Lamar County, Georgia

administration
Lamar County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 80001103
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Barnesville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Lamar County Administration 326 Thomaston Street Barnesville, Georgia, 30204-1669
Foundation :	17th August 1920
Made up from:	Monroe County Pike County
Area code :	001 770
Demographics
Residents :	18,317 (2010)
Population density :	38.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	481 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map

The Lamar County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Barnesville , named after Gideon Barnes , a tavern owner.

geography

Located in mid-northwest Georgia, about 120 km to the west from Alabama , the county covers 481 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Butts County , Monroe County , Upson County , Pike County and Spalding County .

The county is part of the metropolitan area of Atlanta .

history

Lamar County was formed on August 17, 1920 as the 158th County in Georgia from parts of Monroe County and Pike Counties. It was named after Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar , a Confederate colonel, minister and member of the Supreme Court.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1930	9745	-
1940	10.091	3.6%
1950	10,242	1.5%
1960	10,240	-0%
1970	10,688	4.4%
1980	12,215	14.3%
1990	13,038	6.7%
2000	15,912	22%
2010	18,317	15.1%
1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 18,317 inhabitants were distributed over 6,618 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.55 people per household. There are a total of 7,474 households.

69.8% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.04 people. Children under the age of 18 lived in 31.9% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 27.6% of all households.

27.9% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 25.0% were 20 to 39 years old, 27.3% were 40 to 59 years old, and 19.9% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 38 years. 48.3% of the population were male and 51.7% were female.

66.0% of the population identified themselves as whites, 30.8% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 0.4% as Asian Americans . 0.8% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.7% to several ethnic groups. 1.9% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 40,344 USD , while 22.1% of the population lived below the poverty line.