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Printable listing of all Miller County Demographics

According to the 2000 Census, in Miller County, 70.3% of the residents were white and 28.9% were black. Hispanics, who can be identified as either white or black in the Census data, made up 0.7% of the county's population. Statewide, 65.1% of residents were white, 28.7% were black and 5.3% were Hispanic.

  • In Miller County, 26.3% of the county's residents were age 18 or younger, while 17.1% were age 65 or older. Statewide, 26.5% were age 18 or younger and 9.6% were age 65 or older.
  • The 2000 Census reports 8.5% of Miller County?s households were headed by females with children under 18 years of age, compared with 9.0% statewide. Total households with children under 18 comprised 31.5% of all households in the county and 35.0% of those in the state.
  • Between 1996 and 2000, Miller County school system reported an average high school dropout rate of 5.6%, for students in grades 9 to 12. Statewide, this rate is 6.8% for the same period of time.
  • Miller County spent an average of $5,357 per student for public education each year between 1996 and 2000. This average expenditure per student was greater than the statewide average of $5,285.
  • Based on the 2000 graduating class for Miller County school system, 52.6% of the students were eligible for the HOPE Scholarship Program. The scholarship is available to eligible students to attend a post-secondary school in Georgia. Statewide, 57.9% of the graduating students were eligible for the HOPE scholarship.
  • Between 1995 and 1998, the infant mortality rate (infant deaths per 1,000 live births) was 9.7 for the county. The statewide rate was 9.2 during the same period.
  • In 2000, the number of physicians in the county per 1,000 population was 0.6, compared with the 1.9 state average. Miller County had 6.0 hospital beds per 1,000 population in 2000, which was greater than the statewide average of 3.1 beds per 1,000 population.
  • The 1999 index crime rate (crimes per 1,000) for Miller County was 1.8. Statewide, in 1999, the rate was 3.4. Of the total index crimes reported, 6.2% were violent crimes, while 93.8% were property crimes.
  • In 2000, 77.7% of the adult population in the county was registered to vote. Of those registered voters, 60.6% voted in the 2000 general election. Statewide, in 2000, 64.1% of eligible Georgians were registered to vote. Of those registered, 69.6% voted in the general election that year.