Jeff Davis County (Georgia)

administration
Jeff Davis County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Hazlehurst
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Jeff Davis County Administration P.O. Box 602 Hazlehurst, Georgia, 31539-0602
Foundation :	August 18, 1905
Made up from:	Appling County Coffee County
Area code :	001 912
Demographics
Residents :	15,068 (2010)
Population density :	17.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	869 km²
Water surface :	5 km²
map

Website : www.hazlehurst-jeffdavis.com

The Jeff Davis County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Hazlehurst , named after George Hazlehurst , a colonel and surveyor who surveyed the Macon & Brunswick Railroad line .

geography

The county is located in central southeast Georgia and covers an area of 869 square kilometers, five square kilometers of which is water, and is bordered clockwise by counties: Toombs County , Appling County , Bacon County , Coffee County , Telfair County , Wheeler County, and Montgomery Counties .

history

Jeff Davis County was formed on August 18, 1905 as the 140th County in Georgia from parts of Appling County and Coffee County. It was named after Jefferson Davis , a US Secretary of War until the Civil War . From then on he was President of the Confederate States of America .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1910	6050	-
1920	7322	21%
1930	8118	10.9%
1940	8841	8.9%
1950	9299	5.2%
1960	8914	-4.1%
1970	9425	5.7%
1980	11,473	21.7%
1990	12,032	4.9%
2000	12,684	5.4%
2010	15,068	18.8%
1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 15,068 inhabitants were distributed among 5,689 inhabited households, which results in an average of 2.63 people per household. There are a total of 6,488 households.

71.7% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.10 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 38.5% of all households and people aged 65 and over in 25.3% of all households.

30.3% of the population were younger than 20 years, 24.9% were 20 to 39 years old, 26.5% were 40 to 59 years old, and 18.4% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 36 years. 49.5% of the population were male and 50.5% were female.

76.1% of the population identified themselves as whites, 14.8% as African American , 0.2% as Indians and 0.5% as Asian Americans . 7.3% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.2% to several ethnic groups. 10.5% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 36,385 USD , while 22.3% of the population lived below the poverty line.