Dougherty County

administration
US Post Office and Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Albany
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Dougherty County Administration 222 Pine Avenue Albany, GA 31702
Foundation :	December 15, 1853
Made up from:	Baker County
Area code :	001 229
Demographics
Residents :	94,565 (2010)
Population density :	110.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	867 km²
Water surface :	13 km²
map

Website : www.dougherty.ga.us

The Dougherty County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Albany .

geography

The county is located in central southwest Georgia, about 80 km to the south from the northern border of Florida and about 70 km to the west from the eastern border of Alabama . It has an area of 867 square kilometers, of which 13 square kilometers are water and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Lee County , Worth County , Mitchell County , Baker County , Calhoun County and Terrell County .

The county is part of the Albany metropolitan area .

history

Dougherty County was formed on December 15, 1853 from parts of Baker County. Later parts of Worth County were added. It was named after the judge Charles Dougherty .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	8295	-
1870	11,517	38.8%
1880	12,622	9.6%
1890	12.206	-3.3%
1900	13,679	12.1%
1910	16,035	17.2%
1920	20,063	25.1%
1930	22.306	11.2%
1940	28,565	28.1%
1950	43,617	52.7%
1960	75,680	73.5%
1970	89,639	18.4%
1980	100,718	12.4%
1990	96,311	-4.4%
2000	96,065	-0.3%
2010	94,565	-1.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the 94,565 inhabitants at that time were distributed among 36,508 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.47 people per household. There are a total of 40,801 households.

64.2% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.08 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 34.3% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 23.5% of all households.

30.0% of the population were younger than 20 years, 27.9% were 20 to 39 years old, 24.7% were 40 to 59 years old, and 17.6% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 33 years. 46.5% of the population were male and 53.5% were female.

29.6% of the population identified themselves as whites, 67.1% as African American , 0.2% as Indians and 0.8% as Asian Americans . 1.1% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.2% to several ethnic groups. XXX% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 31,458 USD , while 32.4% of the population lived below the poverty line.