Coffee County (Georgia)

administration
Coffee County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Douglas
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Coffee County Administration 101 S. Peterson Avenue Douglas, GA 31533
Foundation :	February 9, 1854
Made up from:	Clinch County Irwin County Telfair County Ware County
Area code :	001 912
Demographics
Residents :	42,356 (2010)
Population density :	27.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1561 km²
Water surface :	10 km²
map

The Coffee County is located in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Douglas , named after Stephen A. Douglas , the opponent of Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 election campaign.

geography

The county is located in central southeast Georgia, about 180 km to the west from the Atlantic Ocean and about 120 km to the south from Florida . It has an area of 1,561 square kilometers, of which ten square kilometers are water and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Jeff Davis County , Bacon County , Ware County , Atkinson County , Berrien County , Irwin County , Ben Hill County and Telfair County .

history

Coffee County was formed on February 9, 1854 from parts of Clinch County, Irwin County, Telfair County, and Ware County. It was named after John E. Coffee , a general who emerged as a hero from the Indian Wars of 1812.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	2879	-
1870	3192	10.9%
1880	5076	59%
1890	10,483	106.5%
1900	16,169	54.2%
1910	21,953	35.8%
1920	18,653	-15%
1930	19,739	5.8%
1940	21,541	9.1%
1950	23,961	11.2%
1960	21,953	-8.4%
1970	22,828	4%
1980	26,894	17.8%
1990	29,592	10%
2000	37,413	26.4%
2010	42,356	13.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 42,356 inhabitants were distributed over 14,817 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.68 people per household. There are a total of 17,061 households.

71.7% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.18 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 38.8% of all households and people aged 65 or over in 23.7% of all households.

29.5% of the population were younger than 20 years, 27.9% were 20 to 39 years old, 26.5% were 40 to 59 years old, and 16.2% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 35 years. 50.7% of the population were male and 49.3% were female.

64.7% of the population identified themselves as whites, 26.6% as African-Americans , 0.3% as Indians and 0.3% as Asian Americans . 6.3% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.4% to several ethnic groups. 10.3% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 34,523 USD , while 26.0% of the population lived below the poverty line.