December 9th, 2008

Gainesville Times: Census report reveals much about how we live

A survey released today by the U.S. Census Bureau reveals that 27 percent of Hall County residents older than 25 don’t have a high school education and one in three households headed by a single mother with children younger than 5 is living below the poverty level.

In addition, two Northeast Georgia counties are among the fastest-growing in the country.

The bureau’s American Community Survey of midsize counties with a population of 20,000 or more replaces the long form in the decennial census, which is conducted in years ending in zero. It is designed not just to reveal the number of people, but also give an indication of how we live.

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