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| Jefferson County Statistics (prepared 1996) | ||||||
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| Item | Florida | Jefferson Co | Item | Florida | Jefferson Co | |
| Population Data | Labor & Financial | |||||
| 1970 Population | 6,791,418 | 8,778 | Labor Force | 682,400 | 5,396 | |
| 1980 Population | 9,746,961 | 10,703 | % Unemployment | 6.6 | 5.4 | |
| 1990 Population | 12,937,926 | 11,296 | % Labor Force Commuting out of County | 14.5 | 49.3 | |
| 1994 Population (est) | 13,878,905 | 13,085 | % Employment from Small Business | 45.1 | 91.0 | |
| 2010 Population (proj) | 17,958,562 | 15,198 | Relative Price Index | 100 | 92.59 | |
| % Pop Change 80-90 | 32.7 | 5.5 | Per Capita Income | $20,650 | $14,575 | |
| % Pop Change 90-94 | 7.3 | 15.8 | Effective Household Income | $31,146 | $25,462 | |
| Population Density (/sq mi) | 257 | 22 | % Families Below Poverty | 9.0 | 17.5 | |
| % Population < 18 | 22.6 | 27.2 | % Children in Poverty | 20.3 | 39.5 | |
| % Population > 64 | 18.6 | 15.7 | Transfer Payments as % of Total Income | 18.4 | 25.5 | |
| % Population Non-white | 15.7 | 43.2 | Social Security Beneficiaries | 2,868,868 | 2,415 | |
| % Population Rural | 15.2 | 77.7 | AFDC Total Payments ($1,000) | $78,452 | $1,570 | |
| Number of Households | 5,134,869 | 3,982 | Food Stamp Benefits ($1,000) | $1,313,875 | $1,949 | |
| Average Household Size | 2.46 | 2.79 | 1984 Tax Base ($million) | $266,037 | $124 | |
| % Prime Working Population 18-44 | 38.0 | 38.3 | 1994 Tax Base ($million) | $514,351 | $208 | |
| Birth Rate (White, /1,000) | 12.2 | 7.9 | Ad Valorem Millage | 18.9554 | ||
| Birth Rate (Non-white, /1,000) | 21.6 | 13.5 | Per capita Taxable Sales | $11,954 | $2,601 | |
| Births, Unwed Mothers < 20 | 10.8 | 15.4 | Per Capita Tourism Sales Tax | $146.65 | $36.62 | |
| Death Rate (White, /1,000) | 11.1 | 10.8 | Bank Deposits ($1,000) | $134,211,010 | $74,678 | |
| Death Rate (Non-white, /1,000) | 7.5 | 8.6 | Building Permit Values ($1,000) | $16,839,694 | $8,795 | |
| Infant Mortality Rate | 10.5 | 13.2 | % Substandard Housing | 5.7 | 10.3 | |
| % Low Birth Weights | 7.6 | 12.6 | Mobile Homes as % All Homes | 12.5 | 30.7 | |
| AIDS Cases/100,000 80-94 | 386.9 | 157.7 | Land/Farms | |||
| % Household with Female Head | 10.7 | 16.7 | Land Area (sq mi) | 54,157 | 609 | |
| Crime Rate (/100,000) | 8148 | 3538 | % Area in Forests | 47.8 | 72.3 | |
| Teen Violent Death Rate | 6.2 | 10.4 | Total Farms | 35,204 | 297 | |
| Sector Earnings ($1,000) | Farm Acres | 10,766,077 | 118,352 | |||
| $6,069,496 | $20,834 | % Area in Farmland | 31.1 | 30.9 | ||
| $4,858,346 | $10,578 | Crop Acres | 687,105 | 69,182 | ||
| $1,211,150 | $10,256 | Pasture and Range Acres | 4,551,334 | 18,000 | ||
| $1,895,571 | $4,142 | Gross Farm Marketings | ||||
| $303,246 | $0 | Farm Proprietors | 39,617 | 376 | ||
| $9,976,164 | $4,534 | Farm Employees | 56,533 | 338 | ||
| $16,836,640 | $5,866 | Agricultural Water Use (mil gal/day) | 3,805 | 10.3 | ||
| $11,465,630 | $5,549 | Total Water Use (mil gal/day) | 17,898 | 12.1 | ||
| $31,950,320 | $8,045 | Solid Waste (T/capita) | 1.48 | 0.9 | ||
| $14,141,216 | $2,966 | % Municipal Solid Waste Recycled | 33 | 12 | ||
| $56,305,963 | $13,118 | Years of School Completed | ||||
| $29,094,964 | $21,560 | 9.5 | 17.8 | |||
| $178,039,210 | $86,614 | 16.1 | 18.1 | |||
| 3.4 | 24.1 | 30.1 | 31.3 | |||
| Students per Teacher: | 26.0 | 18.1 | ||||
| 20.3 | 21.0 | 18.3 | 14.7 | |||
| 22.1 | 20.0 | Public School by Race: | ||||
| 20.0 | 19.8 | 60.4 | 31.9 | |||
| Graduation Rate | 78.7 | 75.6 | 24.5 | 67.4 | ||
| 89-90 Education $ per FTE | 3551 | 3381 | 13.1 | 0.7 | ||
| 93-94 Education $ per FTE | 3616 | 3484 | ||||
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