Crisp County

administration
Crisp County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Cordele
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Crisp County Administration 210 Seventh Street S. Cordele, GA 31015-4217
Foundation :	17th August 1905
Made up from:	Dooly County
Area code :	001 229
Demographics
Residents :	23,439 (2010)
Population density :	33.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	728 km²
Water surface :	19 km²
map

Website : www.cordele-crisp-chamber.com

The Crisp County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Cordele , named after the daughter of the President of the Savannah, Americus, and Montgomery Railroad .

geography

The county is located in south-central Georgia, about 140 km from the northern Florida border and has an area of 728 square kilometers, of which 19 square kilometers are water surface and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Dooly County , Wilcox County , Turner County , Worth County , Lee County and Sumter County .

history

Crisp County was formed from Dooly County on August 17, 1905. It was named after Charles Frederick Crisp , a lawyer and speaker of the US House of Representatives from 1891 to 1893.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1910	16,423	-
1920	18,914	15.2%
1930	17,343	-8.3%
1940	17,540	1.1%
1950	17,663	0.7%
1960	17,768	0.6%
1970	18,087	1.8%
1980	19,489	7.8%
1990	20,011	2.7%
2000	21,996	9.9%
2010	23,439	6.6%
1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the 23,439 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 9,079 inhabited households, which is an average of 2.53 people per household. There are a total of 10,734 households.

69.3% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.04 persons. Children under the age of 18 lived in 34.4% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 26.3% of all households.

28.9% of the population were younger than 20 years, 23.5% were 20 to 39 years old, 27.3% were 40 to 59 years old, and 20.3% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 38 years. 47.9% of the population were male and 52.1% were female.

53.3% of the population identified themselves as whites, 43.0% as African American , 0.1% as Indians and 0.8% as Asian Americans . 1.8% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.0% to several ethnic groups. 3.2% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 36,280 USD , while 31.7% of the population lived below the poverty line.