George County

administration
George County Courthouse
US state :	Mississippi
Administrative headquarters :	Lucedale
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 355 Cox Street Lucedale, MS 39452-6514
Foundation :	March 16, 1910
Made up from:	Greene County Jackson County
Area code :	001 601
Demographics
Residents :	22,578 (2010)
Population density :	18.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1253 km²
Water surface :	14 km²
map

The George County is a county in the US state of Mississippi . The county seat is Lucedale . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located almost in the extreme south of Mississippi, borders Alabama in the east , is about 50 km from the Gulf of Mexico in the south and has an area of 1253 square kilometers, of which 14 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Perry County	Greene County
Stone County		Mobile County, Alabama
	Jackson County

history

George County was formed on March 16, 1910 from parts of Green County and Jackson County. It was named after James Z. George a presiding judge of the United States Supreme Court and a US Senator .

One place in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as of February 1, 2018, the Bilbo Basin Shell Deposit Site .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1910	6599	-
1920	5564	-15.7%
1930	7523	35.2%
1940	8704	15.7%
1950	10,012	15%
1960	11,098	10.8%
1970	12,459	12.3%
1980	15,927	27.8%
1990	16,673	4.7%
2000	19,144	14.8%
2010	22,578	17.9%
1900–1990 2000 + 2010 George County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , George County had 19,144 people in 6,742 households and 5,305 families. The population density was 15 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 89.38 percent white, 8.82 percent African American, 0.24 percent Native American, 0.16 percent Asian and 0.84 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.57 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 1.60 percent of the population.

Of the 6,742 households, 38.7 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 64.0 percent were married couples living together, 10.4 percent were single mothers, and 21.3 percent were non-families. 19.1 percent of all households were single households and 8.2 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.17.

29.2 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 9.4 percent between 18 and 24, 28.6 percent between 25 and 44, 21.9 percent between 45 and 64 years old, and 10.9 percent were 65 years or older . The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 100.6 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 98.6 males.

The average income of a household amounted to 34,730 USD , for a family is 39,386 USD. Males had a median income of $ 33,575 versus $ 20,542 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,337. About 13.0 percent of families and 16.7 percent of the population were below the poverty line .