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2005 Total Population Estimates for Americus, Georgia

Total Population Population # Est. Population Change
from previous year
% Population Change
from previous year
% Change from
year 2000 Base
July 1, 200516873-95-0.56%-0.49%
July 1, 200416968-63-0.37%0.07%
July 1, 200317031-110-0.64%0.44%
July 1, 200217141-33-0.19%1.09%
July 1, 2001171742001.18%1.29%
July 1, 200016974180.11%0.11%
April 1, 2000
(Estimates Base)
16956
April 1, 2000
(Census 2000)
17013

(source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2005 Population Estimates)

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Some Facts about Zip Code 31709

ZipCode: 31709 ZipCodeType: S
City: Americus CityType: D
County: Sumter CountyFIPS: 13261
State: Georgia StateCode: GA
StateFIPS: 13 MSA: 0000
AreaCode: 229 TimeZone: Eastern
GMTOffset: -5 DST: Y
Latitude: 32.072500 Longitude: -84.225141
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Population for Zip Code Tabulation Area 31709

Population: 27000 (source: 2000 US Census)

Race by Zip Code Tabulation Area 31709
Racial Composition of the Area around Americus, Georgia

Total population: Total Total population: Population of one race Total population: Population of one race; White alone Total population: Population of one race; Black or African American alone Total population: Population of one race; American Indian and Alaska Native alone Total population: Population of one race; Asian alone
2700026838125381373675194

(source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census) race Americus, Georgia

Sex by Zip Code Tabulation Area 31709

Total population27000
Total Males1255446.5%
Total Females1444653.5%

(source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census)

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2005 County Business Patterns: ZIP Code Business Statistics: Total for Zip Code: 2005 Americus, Georgia

Number of establishments Number of employees First-quarter payroll ($1,000)Annual payroll ($1,000)
571 8165 47376 200573

(source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2005 Population Estimates, American Fact Finder)

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Hundreds celebrate Griffin Bell's legal career
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, GA - 4 hours ago
As a young boy in Americus, Ga., his father told him "to make himself useful," said Bell's friend Frank Jones. Bell's legal reputation grew after he ...
Hundreds to attend Griffin Bell memorial Fort Mills Times
Mourners remember Bell Daily Report
Colleagues, Family Honor Late Griffin Bell at Buckhead Memorial ... MyFox Atlanta
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Former Americus, Georgia star Pope may or may not play today in ...
Albany Herald On-line, GA - Jan 3, 2009
Former Americus star Leonard Pope used to dream of one day playing for the Atlanta Falcons. Today, he just hopes he’s healthy enough to play against them. ...

Griffin Bell Remembered
WXIA-TV, GA - 13 minutes ago
Bell was buried in his hometown of Americus, Georgia on Wednesday. He is survived by his second wife, a son, two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

EDWARDS COLUMN: Amsterdam, Americus, Ga., worlds apart
South Carolina Now, South Carolina - Jan 2, 2009
We are in Americus, Ga., to participate in a Peach Belt Conference basketball game between Francis Marion and Georgia Southwestern. ...

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Americus mourns former Attorney General Bell
Albany Herald On-line, GA - Jan 7, 2009
Bell was the 72nd US Attorney General, appointed by former President, and fellow Georgia native, Jimmy Carter. An Americus native, Bell attended Georgia ...
Mourners gather to say farewell to Griffin Bell Atlanta Journal Constitution
Americus, state, nation lose a "giant" Daily Citizen
Griffin Bell dies at 90; former attorney general and federal judge ... Los Angeles Times
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Henry King Stanford, 92, interim UGA president
Atlanta Journal Constitution,  USA - Jan 2, 2009
He had previously led Georgia Southwestern College in Americus, Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville and Birmingham Southern College in Alabama. ...
Former UGA President Stanford dies Online Athens
Hail to the King Americus Times-Recorder
Henry King Stanford, former UGA president, dies at age 92 Red and Black
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