Bryan County (Georgia)

administration
Bryan County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Pembroke
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Administration Bryan County 116 Lanier Street P.O. Box 430 Pembroke, GA 31321
Foundation :	December 19, 1793
Made up from:	Liberty County , Effingham County
Area code :	001 912
Demographics
Residents :	30,233 (2010)
Population density :	26.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1177 km²
Water surface :	33 km²
map

Website : www.bryancountyga.org

The Bryan County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Pembroke .

geography

The county lies between the Ogeechee River in the east and the Midway River in the west in the southeast of Georgia, borders with the southeastern tip on the Atlantic Ocean and is in the northeast about 50 km from the US state South Carolina . It has an area of 1,177 square kilometers, of which 33 square kilometers are water surface and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Effingham County , Chatham County , Liberty County , Evans County and Bulloch County .

The county is part of the metropolitan area of Savannah .

history

The county was formed on December 19, 1793 as the 16th county in Georgia. It was named after Jonathan Bryan , a partisan during the American Revolution. The first seat of administration was Hardwick . In 1860 it became Eden and in 1901 the city of Clyde . In 1937 it became Pembroke. The first courthouse, then still made of wood, was built in 1854.

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1800	2830	-
1810	2827	-0.1%
1820	3021	6.9%
1830	3139	3.9%
1840	3182	1.4%
1850	3424	7.6%
1860	4015	17.3%
1870	5252	30.8%
1880	4929	-6.2%
1890	5520	12%
1900	6122	10.9%
1910	6702	9.5%
1920	6343	-5.4%
1930	5952	-6.2%
1940	6288	5.6%
1950	5965	-5.1%
1960	6226	4.4%
1970	6539	5%
1980	10.175	55.6%
1990	15,438	51.7%
2000	23,417	51.7%
2010	30,233	29.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Worth seeing

In the south of the county, in what is now Fort McAllister Historic Park , is Fort McAllister from the times of the American Civil War, which was captured by General William Sherman on his march to the Atlantic. Also of interest is the Civil War Museum in Pembroke.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 30,233 inhabitants were distributed over 10,738 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.81 people per household. There are a total of 11,842 households.

78.8% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.17 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 44.6% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 18.6% of all households.

31.9% of the population were younger than 20 years, 24.5% were 20 to 39 years old, 29.6% were 40 to 59 years old, and 14.0% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 36 years. 49.1% of the population were male and 50.9% were female.

80.2% of the population identified themselves as whites, 14.2% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 1.6% as Asian Americans . 1.2% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.5% to several ethnic groups. 4.4% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 65,123 USD , while 12.6% of the population lived below the poverty line.