Calhoun County, Georgia

administration
Calhoun County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Morgan
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Calhoun County Administration 111 School Street Morgan, Georgia, 39866-4239
Foundation :	February 20, 1854
Made up from:	Baker County , Early County
Area code :	001 229
Demographics
Residents :	6694 (2010)
Population density :	9.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	734 km²
Water surface :	9 km²
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The Calhoun County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Morgan , named after General Daniel Morgan , an important figure in the Revolutionary War.

geography

The county is located in southwest Georgia, about 25 miles from Alabama to the west and about 100 km from Florida to the south. It has an area of 734 square kilometers, of which nine square kilometers are water surface and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Terrell County , Dougherty County , Baker County , Early County , Clay County and Randolph Counties .

history

Calhoun County was formed on February 20, 1854 from parts of Baker County and Early County. It was named after John C. Calhoun , a senator from South Carolina and Vice President of the United States . The county courthouse burned to the ground in 1888 and 1920, respectively.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	4913	-
1870	5503	12%
1880	7024	27.6%
1890	8438	20.1%
1900	9274	9.9%
1910	11,334	22.2%
1920	10,225	-9.8%
1930	10,576	3.4%
1940	10,438	-1.3%
1950	8578	-17.8%
1960	7341	-14.4%
1970	6606	-10%
1980	5717	-13.5%
1990	5013	-12.3%
2000	6320	26.1%
2010	6694	5.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 6,694 inhabitants were distributed among households inhabited in 2002, which gives an average of 2.49 people per household. There are a total of 2409 households.

64.5% 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 32.7% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 29.3% of all households.

22.1% of the population were younger than 20 years, 30.3% were 20 to 39 years old, 30.3% were 40 to 59 years old, and 17.5% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 39 years. 59.1% of the population were male and 40.9% were female.

34.7% of the population identified themselves as whites, 61.3% as African American , 0.1% as Indians and 0.4% as Asian Americans . 2.4% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.0% to several ethnic groups. 3.9% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 26,309 USD , while 40.3% of the population lived below the poverty line.