Long County

administration
Long County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Ludowici
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Long County Administration P.O. Box 476 Ludowici, Georgia, 31316-0476
Foundation :	August 14, 1920
Made up from:	Liberty County
Area code :	001 912
Demographics
Residents :	14,464 (2010)
Population density :	13.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1045 km²
Water surface :	7 km²
map

The Long County is a county in the US state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Ludowici , named after the Ludowici Roof Tile brickworks and the German immigrant Carl Ludowici who did fundamental work in building the high school system in America.

geography

The county is located in southeast Georgia, about 50 km off the Atlantic Ocean, and has an area of 1,045 square kilometers, of which seven square kilometers are water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Liberty County , McIntosh County , Wayne County, and Tattnall Counties .

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

history

Crawford W. Long

Long County was formed on August 14, 1920 as the 157th County of Georgia from parts of Liberty County. It was named after Dr. Crawford W. Long a pioneer of anesthesia and modern applied medicine.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1930	4180	-
1940	4086	-2.2%
1950	3598	-11.9%
1960	3874	7.7%
1970	3746	-3.3%
1980	4524	20.8%
1990	6202	37.1%
2000	10,304	66.1%
2010	14,464	40.4%
1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the 14,464 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 5,023 inhabited households, which results in an average of 2.81 people per household. There are a total of 6,039 households.

72.7% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.28 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 44.2% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 15.2% of all households.

33.5% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 30.4% were 20 to 39 years old, 25.0% were 40 to 59 years old, and 11.2% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 31 years. 49.5% of the population were male and 50.5% were female.

62.4% of the population identified themselves as whites, 25.2% as African American , 0.6% as Indians and 0.8% as Asian Americans . 7.6% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 3.4% to several ethnic groups. 12.3% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 50,848 USD , while 16.2% of the population lived below the poverty line.