Hancock County, Georgia

administration
Hancock County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Sparta
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Hancock County Administration Courthouse Square Sparta, Georgia, 31087
Foundation :	December 17, 1793
Made up from:	Greene County Washington County
Area code :	001 706
Demographics
Residents :	9429 (2010)
Population density :	7.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1240 km²
Water surface :	14 km²
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The Hancock County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Sparta , which was formerly called Greek City by Greek immigrants .

geography

The county is located in central northeast Georgia and is approximately 50 miles from South Carolina in the northeast . It has an area of 1,240 square kilometers, of which 14 square kilometers are water and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Taliaferro County , Warren County , Glascock County , Washington County , Baldwin County , Putnam County, and Greene County .

history

Hancock County was formed on December 17, 1793 as the 15th County of Georgia from parts of Greene County and Washington County. It was named after John Hancock , who was the first to sign the Georgian Declaration of Independence.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	11,820	-
1840	9659	-18.3%
1850	11,578	19.9%
1860	12,044	4%
1870	11,317	-6%
1880	16,989	50.1%
1890	17,149	0.9%
1900	18,277	6.6%
1910	19,189	5%
1920	18,357	-4.3%
1930	13,070	-28.8%
1940	12,764	-2.3%
1950	11,052	-13.4%
1960	9979	-9.7%
1970	9019	-9.6%
1980	9466	5%
1990	8908	-5.9%
2000	10,076	13.1%
2010	9429	-6.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 9,429 inhabitants were distributed over 5,360 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.38 people per household. There are a total of 3341 households.

65.3% 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. Children under the age of 18 lived in 28.1% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 32.7% of all households.

20.7% of the population were younger than 20 years, 25.4% were 20 to 39 years old, 31.1% were 40 to 59 years old, and 22.7% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 43 years. 54.0% of the population were male and 46.0% were female.

24.4% of the population identified themselves as whites, 74.1% as African American , 0.4% as Indians and 0.5% as Asian Americans . 0.1% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 0.6% to several ethnic groups. 1.5% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 24,552 USD , while 32.6% of the population lived below the poverty line.