Atkinson County

administration
Atkinson County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Pearson
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Atkinson County P. O. Box 518 Pearson, Georgia 31642-0518
Foundation :	August 15, 1917
Made up from:	Clinch County Coffee County
Area code :	001 912
Demographics
Residents :	8375 (2010)
Population density :	9.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	891 km²
Water surface :	16 km²
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The Atkinson County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Pearson .

geography

The county has an area of 891 square kilometers, of which 16 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Ware County , Clinch Counties , Lanier Counties , Berrien Counties , and Coffee Counties .

history

The county was formed on August 15, 1917 and named after William Yates Atkinson , a Georgian governor from 1894 to 1898.
The area was previously inhabited by the Muskhogean Indians and later by the Creek Indians. The last known Indian settlement was on the Alabaha River , about 3 km from the city of Willacoochee . The first white settlers were loggers as the area was rich in pine trees. They used the tree trunks to build houses and later to trade with them. The rafts brought them to the coast across the Satilla River . In 1875 the first railroad tracks were laid in the west by the Brunswick and Western Railroad . Later, through connections with other routes, it became the Atlantic Coastline . A Georgia-Florida line was also laid. Both railway lines meet in Willacoochee. With the construction of the railways, the number of inhabitants increased and a period of immigration began. The first newspaper, the Pearson Tribune , was published in 1915.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1920	7656	-
1930	6894	-10%
1940	7093	2.9%
1950	7362	3.8%
1960	6188	-15.9%
1970	5879	-5%
1980	6141	4.5%
1990	6213	1.2%
2000	7609	22.5%
2010	8375	10.1%
1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 8,375 inhabitants were distributed over 2,983 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.80 people per household. There are a total of 3522 households.

72.4% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.29 persons. Children under the age of 18 lived in 2.80% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 3.29% of all households.

32.1% of the population were younger than 20 years, 26.8% were 20 to 39 years old, 25.5% were 40 to 59 years old, and 15.5% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 33 years. 50.6% of the population were male and 49.4% were female.

62.2% of the population identified themselves as whites, 17.3% as African American , 0.6% as Indians and 0.3% as Asian Americans . 18.0% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.6% to several ethnic groups. 24.3% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 30,403 USD , while 29.9% of the population lived below the poverty line.