Colquitt County

Colquitt County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 80001003
administration
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Moultrie
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Colquitt County Administration P.O. Box 517 Moultrie, GA 31776-0517
Foundation :	February 1856
Area code :	001 229
Demographics
Residents :	45,498  (2010)
Population density :	31.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1441 km²
Water surface :	11 km²
map

The Colquitt County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Moultrie .

geography

The county is located in southern Georgia, about 40 kilometers to the south from Florida's northern border and has an area of ​​1,441 square kilometers, of which eleven square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Worth County , Tift County , Cook County , Brooks County , Thomas County, and Mitchell Counties .

history

Colquitt County was formed in February 1856. It was named after Walter T. Colquitt , a general, preacher and politician.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1860	1316		-
1870	1654		25.7%
1880	2527		52.8%
1890	4794		89.7%
1900	13,636		184.4%
1910	19,789		45.1%
1920	29,332		48.2%
1930	30,622		4.4%
1940	33,012		7.8%
1950	33,999		3%
1960	34,048		0.1%
1970	32,200		-5.4%
1980	35,376		9.9%
1990	36,645		3.6%
2000	42,053		14.8%
2010	45,498		8.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 45,498 inhabitants were distributed over 16,317 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.73 people per household. There are a total of 18,311 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 3.28 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 38.9% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 26.2% of all households.

30.5% of the population were younger than 20 years, 26.3% were 20 to 39 years old, 25.4% were 40 to 59 years old, and 18.0% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 35 years. 49.6% of the population were male and 50.4% were female.

64.7% of the population identified themselves as whites, 22.4% as African American , 0.5% as Indians and 0.6% as Asian Americans . 10.3% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.4% to several ethnic groups. 17.1% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 32,233 USD , while 27.7% of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Colquitt County

Colquitt County localities with 2010 census population :

Cities :

• Doerun - 774 inhabitants
• Moultrie ( County Seat ) - 14,268 residents
• Norman Park - 972 residents
• Omega - 1,221 inhabitants

Towns :

• Berlin - 551 inhabitants
• Ellenton - 281 residents
• Funston - 449 residents
• Riverside - 35 residents

Web links

Commons : Colquitt County, Georgia  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• The Colquitt County at georgia.gov (Engl.)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
2. ↑ GNIS-ID: 343936. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
3. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 14, 2011
5. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed March 31, 2012
6. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved August 26, 2016.

Coordinates: 31 ° 11 ′  N , 83 ° 46 ′  W