Charlton County

administration
Charlton County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Folkston
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Charlton County Administration 100 Third Street Folkston, Georgia, 31537-3122
Foundation :	February 18, 1854
Made up from:	Camden County
Area code :	001 912
Demographics
Residents :	12,171 (2010)
Population density :	6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2028 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
map

The Charlton County is located in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Folkston , which for many years was the self-proclaimed capital of weddings . Many people wishing to marry drove all over the country to get married here, as there were no waiting times after the bidding.

geography

The county is located in the extreme southeast of Georgia, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and Florida to the south . It covers an area of 2,028 square kilometers, of which six square kilometers are water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Brantley County , Camden County, and Ware Counties .

history

Charlton County was formed as the 110th County on February 18, 1854 from parts of Camden County. It was named after Robert M. Charlton of Savannah, a US Senator and early lawyer in Georgia.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	1780	-
1870	1897	6.6%
1880	2154	13.5%
1890	3335	54.8%
1900	3592	7.7%
1910	4722	31.5%
1920	4536	-3.9%
1930	4381	-3.4%
1940	5256	20%
1950	4821	-8.3%
1960	5313	10.2%
1970	5680	6.9%
1980	7343	29.3%
1990	8496	15.7%
2000	10,282	21%
2010	12,171	18.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 12,171 inhabitants were distributed over 3,927 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.64 people per household. There are a total of 4,475 households.

73.0% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.10 persons. Children under the age of 18 lived in 35.3% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 27.9% of all households.

24.5% of the population were younger than 20 years, 28.2% were 20 to 39 years old, 29.3% were 40 to 59 years old, and 18.0% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 38 years. 56.3% of the population were male and 43.7% were female.

68.6% of the population identified themselves as whites, 28.5% as African-Americans , 0.4% as Indians and 0.6% as Asian Americans . 0.3% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.6% to several ethnic groups. 2.5% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 41,059 USD , while 18.0% of the population lived below the poverty line.