Baldwin County, Georgia

administration
Baldwin County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Milledgeville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Baldwin County 121 N. Wilkinson Street Milledgeville, Georgia 31061
Foundation :	May 11, 1803
Made up from:	Original County
Area code :	001 478
Demographics
Residents :	45,720 (2010)
Population density :	68.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	693 km²
Water surface :	23 km²
map

Website : www.baldwincountyga.com

The Baldwin County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Milledgeville , named after former Governor John Milledge .

geography

The county covers an area of 693 square kilometers, of which 23 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Hancock County , Washington County , Wilkinson County , Jones County, and Putnam Counties .

history

Baldwin County was formed on May 11, 1803 and named after Abraham Baldwin , one of two signatories to the Georgia Constitution and founder of the University of Georgia . In June 1806, the first county government meeting was held in a log cabin in Hillsborough, about 25 miles away in present-day Jasper County . In 1807 the young Balwin County was divided into four more counties: Morgan, Jones, Putnam, and Randolph Counties. Randolph County was later renamed Jasper County.

Carl Vinson (1883-1981), a long-time member of the US Congress, came from Baldwin County .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1810	6356	-
1820	7734	21.7%
1830	7295	-5.7%
1840	7250	-0.6%
1850	8148	12.4%
1860	9078	11.4%
1870	10,618	17%
1880	13,806	30%
1890	14,608	5.8%
1900	17,768	21.6%
1910	18,354	3.3%
1920	19,791	7.8%
1930	22,878	15.6%
1940	24,190	5.7%
1950	29,706	22.8%
1960	34,064	14.7%
1970	34,240	0.5%
1980	34,686	1.3%
1990	39,530	14%
2000	44,700	13.1%
2010	45,720	2.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Old Governor's Mansion , listed on the NRHP

Old Georgia State Capitol , listed on the NRHP

According to the 2010 census, the then 45,720 inhabitants were distributed over 16,788 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.45 people per household. There are a total of 20,159 households.

61.8% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 2.97 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 30.5% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 22.6% of all households.

26.3% of the population were younger than 20 years, 30.1% were 20 to 39 years old, 26.0% were 40 to 59 years old, and 17.6% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 34 years. 49.6% of the population were male and 50.4% were female.

54.9% of the population identified themselves as whites, 41.5% as African-Americans , 0.2% as Indians and 1.3% as Asian Americans . 0.8% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.2% to several ethnic groups. 2.0% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 31,758 USD , while 32.1% of the population lived below the poverty line.