Burke County, Georgia

administration
Burke County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Waynesboro
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Burke County Administration P.O. Box 89 Waynesboro, GA 30830
Foundation :	February 5, 1777
Made up from:	Original County
Area code :	001 706
Demographics
Residents :	23,316 (2010)
Population density :	10.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2163 km²
Water surface :	12 km²
map

Website : www.burkecounty-ga.gov

The Burke County is located in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Waynesboro .

geography

The county is located in east Georgia, borders South Carolina and has an area of 2,163 square kilometers, of which twelve square kilometers are water and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Screven County , Jenkins County , Emanuel County , Jefferson County, and Richmond County .

The county is part of the metropolitan area of Augusta .

history

Burke County was formed on February 5, 1777. It was named after Edmund Burke , a political writer and member of the British Parliament .

The county was home to the Georgia Declaration of Freedom signatory, Governor Lyman Hall , and the home of nine other governors: John Houston, Samuel Elbert, Edward Telfair, Jared Irwin, James Jackson, David Emanuel, William Schley, Herschel V. Johnson, and Hoke Smith.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1790	9467	-
1800	9504	0.4%
1810	10,858	14.2%
1820	11,577	6.6%
1830	11,833	2.2%
1840	13,176	11.3%
1850	16,100	22.2%
1860	17,165	6.6%
1870	17,679	3%
1880	27,128	53.4%
1890	28,501	5.1%
1900	30,165	5.8%
1910	27,268	-9.6%
1920	30,836	13.1%
1930	29,224	-5.2%
1940	26,520	-9.3%
1950	23,458	-11.5%
1960	20,596	-12.2%
1970	18,255	-11.4%
1980	19,349	6%
1990	20,579	6.4%
2000	20,981	2%
2010	23,316	11.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the 23,316 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 8,533 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.70 people per household. There are a total of 9,865 households.

71.6% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.20 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 39.0% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 24.1% of all households.

31.1% of the population were younger than 20 years, 23.9% were 20 to 39 years old, 27.3% were 40 to 59 years old, and 17.6% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 36 years. 48.0% of the population were male and 52.0% were female.

47.5% of the population identified themselves as whites, 49.5% as African American , 0.2% as Indians and 0.3% as Asian Americans . 1.2% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.3% to several ethnic groups. 2.6% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 33,299 USD , while 33.7% of the population lived below the poverty line.