The Milledgeville Micropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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, is an area consisting of two counties in Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

, anchored by the city of Milledgeville

Milledgeville, Georgia

Milledgeville is a city in and the county seat of Baldwin County in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is northeast of Macon, located just before Eatonton on the way to Athens along U.S. Highway 441, and it is located on the Oconee River. The relatively rapid current of the Oconee here made this an...

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As of the 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

, the μSA had a population of 54,776 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 55,556).

Communities

• Culverton
  Culverton, Georgia
  Culverton is an unincorporated community in Hancock County, Georgia, United States. It lies along State Route 16 to the east of the city of Sparta, the county seat of Hancock County. Its elevation is 554 feet ....
  
   (unincorporated)
• Midway-Hardwick
  Midway-Hardwick, Georgia
  Midway-Hardwick is a census-designated place in Baldwin County, Georgia, United States. The population was 5,819 at the 2000 census. It is laid out around central state hospital. It is part of the Milledgeville Micropolitan Statistical Area. The zip code for Hardwick is 31034...
  
   (census-designated place
  Census-designated place
  A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...
  
  )
• Milledgeville
  Milledgeville, Georgia
  Milledgeville is a city in and the county seat of Baldwin County in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is northeast of Macon, located just before Eatonton on the way to Athens along U.S. Highway 441, and it is located on the Oconee River. The relatively rapid current of the Oconee here made this an...
  
   (Principal city)
• Sparta
  Sparta, Georgia
  Sparta is a country town in Hancock County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,265 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Hancock County...
  
  

Demographics

As of the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 54,776 people, 17,995 households, and 12,154 families residing within the μSA. The racial makeup of the μSA was 48.15% White, 49.71% African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.84% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.41% from other races

Race (United States Census)

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, and 0.67% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.21% of the population.

The median income for a household in the μSA was $28,581, and the median income for a family was $34,984. Males had a median income of $28,645 versus $21,023 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...

for the μSA was $13,594.