Johnson County, Georgia

administration
Johnson County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Wrightsville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 269 Wrightsville, GA 31096-0269
Foundation :	December 11, 1858
Made up from:	Emanuel County Laurens County Washington County
Area code :	001 478
Demographics
Residents :	9980 (2010)
Population density :	12.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	794 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
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The Johnson County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Wrightsville , named after James B. Wright , a co-founder of the city.

geography

The county is located in eastern Georgia and 90 km to the northeast from South Carolina . It covers an area of 794 square kilometers, of which six square kilometers are water surface, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Jefferson County , Emanuel County , Laurens County , Wilkinson County, and Washington County .

history

Johnson County was formed on December 11, 1858 as the 129th County and Georgia from parts of Emanuel County, Laurens County and Washington County. It was named after Herschel Johnson , a Georgia governor, senator, and hapless US vice president.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	2919	-
1870	2964	1.5%
1880	4800	61.9%
1890	6129	27.7%
1900	11,409	86.1%
1910	12,897	13%
1920	13,546	5%
1930	12,681	-6.4%
1940	12,953	2.1%
1950	9893	-23.6%
1960	8048	-18.6%
1970	7727	-4%
1980	8660	12.1%
1990	8329	-3.8%
2000	8560	2.8%
2010	9980	16.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 9,980 inhabitants were distributed over 3,347 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.46 people per household. There are a total of 4120 households.

67.9% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.03 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 32.6% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 28.9% of all households.

23.0% of the population were younger than 20 years, 26.4% were 20 to 39 years old, 30.7% were 40 to 59 years old, and 19.9% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 40 years. 56.0% of the population were male and 44.0% were female.

63.1% of the population identified themselves as whites, 35.0% as African American , 0.2% as Indians and 0.2% as Asian Americans . 0.7% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 0.8% to several ethnic groups. 1.9% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 34,438 USD , while 23.1% of the population lived below the poverty line.