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
Oconee County had 4.2 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 6.7, compared to the state average of 19.3. For more community indicators, please go to OASIS .

History*

Oconee County, the 135th county formed in Georgia, was created in 1875. Originally part of Franklin County, Oconee County takes its name from the Oconee River.

The cotton monoculture badly damaged the soils of Oconee County. Today, only about five percent of the land is identified as prime farmland. About 56 percent of the land is forest.

Jeanette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress, kept her summer home in Oconee County. Rankin was elected to represent Montana before most women in the nation were even allowed to vote. Rankin was a pacifist and was the only representative to vote against the U.S.'s entry into war against Japan.