Irwin County

administration
Irwin County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Ocilla
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Irvin County Administration 207 South Irwin Avenue Suite 1 Ocilla, Georgia, 31774-1858
Foundation :	December 15, 1818
Area code :	001 229
Demographics
Residents :	9538 (2010)
Population density :	10.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	939 km²
Water surface :	15 km²
map

The Irwin County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Ocilla , named after an Indian settlement.

geography

The county is located in central south Georgia, about 50 miles from the northern Florida border and has an area of 939 square kilometers, of which 15 square kilometers are water and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Ben Hill County , Coffee County , Berrien County , Tift County and Turner County .

history

Irwin County was formed from Land of the Creek Indians on December 15, 1818, the 45th county in Georgia. It was named after Jared Irwin a governor of Georgia.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1820	411	-
1830	1180	187.1%
1840	2038	72.7%
1850	3334	63.6%
1860	1639	-50.8%
1870	1837	12.1%
1880	1696	-7.7%
1890	6316	272.4%
1900	13,645	116%
1910	10,461	-23.3%
1920	12,670	21.1%
1930	12.199	-3.7%
1940	12,936	6%
1950	11,973	-7.4%
1960	9211	-23.1%
1970	8036	-12.8%
1980	8988	11.8%
1990	8649	-3.8%
2000	9931	14.8%
2010	9538	-4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 9,538 inhabitants were distributed over 3,495 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.54 people per household. There are a total of 4033 households.

70.8% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.05 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 35.5% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 29.6% of all households.

26.9% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 24.8% were 20 to 39 years old, 27.0% were 40 to 59 years old, and 21.3% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 39 years. 50.4% of the population were male and 49.6% were female.

71.4% of the population identified themselves as whites, 25.9% as African American and 0.6% as Asian Americans . 1.1% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 0.9% to several ethnic groups. 2.4% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 34,156 USD , while 26.0% of the population lived below the poverty line.