Glynn County

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Glynn County Courthouse
Glynn County Courthouse
administration
US state : Georgia
Administrative headquarters : Brunswick
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Glynn County Administration
Office Park
1803 Gloucester Street
Brunswick, Georgia, 31520
Foundation : February 5, 1777
Made up from: Original County
Area code : 001 912
Demographics
Residents : 79,626  (2010)
Population density : 72.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1516 km²
Water surface : 422 km²
map
Map of Glynn County within Georgia
Website : www.glynncounty.org

The Glynn County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Brunswick .

geography

The county is located in southeast Georgia, south of the Altamaha River on the Atlantic Ocean and has an area of ​​1,516 square kilometers, of which 422 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: McIntosh Counties , Camden Counties , Brantley Counties , and Wayne Counties . The county is part of the metropolitan area of ​​Brunswick .

Fort Frederica , built in 1736 and abandoned in 1748 , is a coastal fortress of the British colony of Georgia against the Spaniards in Florida on St. Simons Island offshore .

history

Glynn County was formed on February 5, 1777 as one of the eight original counties. It was named after John Glynn , a member of the British Parliament .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1830 4567 -
1840 5302 16.1%
1850 4933 -7%
1860 3889 -21.2%
1870 5376 38.2%
1880 6497 20.9%
1890 13,420 106.6%
1900 14,317 6.7%
1910 15,720 9.8%
1920 19,370 23.2%
1930 19,400 0.2%
1940 21,920 13%
1950 29,046 32.5%
1960 41,954 44.4%
1970 50,528 20.4%
1980 54,981 8.8%
1990 62,496 13.7%
2000 67,568 8.1%
2010 79,626 17.8%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Jekyll Island
The Glynco Brunswick Airport

According to the 2010 census, the then 79,626 inhabitants were distributed over 31,774 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.46 people per household. There are a total of 40,716 households.

66.9% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 2.98 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 32.5% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 27.7% of all households.

26.6% of the population were younger than 20 years, 24.1% were 20 to 39 years old, 33.7% were 40 to 59 years old, and 21.5% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 39 years. 47.5% of the population were male and 52.5% were female.

67.6% of the population identified themselves as whites, 26.0% as African-Americans , 0.3% as Indians and 1.2% as Asian Americans . 3.1% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.8% to several ethnic groups. 6.4% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 45,588 USD , while 19.7% of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Glynn County

Locations in Glynn County with population from the 2010 census :

City :

Census-designated places :

Islands

Web links

Commons : Glynn County, Georgia  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 1671513. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Glynn County at georgia.gov . Retrieved February 14, 2011
  3. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 14, 2011
  5. ↑ 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 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov
  6. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved October 25, 2016.

Coordinates: 31 ° 13 ′  N , 81 ° 29 ′  W