Emanuel County
![]() Emanuel County Courthouse |
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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 |
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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 | |||
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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.
Places in Emanuel County
Emanuel County localities with 2010 census population :
Cities :
- Adrian - 664 inhabitants
- Garfield - 201 residents
- Nunez - 147 inhabitants
- Oak Park - 484 residents
- Stillmore - 532 inhabitants
- Summertown - 160 residents
- Swainsboro ( County Seat ) - 7,277 residents
- Twin City - 1742 inhabitants
- Canoochee - 71 inhabitants
- Norristown - 59 residents
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ GNIS-ID: 347508. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
- ↑ Emanuel County at georgia.gov . Retrieved February 14, 2011
- ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
- ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 14, 2011
- ↑ Excerpt from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 2, 2012
- ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved October 13, 2016.
Coordinates: 32 ° 35 ′ N , 82 ° 18 ′ W