Clinch County

administration
Clinch County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Homerville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Clinch County 100 Court Square Homerville, GA 31634-1469
Foundation :	February 14, 1850
Made up from:	Ware County Lowndes County
Area code :	001 912
Demographics
Residents :	6798 (2010)
Population density :	3.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2135 km²
Water surface :	39 km²
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The Clinch County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Homerville .

geography

The county is located in southern Georgia and borders Florida to the south. It has an area of 2,135 square kilometers, of which 39 square kilometers are water surface and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Atkinson County , Ware County , Echols County and Lanier County .

history

Clinch County was established on February 14, 1850 from parts of Ware County and Lowndes Counties. It was named after General Duncan Clinch , who defeated the Indian chief Osceola in Florida in the Indian War of 1812 and later served in the US Congress.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	637	-
1860	3063	380.8%
1870	3945	28.8%
1880	4138	4.9%
1890	6652	60.8%
1900	8732	31.3%
1910	8424	-3.5%
1920	7984	-5.2%
1930	7015	-12.1%
1940	6437	-8.2%
1950	6007	-6.7%
1960	6545	9%
1970	6405	-2.1%
1980	6660	4%
1990	6160	-7.5%
2000	6878	11.7%
2010	6798	-1.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 6,798 inhabitants were distributed over 2,572 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.58 people per household. There are a total of 3,007 households.

70.8% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.10 people. There were children under the age of 18 in 38.4% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 25.3% of all households.

29.5% of the population were younger than 20 years, 24.8% were 20 to 39 years old, 26.7% were 40 to 59 years old, and 18.9% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 37 years. 48.8% of the population were male and 51.2% were female.

67.4% of the population identified themselves as whites, 27.7% as African American , 0.6% as Indians and 0.2% as Asian Americans . 2.7% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.4% to several ethnic groups. 3.5% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 29,125 USD , while 34.6% of the population lived below the poverty line.