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Population (year 2000): 2,307. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,523 (+9.4% change)
Males: 1,619 (70.2%), Females: 688 (29.8%)
Telfair County
Zip code:
31037
Median resident age: 32.8 years
Median household income: $22,212 (year 2000)
Median house value: $36,000 (year 2000)
Races in Helena:
- Black (54.2%)
- White Non-Hispanic (41.5%)
- Hispanic (3.4%)
- Other race (2.4%)
- Two or more races (0.7%)
Ancestries: United States (15.9%), English
(2.2%), Scotch-Irish (1.7%), Irish (1.6%), Subsaharan African
(1.4%).
Elevation: 248 feet
Land area: 2.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Helena
- High school or higher: 63.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 2.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.0%
- Unemployed: 6.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 17.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Helena city
- Never married: 12.7%
- Now married: 66.2%
- Separated: 4.7%
- Widowed: 8.4%
- Divorced: 8.0%
1.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +1,061 (+85.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Helena:
- TAYLOR TELFAIR REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 3 miles; MC
RAE, GA)
- WHEELER COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; GLENWOOD,
GA)
- DODGE COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 21 miles; EASTMAN, GA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Helena:
- ROBINS AFB (about 61 miles; WARNER ROBINS, GA; ID:
WRB)
- MIDDLE GEORGIA REGIONAL (about 66 miles; MACON, GA;
ID: MCN)
- MOODY AFB (about 79 miles; VALDOSTA, GA; ID: VAD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Helena:
- TELFAIR-WHEELER (about 4 miles; MC RAE, GA; ID: MQW)
- HEART OF GEORGIA RGNL (about 17 miles; EASTMAN, GA;
ID: EZM)
- HAZLEHURST (about 24 miles; HAZLEHURST, GA; ID: AZE)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Helena:
- MACON STATE COLLEGE (about 73 miles; MACON, GA;
Full-time enrollment: 2,557)
- CENTRAL GEORGIA TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 73 miles;
MACON, GA; FT enrollment: 2,383)
- MERCER UNIVERSITY (about 73 miles; MACON, GA; FT
enrollment: 5,859)
- GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY (about 73
miles; MILLEDGEVILLE, GA; FT enrollment: 4,028)
- FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 76 miles; FT
VALLEY, GA; FT enrollment: 2,233)
- GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY (about 82 miles;
STATESBORO, GA; FT enrollment: 12,724)
- VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 89 miles; VALDOSTA,
GA; FT enrollment: 7,157)
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