Grady County (Georgia)

administration
Grady County Courthouse in Cairo, listed on NRHP No. 80004644
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Cairo
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Grady County Administration 250 North Broad Street Cairo, Georgia, 39828-2107
Foundation :	17th August 1905
Made up from:	Decatur County Thomas County
Area code :	001 229
Demographics
Residents :	25,011 (2010)
Population density :	21.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1192 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
map

The Grady County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Cairo , named after the Egyptian city of Cairo or after the city of Cairo in Illinois .

geography

The county is located in southern Georgia on the northern border with Florida and has an area of 1,192 square kilometers, of which six square kilometers are water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Thomas County , Decatur County, and Mitchell Counties .

history

Grady County was formed on August 17, 1905 from parts of Decatur County and Thomas County. It was named after Henry W. Grady , an influential journalist for the Atlanta Constitution newspaper . He created the reform catchphrase of the New South .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1910	18,457	-
1920	20,306	10%
1930	19,200	-5.4%
1940	19,654	2.4%
1950	18,928	-3.7%
1960	18,015	-4.8%
1970	17,826	-1 %
1980	19,845	11.3%
1990	20,279	2.2%
2000	23,659	16.7%
2010	25,011	5.7%
1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 25,011 inhabitants were distributed over 9,418 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.63 people per household. There are a total of 10,760 households.

71.5% 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 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 35.9% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 27.8% of all households.

28.1% of the population were younger than 20 years, 24.9% were 20 to 39 years old, 27.0% were 40 to 59 years old, and 20.0% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 38 years. 48.4% of the population were male and 51.6% were female.

62.8% of the population identified themselves as whites, 28.7% as African American , 0.7% as Indians and 0.4% as Asian Americans . 5.8% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.6% to several ethnic groups. 10.0% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 31,653 USD , while 31.1% of the population lived below the poverty line.