Brooks County, Georgia

administration
Brooks County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Quitman
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Brooks County Administration P.O. Box 272 Quitman, Georgia 31643-0272
Foundation :	December 11, 1858
Made up from:	Lowndes County , Thomas County
Area code :	001 229
Demographics
Residents :	16,243 (2010)
Population density :	12.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1289 km²
Water surface :	11 km²
map

Website : www.brooks-county.org

The Brooks County is located in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Quitman .

geography

The county is located in southern Georgia on the northern border of the US state Florida and has an area of 1289 square kilometers, of which eleven square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Cook County , Lowndes County , Thomas County, and Colquitt Counties .

The county is part of the metropolitan area of Valdosta .

history

Preston Brooks

The county was formed on December 11, 1858 from parts of Lowndes County and Thomas County. It was named after Preston Brooks , a politician and member of the United States House of Representatives. The first settlers were Spanish missionaries who came here from Florida in 1570. During the American Civil War, the county was the main food supplier and was named the Breadbasket of the South . The first courthouse was built in 1864.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	6356	-
1870	8342	31.2%
1880	11,727	40.6%
1890	13,979	19.2%
1900	18.606	33.1%
1910	23,832	28.1%
1920	24,538	3%
1930	21,330	-13.1%
1940	20,497	-3.9%
1950	18,169	-11.4%
1960	15,292	-15.8%
1970	13,739	-10.2%
1980	15,255	11%
1990	15,398	0.9%
2000	16,450	6.8%
2010	16,243	-1.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Brooks County Jail , listed on the NRHP

Harris-Ramsey-Norris House , listed on the NRHP

According to the 2010 census, the then 16,243 inhabitants were distributed among 6,457 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.52 people per household. There are a total of 7,706 households.

67.8% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.06 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 31.5% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 30.6% of all households.

26.4% of the population were younger than 20 years, 23.2% were 20 to 39 years old, 27.8% were 40 to 59 years old, and 22.6% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 40 years. 48.6% of the population were male and 51.4% were female.

59.9% of the population identified themselves as whites, 35.3% as African-Americans , 0.3% as Indians and 0.3% as Asian Americans . 3.0% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.2% to several ethnic groups. 5.3% of the population was Hispanic or Latino .

The average annual income per household was 31,686 USD , while 27.8% of the population lived below the poverty line.