Baker County, Georgia

administration
Baker County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Newton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 607 Newton, Georgia 39870-0607
Foundation :	December 12, 1825
Made up from:	Early County
Area code :	001 229
Demographics
Residents :	3451 (2010)
Population density :	3.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	904 km²
Water surface :	15 km²
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The Baker County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Newton .

geography

The county covers an area of 904 square kilometers, of which 15 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Dougherty County , Mitchell County , Decatur County , Miller County , Early County, and Calhoun Counties .

The county is part of the Albany metropolitan area .

history

Baker County was formed on December 12, 1825 as the 61st county from parts of Early County and named after Colonel John Baker , one of the first farmers and soldiers in the American Revolutionary War.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	1253	-
1840	4226	237.3%
1850	8120	92.1%
1860	4985	-38.6%
1870	6843	37.3%
1880	7307	6.8%
1890	6144	-15.9%
1900	6704	9.1%
1910	7973	18.9%
1920	8298	4.1%
1930	7818	-5.8%
1940	7344	-6.1%
1950	5952	-19%
1960	4543	-23.7%
1970	3875	-14.7%
1980	3808	-1.7%
1990	3615	-5.1%
2000	4074	12.7%
2010	3451	-15.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 3451 inhabitants were distributed among 1372 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.52 people per household. There are a total of 1652 households.

65.0% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.14 persons. Children under the age of 18 lived in 30.0% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 29.8% of all households.

25.7% of the population were younger than 20 years, 22.3% were 20 to 39 years old, 29.7% were 40 to 59 years old, and 22.3% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 42 years. 48.5% of the population were male and 51.5% were female.

48.5% of the population identified themselves as whites, 46.7% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 0.7% as Asian Americans . 2.6% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.2% to several ethnic groups. 4.2% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 45,526 USD , while 22.6% of the population lived below the poverty line.