 |
POPULATION
GROWTH
 The
Augusta-Aiken MSA is the second largest metropolitan
in the state. Between 1990-2000, the Augusta-Aiken
MSA stood second in rate of growth among Georgia’s
MSAs, posting a 13.5% population increase. The area’s
projected population for the year 2003 is 491,180
reflecting a 3.5% increase. The area’s total
residential population in 2001 ranked 111 out of
316 nationally, according to Woods & Poole Economics,
Inc.
The
2000 median age is 34.9. The percentage of residents
19 years and younger is at 30.2%. The percentage
of individuals 60 years and older is 14.6%, and
the percentage of 19-59 is 54.5%, reflecting a strong,
sizable workforce which continues to grow at a rapid
rate. The 2000 MSA female population is 242,810
and the male population is 231,590.
The
percentage of the MSA ethnicity is 60.2% white,
35.4% black, 3.2% Hispanic and 2.4% as other, according
to the U.S. Census 2000.
| 2000
Median Age Is 34.9 years.
A
Strong, Sizable Workforce, 54.5% of The MSA's
Population Is 19-59
Years Old.
|
The
percentage of residents 17 years and younger is
at 34.3%. The percentage of individuals 60 years
and older is 13.5%, and the percentage of 18-59
is 53%, reflecting a strong, sizable workforce which
continues to grow at a rapid rate. The 2000 MSA
female population is 242,810 and the male population
is 231,590.
In
the MSA 59% of the residents are white, 35.3% are
black, 2.4% are Hispanic and 3.3% are other races
according to the U.S. Census 2000.
|
