Emanuel County

administration
Emanuel County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Swainsboro
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Emanuel County Administration P.O. Box 787 Swainsboro, GA 30401-0787
Foundation :	December 10, 1812
Area code :	001 478
Demographics
Residents :	22,598 (2010)
Population density :	12.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1788 km²
Water surface :	12 km²
map

The Emanuel County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Swainsboro , which was named after Colonel Stephen Swain .

geography

The county is located in east Georgia, about 70 km to the northeast from South Carolina and about 140 km to the southeast from the Atlantic Ocean . It has an area of 1788 square kilometers, of which twelve square kilometers are water and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Burke County , Jenkins County , Bulloch County , Candler County , Toombs County , Treutlen County , Johnson County and Jefferson County .

history

Emanuel County was formed on December 10, 1812. It was named after David Emanuel , a governor of Georgia. The seat of the county administration, Swainsboro, was briefly renamed Paris after the formation of the county, but then converted back to Swainsboro.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1820	2928	-
1830	2673	-8.7%
1840	3129	17.1%
1850	4577	46.3%
1860	5081	11%
1870	6134	20.7%
1880	9759	59.1%
1890	14,703	50.7%
1900	21,279	44.7%
1910	25,140	18.1%
1920	25,862	2.9%
1930	24.101	-6.8%
1940	23,517	-2.4%
1950	19,789	-15.9%
1960	17,815	-10%
1970	18,189	2.1%
1980	20,795	14.3%
1990	20,546	-1.2%
2000	21,837	6.3%
2010	22,598	3.5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 22,598 inhabitants were distributed over 8,430 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.57 people per household. There are a total of 9,968 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 3.10 people. There were children under the age of 18 in 35.9% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 27.5% of all households.

28.1% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 25.6% were 20 to 39 years old, 26.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 19.9% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 37 years. 48.8% of the population were male and 51.2% were female.

61.6% of the population identified themselves as whites, 33.5% as African-Americans , 0.3% as Indians and 0.7% as Asian Americans . 3.0% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 0.9% to several ethnic groups. XXX% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 33,142 USD , while 30.8% of the population lived below the poverty line.