Lowndes County, Georgia

administration
Lowndes County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 80001110
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Valdosta
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Lowndes County Administration P.O. Box 1349 Valdosta, Georgia, 31603-1349
Foundation :	December 23, 1825
Area code :	001 229
Demographics
Residents :	109,233 (2010)
Population density :	83.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1323 km²
Water surface :	17 km²
map

Website : www.lowndescounty.com

The Lowndes County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Valdosta , named after a valley in Italy where Governor George Troup had his estates.

geography

The county is located in southern Georgia, bordering north Florida, and has an area of 1,323 square kilometers, 17 square kilometers of which are water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Lanier County , Echols County , Brooks County , Cook County and Berrien County .

The county is part of the metropolitan area of Valdosta .

history

Lowndes County was formed on December 23, 1825. It was named after William Lowndes , a statesman from South Carolina . The first county seat was in Franklinville in 1828, but moved to Troupville in 1837 until the railroad surveyors came. The residents decided to move to the railway line about 5 km further with the whole city. In 1860 it was renamed Valdosta.

The Moody Air Force Base of the United States Air Force has also been located here since 1941 .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	2453	-
1840	5574	127.2%
1850	7714	38.4%
1860	5249	-32%
1870	8321	58.5%
1880	11,049	32.8%
1890	15.102	36.7%
1900	20,036	32.7%
1910	24,436	22%
1920	26,521	8.5%
1930	29,994	13.1%
1940	31,860	6.2%
1950	35.211	10.5%
1960	49,270	39.9%
1970	55,112	11.9%
1980	67,972	23.3%
1990	75,981	11.8%
2000	92.115	21.2%
2010	109,233	18.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Moody Air Force Base 1943

According to the 2010 census, the 109,233 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 39,747 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.59 people per household. There are a total of 43,921 households.

65.9% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.10 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 35.6% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 20.1% of all households.

29.9% of the population were younger than 20 years, 32.7% were 20 to 39 years old, 23.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 14.1% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 30 years. 48.8% of the population were male and 51.2% were female.

58.1% of the population identified themselves as white, 35.8% as African-American , 0.4% as Native American and 1.5% as Asian Americans . 2.1% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.1% to several ethnic groups. 4.8% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 38,915 USD , while 25.0% of the population lived below the poverty line.