Dooly County

administration
Dooly County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Vienna
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Dooly County Administration P.O. Box 348 Vienna, GA 31092-0348
Foundation :	May 15, 1921
Made up from:	Original County
Area code :	001 229
Demographics
Residents :	14,918 (2010)
Population density :	14.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1028 km²
Water surface :	11 km²
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The Dooly County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The administrative seat ( county seat ) is Vienna , named after the Austrian capital Vienna .

geography

The county is located about 50 km south of the geographic center of Georgia and covers an area of 1,028 square kilometers, of which eleven square kilometers are water and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Houston County , Pulaski County , Wilcox County , Crisp County , Sumter County, and Macon County .

history

Dooly County was formed as the 48th County in Georgia as Original County on May 15, 1921. It was named after Colonel John Dooly , a hero of the revolution.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	2135	-
1840	4427	107.4%
1850	8361	88.9%
1860	8917	6.6%
1870	9790	9.8%
1880	12,420	26.9%
1890	18,146	46.1%
1900	26,567	46.4%
1910	20,554	-22.6%
1920	20,522	-0.2%
1930	18,025	-12.2%
1940	16,886	-6.3%
1950	14,159	-16.1%
1960	11,474	-19%
1970	10,404	-9.3%
1980	10,826	4.1%
1990	9901	-8.5%
2000	11,525	16.4%
2010	14,918	29.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the 14,918 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 5,286 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.45 people per household. There are a total of 6,328 households.

67.7% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 2.99 people. There were children under the age of 18 in 31.3% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 29.0% of all households.

23.4% of the population were younger than 20 years, 26.4% were 20 to 39 years old, 29.6% were 40 to 59 years old, and 20.3% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 40 years. 54.0% of the population were male and 46.0% were female.

45.6% of the population identified themselves as whites, 49.9% as African American , 0.1% as Indians and 0.6% as Asian Americans . 2.8% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 0.9% to several ethnic groups. 5.8% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 28,251 USD , while 27.9% of the population lived below the poverty line.