Soperton Economic Profile Continued

In the six-year period of 1986-1991, the number of business establishments in the county decreased by 6%. Statewide, the number of business establishments increased by 6% during the same period. According to the Georgia Department of Revenue’s Net Property and Utility Digest, Treutlen County’s assessed property value amounted to $43,254,982 in 1992, resulting in a per capita assessed property value of $7,216. At the state level, per capita assessed property value in 1992 equaled $16,112. The newspaper with the largest daily circulation in Treutlen County is the Dublin Courier Herald. The county is considered part of the Savannah television market. During 1989, 27% of the county’s population lived below the poverty level, compared with a statewide level of 15% and a U.S. rate of 13%. In addition, 35% of the children under the age of 18 in the county lived in poverty and 34% of the elderly, persons over age 65, lived below the poverty level. Statewide, in 1989, 20% of all children and 20% of the elderly lived in poverty. Nationally, 19% of all children and 11% of the elderly were considered to be impoverished. Residents of Treutlen County received total government transfer payments amounting to $3,617 per capita in 1992, compared with $2,708 per capita statewide.

Source of this information: Georgia Snapshots