For pre-formatted natality & mortality data please see Vital Statistics Reports (VSR).

For other health data resources please see the Health Data & Info section.

Health Care
Carroll County had 5.1 licensed nursing home beds per 100 persons in 1999, compared with the state average of 5.5 per 100 persons. In 1999, the number of physicians in the county per 10,000 persons was 13.7, compared to the state average of 19.3. For more community indicators, please go to OASIS .

History*

Carroll County was created in 1825 from Creek Indian lands. Georgia's 66th county was named for Charles Carroll of Maryland, who at that time was the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Carroll County is home to the State University of West Georgia, a public, four-year residential institution offering 58 programs of study at the undergraduate level and 53 at the graduate level, including one doctoral program. University enrollment is 9,675, and the faculty numbers 491.

On the Chattahoochee River near Whitesburg, the county operates a park known as the McIntosh Reserve. This 480-acre passive recreation site was once the plantation of Creek Indian chief William McIntosh, who was murdered in 1825 by a group of Upper Creek Indians angry at his transfer of Creek lands to white settlers.