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Houston County, Georgia
Located 100 miles southeast of Atlanta.
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Houston County Information - Georgia.gov
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| Year | County | GA (millions) | U.S. (millions) | | 2007 | 131,016 | 9.5 | 304 | | 2005 | 126,163 | 9.1 | 296 | | 2004 | 123,753 | 8.8 | 296 |
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| Year | County | GA | U.S. | | 2006 | $29,525 | $32,095 | $36,714 | | 2005 | $28,507 | $30,914 | $34,471 | | 2004 | $27,417 | $29,782 | $33,050 |
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| COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: 36 county public schools with 1,627 teachers, 23,088 students, and 1,262 high school graduates in 2005; 5 private schools with 1,212 students in 2005. | HIGHER EDUCATION:
Technical College: Middle Georgia at Warner Robins (local) with 2,600 students.
2-yr: Middle Georgia College at Cochran (22 miles) with 2,035 students.
4-yr: Fort Valley State University at Fort Valley (18 miles) with 2,456 students; Georgia College & State University at Milledgeville (40 miles) with 5,079 students; Macon State College at Macon (18 miles) with 5,000 students; Wesleyan College at Macon (18 miles) with 591 students; Mercer University at Macon (18 miles) with 4,740 students.
Mercer has College of Liberal Arts, School of Business & Economics, Law School, School of Medicine, School of Pharmacy, and School of Engineering. |
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PROPERTY: Property taxes are determined by tax rates and assessment ratios which vary by location. The only realistic way to compare property taxes from different locations is to use 'effective tax rates' (tax rate multiplied by assessmen ratio). Effective tax rates combine city, county, school, and state tax rates into one convenient figure -- the annual tax for each $1000 of property at its fair market value. This rate applies to all property: land, buildings, machinery, equipment, and inventory. | Effective Rates: | | City | | Year | | Within City | | Outside City | | Centerville | | 2007 | | $13.11 | | $9.34 | | Perry | | 2007 | | $14.07 | | $9.34 | | Warner Robins | | 2007 | | $15.74 | | $9.34 |
| | SALES: County has 1% educational and 2% local option sales tax in addition to the 4% state sales tax. |
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| | INVENTORY (Freeport): Freeport is the general term used for the exemption of ad valorem tax on inventories as defined by Georgia law. The law offers manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers and warehouse operations an attractive inventory tax exemption on three classes of property. | | Warner Robins and Houston County exempt 100% on all classes of certain business inventory from property taxation. | JOB TAX CREDIT: Tier: 4, Amount: $750 as of 2009
Tier refers to the economic well-being of a county. For more information go to http://www.dca.state.ga.us/economic/TaxCredits/programs/taxcredit.asp
JOINT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: Yes
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| FIRE PROTECTION: 100 full-time personnel and 5 centrally-located fire stations. Fire insurance classification 3. | | ZONING: City and county ordinances (Southern Building Code). International-building code. |
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COMMERCIAL AIRPORT: Macon Airport (6 miles) service by ASA.
GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT: Macon Airport (6 miles) with a 6,500 feet bituminous runway, aircraft tiedown, airframe & power plant repair, fuel, hangar, lighted runway, charter & rental service, VOR, ILS, navigational aids; Perry Airport (15 miles) with a 5,000 feet bituminous runway, aircraft tiedown, airframe & power plant repair, hangar, lighted runway, NDB. | | RAIL: Norfolk Southern piggyback - Macon (18 miles); Norfolk Southern rail - Warner Robins (local). | WATER:
Navigable River: Chattahoochee River (9 foot channel depth) with public barge dock at Columbus (88 miles).
Seaport: Savannah Seaport (165 miles) with maintained channel depth of 42 feet. |
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ELECTRICITY: A part of Georgia's modern integrated electrical transmission system, Houston County has excellent ability to supply industrial demands. Compared to 47% for the U.S., coal accounts for 84% of fuel used by the state's power generating plants. This assures long-term continuity. If demand exceeds 900kw, any supplier can step in and offer service.
| | NATURAL GAS: Available in industrial quantities on both a firm and an interruptible basis. | | WATER: Plant capacity: 14,500,000 gal/day. Consumption: 7,000,000 gal/day average, 11,000,000 gal/day maximum. Source: 17 deep wells. Pumping capacity: 23,545 gal/min. Storage capacity: 3,150,000 gal. | | SEWER: Plant Capacity: 12,000,000 gal/day; Plant Load: 8,500,000 gal/day; Primary, secondary treatment plant. |
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