Macon County, Georgia

administration
The Macon County Courthouse in Oglethorpe, listed on NRHP No. 80001113
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Oglethorpe
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Macon County Administration P.O. Box 297 Oglethorpe, Georgia, 31068-0297
Foundation :	December 14, 1837
Made up from:	Houston County Marion County
Area code :	001 478
Demographics
Residents :	14,740 (2010)
Population density :	14.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1051 km²
Water surface :	7 km²
map

Website : www.maconcountyga.org

The Macon County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Oglethorpe , named after General James Oglethorpe , the founder of Georgia.

geography

The county is located a few miles southeast of the geographic center of Georgia and covers an area of 1,051 square kilometers, seven square kilometers of which is water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Peach County , Houston County , Dooly County , Sumter County , Schley County, and Taylor County .

history

N. Macon

The former Andersonville Prison

Macon County was formed on December 14, 1837 from parts of Houston County and Marion County. It was named after Nathaniel Macon , a General from South Carolina , statesman and President of the Senate .

During the American Civil War , about 45,000 Union soldiers were captive in southwest Macon County, of whom about 13,000 died of starvation, disease, or injuries. Most of them are buried in the Andersonville National Cemetery. In 1973 the former prisoner of war camp was restored as the Andersonville National Historic Site .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	5045	-
1850	7052	39.8%
1860	8449	19.8%
1870	11,458	35.6%
1880	11,675	1.9%
1890	13,183	12.9%
1900	14.093	6.9%
1910	15,016	6.5%
1920	17,667	17.7%
1930	16,643	-5.8%
1940	15,947	-4.2%
1950	14,213	-10.9%
1960	13,170	-7.3%
1970	12,933	-1.8%
1980	14.003	8.3%
1990	13.114	-6.3%
2000	14,074	7.3%
2010	14,740	4.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the 14,740 inhabitants at that time were distributed among 4,999 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.56 people per household. There are a total of 6,136 households.

67.3% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.15 persons. Children under the age of 18 lived in 33.0% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 27.8% of all households.

25.0% of the population were younger than 20 years, 27.3% were 20 to 39 years old, 29.3% were 40 to 59 years old, and 18.5% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 38 years. 54.1% of the population were male and 45.9% were female.

35.1% of the population identified themselves as whites, 60.6% as African-Americans , 0.3% as Indians and 1.3% as Asian Americans . 1.7% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.0% to several ethnic groups. 3.6% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 28,285 USD , while 32.6% of the population lived below the poverty line.