Jones County, Georgia

administration
Jones County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Gray
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Jones County Administration P.O. Box 1359 Gray, Georgia, 31032-1359
Foundation :	December 10, 1807
Made up from:	Baldwin County
Area code :	001 478
Demographics
Residents :	28,669 (2010)
Population density :	28.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1024 km²
Water surface :	4 km²
map

Website : www.jonescounty.org

The Jones County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Gray , named after James Madison Gray , who supported the Confederates financially during the Civil War.

geography

The county is located approximately 30 km north of the geographic center of Georgia and has an area of 1,024 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers are water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Putnam County , Baldwin County , Wilkinson County , Twiggs County , Bibb County , Monroe County , and Jasper County .

The county is part of the Macon Metropolitan Area .

history

Jones County was formed on December 10, 1807 as the 30th County of Georgia from parts of Baldwin County. It was named after James Jones , a member of Congress from Georgia.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1810	8597	-
1820	16,570	92.7%
1830	13,345	-19.5%
1840	10,065	-24.6%
1850	10,224	1.6%
1860	9107	-10.9%
1870	9436	3.6%
1880	11,613	23.1%
1890	12,709	9.4%
1900	13,358	5.1%
1910	13,103	-1.9%
1920	13,269	1.3%
1930	8992	-32.2%
1940	8331	-7.4%
1950	7538	-9.5%
1960	8468	12.3%
1970	12,218	44.3%
1980	16,579	35.7%
1990	20,739	25.1%
2000	23,639	14%
2010	28,669	21.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 28,669 inhabitants were distributed over 10,586 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.68 people per household. There are a total of 11,688 households.

xxx% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.10 people. There were children under the age of 18 in 38.8% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 24.9% of all households.

28.7% of the population were younger than 20 years, 23.3% were 20 to 39 years old, 29.5% were 40 to 59 years old, and 18.7% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 39 years. 48.4% of the population were male and 51.6% were female.

73.2% of the population identified themselves as whites, 24.4% as African American , 0.2% as Indians and 0.7% as Asian Americans . 0.4% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.1% to several ethnic groups. 1.1% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 51,857 USD , while 16.8% of the population lived below the poverty line.