Candler County

administration
Candler County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Metter
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Candler County Administration 705 North Lewis Street Metter, Georgia, 30439-3333
Foundation :	July 14, 1914
Made up from:	Bulloch County Emanuel County Tattnall County
Area code :	001 912
Demographics
Residents :	10,998 (2010)
Population density :	17.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	644 km²
Water surface :	5 km²
map

Website : www.metter-candler.com

The Candler County is located in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Metter .

geography

The county is located in east-east Georgia and has an area of 644 square kilometers, of which five square kilometers are water and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Bulloch County , Evans County , Tattnall County , Toombs County and Emanuel County .

history

Candler County was formed on July 14, 1914 as the 48th County from parts of Bulloch County, Emanuel County and Tattnall County. It was named after Allen Candler , a former Georgia governor.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1920	9228	-
1930	8991	-2.6%
1940	9103	1.2%
1950	8063	-11.4%
1960	6672	-17.3%
1970	6412	-3.9%
1980	7518	17.2%
1990	7744	3%
2000	9577	23.7%
2010	10,998	14.8%
1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the 10,998 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 4,041 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.65 people per household. There are a total of 4,761 households.

69.1% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.15 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 35.2% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 27.9% of all households.

28.3% of the population were younger than 20 years, 24.9% were 20 to 39 years old, 26.1% were 40 to 59 years old, and 20.9% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 38 years. 49.4% of the population were male and 50.6% were female.

65.9% of the population identified themselves as whites, 24.4% as African American , 0.1% as Indians and 0.5% as Asian Americans . 8.0% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.0% to several ethnic groups. 11.2% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 30,518 USD , while 29.0% of the population lived below the poverty line.