Jasper County, Georgia

administration
Jasper County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Monticello
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Jasper County Administration County Courthouse Monticello, Georgia 31064
Foundation :	December 10, 1807
Made up from:	Baldwin County
Area code :	001 706
Demographics
Residents :	13,900 (2010)
Population density :	14.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	968 km²
Water surface :	8 km²
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The Jasper County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Monticello and was named after the home of President Thomas Jefferson .

geography

The county is located in north-central Georgia and covers an area of 968 square kilometers, of which eight square kilometers are water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Morgan County , Putnam County , Jones County , Monroe County , Butts County, and Newton County .

The county is part of the metropolitan area of Atlanta .

history

Jasper County was formed on December 10, 1807 as the 34th County in Georgia from parts of Baldwin County. It was named after Sergeant William Jasper , a hero of the Revolutionary War.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1810	7573	-
1820	14,614	93%
1830	13.131	-10.1%
1840	11,111	-15.4%
1850	11,486	3.4%
1860	10,743	-6.5%
1870	10,439	-2.8%
1880	11,851	13.5%
1890	13,870	17%
1900	15,033	8.4%
1910	16,552	10.1%
1920	16,362	-1.1%
1930	8594	-47.5%
1940	8772	2.1%
1950	7473	-14.8%
1960	6135	-17.9%
1970	5760	-6.1%
1980	7553	31.1%
1990	8453	11.9%
2000	11,426	35.2%
2010	13,900	21.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

View over the Lloyd Shoals Dam

According to the 2010 census, the then 13,900 inhabitants were distributed among 5,044 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.74 people per household. There are a total of 6,153 households.

74.9% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.15 people. There were children under the age of 18 in 36.2% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 25.6% of all households.

27.5% of the population were younger than 20 years, 24.1% were 20 to 39 years old, 29.5% were 40 to 59 years old, and 19.1% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 39 years. 49.8% of the population were male and 50.2% were female.

73.9% of the population identified themselves as whites, 21.8% as African American , 0.4% as Indians and 0.2% as Asian Americans . 2.0% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.7% to several ethnic groups. 3.7% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 42,368 USD , while 20.7% of the population lived below the poverty line.