Harris County, Georgia

administration
Harris County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Hamilton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Harris County Administration 104 North College Street Hamilton, Georgia, 31811
Foundation :	December 14, 1827
Made up from:	Muscogee County Troup County
Area code :	001 706
Demographics
Residents :	32,024 (2010)
Population density :	26.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1225 km²
Water surface :	24 km²
map

The Harris County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Hamilton , named after James Hamilton Jr. , a governor from South Carolina .

geography

The county in western Georgia is bordered by Alabama and has an area of 1,225 square kilometers, of which 24 square kilometers are water and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Troup County , Meriwether County , Talbot County, and Muscogee Counties .

The county is part of the Columbus metropolitan area .

history

Harris County was formed on December 14, 1827 as the 71st County of Georgia from parts of Muscogee County and Troup Counties. It was named after Charles Harris, a lawyer and mayor of Savannah.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	5105	-
1840	13,933	172.9%
1850	14,721	5.7%
1860	13,730	-6.7%
1870	13,284	-3.2%
1880	15,758	18.6%
1890	16,797	6.6%
1900	18.009	7.2%
1910	17,886	-0.7%
1920	15,775	-11.8%
1930	11,140	-29.4%
1940	11,428	2.6%
1950	11,265	-1.4%
1960	11,167	-0.9%
1970	11,520	3.2%
1980	15,464	34.2%
1990	17,788	15%
2000	23,659	33%
2010	32,024	35.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 32,024 inhabitants were distributed over 11,823 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.67 people per household. There are a total of 13,397 households.

78.4% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.04 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 35.8% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 26.0% of all households.

26.4% of the population were younger than 20 years, 20.7% were 20 to 39 years old, 32.6% were 40 to 59 years old, and 20.4% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 42 years. 49.9% of the population were male and 50.1% were female.

79.3% of the population identified themselves as whites, 17.2% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 0.9% as Asian Americans . 0.8% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.5% to several ethnic groups. 2.7% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 69,060 USD , while 8.7% of the population lived below the poverty line.