Cook County (Georgia)

administration
Cook County Courthouse in Adel, listed on NRHP No. 95000714
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Noble
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 1200 S Hutchinson Avenue Adel, GA 31620-5218
Foundation :	July 30, 1918
Made up from:	Berrien County
Area code :	001 229
Demographics
Residents :	17,212 (2010)
Population density :	29 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	604 km²
Water surface :	11 km²
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The Cook County is located in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is nobility .

geography

The county is located in southern Georgia, about 25 miles from the northern Florida border and has an area of 604 square kilometers, of which eleven square kilometers are water and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Berrien County , Lowndes County , Brooks County , Colquitt County and Tift County .

history

Cook County was formed on July 30, 1918 as the 153rd County in Georgia from parts of Berrien County. It was named after Philip Cook , a general who fought in the Seminole and Civil War and was a Georgia minister for over 20 years.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1920	11,180	-
1930	11,311	1.2%
1940	11,919	5.4%
1950	12,201	2.4%
1960	11,822	-3.1%
1970	12,129	2.6%
1980	13,490	11.2%
1990	13,456	-0.3%
2000	15,771	17.2%
2010	17,212	9.1%
1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 17,212 inhabitants were distributed over 6,339 inhabited households, which results in an average of 2.69 people per household. There are a total of 7,287 households.

72.5% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.16 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 38.1% of all households and persons aged at least 65 in 26.8% of all households.

29.8% of the population were younger than 20 years, 25.0% were 20 to 39 years old, 26.1% were 40 to 59 years old, and 19.2% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 36 years. 48.6% of the population were male and 51.4% were female.

67.0% of the population identified themselves as whites, 27.3% as African American , 0.2% as Indians and 0.7% as Asian Americans . 3.4% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.4% to several ethnic groups. 5.9% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 34,230 USD , while 25.1% of the population lived below the poverty line.