Dodge County (Georgia)

administration
Dodge County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Eastman
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Dodge County Administration P.O. Box 818 Eastman, GA 31023-0818
Foundation :	October 26, 1870
Made up from:	Montgomery County Pulaski County Telfair County
Area code :	001 478
Demographics
Residents :	21,796 (2010)
Population density :	16.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1303 km²
Water surface :	7 km²
map

Website : www.eastman-georgia.com

The Dodge County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Eastman , named after William P. Eastman .

geography

The county is located approximately 70 km south of the geographic center of Georgia and covers an area of 1,303 square kilometers, seven square kilometers of which is water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Laurens County , Wheeler County , Telfair County , Wilcox County , Pulaski County, and Bleckley County .

history

Dodge County was formed on October 26, 1870 as the 134th County in Georgia from parts of Montgomery County, Pulaski County and Telfair County. It was named after William E. Dodge , a New York businessman and speculator who owned large land and forest holdings in Georgia and built the first county courthouse in 1908 at his own expense.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	5358	-
1890	11,452	113.7%
1900	13,975	22%
1910	20,127	44%
1920	22,540	12%
1930	21,599	-4.2%
1940	21,022	-2.7%
1950	17,865	-15%
1960	16,483	-7.7%
1970	15,658	-5%
1980	16,955	8.3%
1990	17.607	3.8%
2000	19,171	8.9%
2010	21,796	13.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the 21,796 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 8,177 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.43 people per household. There are a total of 9,857 households.

67.6% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 2.96 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 33.6% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 27.0% of all households.

26.8% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 25.4% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.1% were 40 to 59 years old, and 19.6% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 39 years. 52.5% of the population were male and 47.5% were female.

66.8% of the population identified themselves as whites, 29.8% as African-Americans , 0.3% as Indians and 0.5% as Asian Americans . 1.7% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.0% to several ethnic groups. 3.4% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 34,812 USD , while 19.6% of the population lived below the poverty line.