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Athens is located at 105km east of Atlanta. It
has been the home of the University of Georgia, the first
land-grant university in the U.S., since the school was
chartered in 1785. The campus includes Sanford Stadium, where
UGA fans cheer for the Georgia Bulldogs football team, which is
spelled AND pronounced "DAWGS." The town of Washington boasts
more than 100 colonial, antebellum and Victorian buildings.
Notable is the restored home of Robert Toombs, a recalcitrant
politician who hated the Union for political reasons and hated
the Confederacy almost as much because it did not elect him its
president. 216 East Robert Toombs Ave. Washington is 73km
southeast of Athens.
Population (year 2000): 100,266. Estimated
population in July 2005: 103,238 (+3.0% change)
Males: 48,961 (48.8%), Females: 51,305 (51.2%)
Median resident age: 25.3 years
Median household income: $28,118 (year 2000)
Median house value: $112,000 (year 2000)
Races in Athens-Clarke County:
- White Non-Hispanic (61.8%)
- Black (27.4%)
- Hispanic (6.4%)
- Other race (3.1%)
- Two or more races (1.4%)
- Chinese (0.9%)
- Asian Indian (0.9%)
- Korean (0.6%)
- American Indian (0.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: English (10.5%), German (9.4%),
Irish (8.9%), United States (6.4%), Scotch-Irish (2.8%),
Scottish (2.7%).
Land area: 117.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Athens-Clarke County
- High school or higher: 81.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 40.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 19.0%
- Unemployed: 10.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Athens-Clarke County (balance)
- Never married: 48.4%
- Now married: 37.6%
- Separated: 1.9%
- Widowed: 4.5%
- Divorced: 7.6%
8.5% Foreign born (4.2% Latin America, 2.4%
Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +13,524
(+15.6%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Athens-Clarke County:
- ATHENS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 1 miles;
ATHENS, GA)
- ST MARYS HOSPITAL OF ATHENS (about 3 miles; ATHENS,
GA)
- BANKS-JACKSON-COMMERCE HOSPITAL (about 19 miles;
COMMERCE, GA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Athens-Clarke County:
- ATHENS/BEN EPPS (about 5 miles; ATHENS, GA; ID: AHN)
- ANDERSON RGNL (about 60 miles; ANDERSON, SC; ID:
AND)
- THE WILLIAM B HARTSFIELD ATLANTA INTL (about 75
miles; ATLANTA, GA; ID: ATL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Athens-Clarke
County:
- JACKSON COUNTY (about 19 miles; JEFFERSON, GA; ID:
19A)
- WINDER-BARROW (about 20 miles; WINDER, GA; ID: WDR)
- MONROE-WALTON COUNTY (about 25 miles; MONROE, GA;
ID: D73)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Athens-Clarke County:
- UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA (about 1 miles; ATHENS, GA;
Full-time enrollment: 28,464)
- GAINESVILLE COLLEGE (about 41 miles; OAKWOOD, GA; FT
enrollment: 2,181)
- GWINNETT TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 44 miles;
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA; FT enrollment: 3,215)
- NORTH GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY (about 58
miles; DAHLONEGA, GA; FT enrollment: 3,119)
- GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY (about 61
miles; MILLEDGEVILLE, GA; FT enrollment: 4,028)
- GEORGIA PERIMETER COLLEGE (about 63 miles; DECATUR,
GA; FT enrollment: 8,213)
- TRI-COUNTY TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 64 miles;
PENDLETON, SC; FT enrollment: 2,343)
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