per cent change
102
Communications
Post offices, number and
operations
124
Radio and TV broadcast stations 122
Telephones, number by class of
customer, class A and B carriers 123
Construction
Cost of new dwellings
185
Employment
183
FHA mortgages
184
Private, total
182
Public, total
182
Credit unions
111
Crime
48
Prisons and reformatories,
inmates present
48
Rates, by type of crime
48
Death rates
22, 23
Specified major cause
24
Earnings
Manufacturing industry
Electricity
~ e n e r a t i n gplants, installed
capacity
128
Production
128
By class of ownership
129
By privately owned utilities
129
By publicly owned utilities 129
By type of prime mover
129
Water power
128
Finance
Distribution of general revenue
89
Per capita general expenditures,
by function
90
Per capita revenue, by source
88
Per cent distribution of general
expenditures, by function
90
Fish
Distributed to Georgia Fish and
Game Commission
174
Forest fires, expenditures for
control
167
Forest products See individual products
Forests
Comnlercial
Area and ownership
165
National
Purchases
166
UNITED STATES DATA (Cont'd)
Tree distribution
167
Highways
Mileage
140
Hospital facilities
31
Patients
31
Hotels
120
Households and families,
number of
3
Income payments
66
Agricultural
67
By type of payment
66
Govt. income payments
67
Manufacturing payrolls
67
Per capita
67
To individuals
66
Lumber production
168
Manufacturing
Cotton consumed by manufacturing 180
Cotton seed oil production
180
Cotton system spindles
179
Production workers
176
Value added
176, 178
Map coverage
17-20
Marriage rates
29
Mining and mineral products
Value produced
188
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
payments
99
Politics
Vote for presidential electors
80
Population
By color
8
Density
3
Rural
2
Total
2
Urban
2
Precipitation, average annual
20
Price index, farm, all commodities 75
Public assistance program
100
Public librarv data .
43
Pulpwood production.
168
Railroads
Accidents, highway grade crossings 138
Miles owned
136
Revenue freight terminated
138
Retail trade
Stores, number and sales
116
Rosin production
169
UNITED STATES DATA (Cont'd)
School years completed
34
Service establishments, number
and receipts
118
Temperature
January average
17
July average
18
Tourist courts
12'!
Turpentine, ~roduction,still output 169
Water-borne transportation
Traffic receipts, coastwise
134
Traffic shipments, coastwise
135
Wholesale trade
Establishments, number and sales 117
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY
9
VEGETABLES Acres in production Cash income from Value Yield
VEGETATION, NATURAL, REGIONS
OF GEORGIA
16
VITAL STATISTICS (see also Health
and nutrition)
Birth rates
22, 23
Death rates
22, 23
By accidents
29
By race
25
By race and age group
26
By specified major cause
24-26
Causes
27-28
Marriage rates
29
WAGES AND SALARIES
68
WATER POWER
128
WHOLESALE TRADE
By standard metropolitan area
117
By type of operation
117
Employment
54
By county
56-63
Employment placements
98
Establishments, number and sales 117
Firms
102
Job insurance payments
97