Liberty County (Georgia)

administration
Liberty County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Hinesville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Liberty County Administration P.O. Box 829 Hinesville, Georgia, 31310
Foundation :	February 5, 1777
Made up from:	St. Andrews Parish St. James Parish St. John Parish
Area code :	001 912
Demographics
Residents :	63,453 (2010)
Population density :	47.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1561 km²
Water surface :	216 km²
map

Website : mylocalgov.com/LibertyCountyGA

The Liberty County is a county in the US state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Hinesville , named after Senator Charlton Hines .

geography

The county is located in southeast Georgia and borders the Atlantic Ocean at its southeastern corner . It has an area of 1,561 square kilometers, of which 216 square kilometers are water and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Bryan County , McIntosh County , Long County , Tattnall County and Evans County .

The county is part of the Hinesville – Fort Stewart metropolitan area .

history

Liberty County was formed on February 5, 1777 as Original County from the parishes of St. Andrews, St. James and St. John.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1790	5355	-
1800	5313	-0.8%
1810	6228	17.2%
1820	6695	7.5%
1830	7233	8th %
1840	7241	0.1%
1850	7926	9.5%
1860	8367	5.6%
1870	7688	-8.1%
1880	10,649	38.5%
1890	12,887	21%
1900	13.093	1.6%
1910	12,924	-1.3%
1920	12,707	-1.7%
1930	8153	-35.8%
1940	8595	5.4%
1950	8444	-1.8%
1960	14,487	71.6%
1970	17,569	21.3%
1980	37,583	113.9%
1990	52,745	40.3%
2000	61,610	16.8%
2010	63,453	3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Aerial view of Liberty County Airport

According to the 2010 census, the 63,453 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 22,155 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.75 people per household. There are a total of 26,731 households.

74.8% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.18 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 45.9% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 13.7% of all households.

33.7% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 33.3% were 20 to 39 years old, 23.3% were 40 to 59 years old, and 9.9% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 28 years. 48.8% of the population were male and 51.2% were female.

47.1% of the population identified themselves as whites, 42.2% as African American , 0.6% as Indians and 2.0% as Asian Americans . 3.5% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 4.7% to several ethnic groups. 9.7% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 42,484 USD , while 16.9% of the population lived below the poverty line.