Early County

administration
Early County Courthouse in Blakely, listed on NRHP No. 80001015
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Blakely
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Blakely-Early County 52 Court Square P.O. Box 189 Blakely, GA 31723
Foundation :	December 15, 1818
Made up from:	Original County
Area code :	001 229
Demographics
Residents :	11,008 (2010)
Population density :	8.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1337 km²
Water surface :	13 km²
map

Website : www.blakelyearlychamber.com

The Early County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Blakely .

geography

The county is located in southwest Georgia, borders Alabama to the west and is about 25 miles from the northern border of Florida to the south. It has an area of 1,337 square kilometers , of which 13 square kilometers are water and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Clay County , Calhoun County , Baker County , Miller County and Seminole County .

history

Early County was formed on December 15, 1818 as the 41st County of Georgia from former land of the Creek Indians as Original County. It was named after Peter Early , a Georgia governor, member of Congress and chairman of the Supreme Court.

The following counties were formed from the area of Early County: Calhoun County , Clay County , Decatur County , Dougherty County , Grady County , Miller County , Mitchell County and Seminole County .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1820	768	-
1830	2051	167.1%
1840	5444	165.4%
1850	7246	33.1%
1860	6149	-15.1%
1870	6998	13.8%
1880	7611	8.8%
1890	9792	28.7%
1900	14,828	51.4%
1910	18,122	22.2%
1920	18,983	4.8%
1930	18,273	-3.7%
1940	18,679	2.2%
1950	17,413	-6.8%
1960	13,151	-24.5%
1970	12,682	-3.6%
1980	13,158	3.8%
1990	11,854	-9.9%
2000	12,345	4.1%
2010	11.008	-10.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 11,008 inhabitants were distributed over 4,228 inhabited households, which results in an average of 2.56 people per household. There are a total of 4,975 households.

69.2% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.12 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 34.9% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 31.2% of all households.

29.2% of the population were younger than 20 years, 21.6% were 20 to 39 years old, 26.9% were 40 to 59 years old, and 22.2% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 39 years. 47.2% of the population were male and 52.8% were female.

48.4% of the population identified themselves as whites, 49.6% as African-Americans , 0.4% as Indians and 0.3% as Asian Americans . 0.5% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 0.8% to several ethnic groups. 1.6% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 35,000 USD , while 27.3% of the population lived below the poverty line.