McIntosh County, Georgia

administration
former McIntosh County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Darien
Address of the administrative headquarters:	McIntosh County Administration P.O. Box 584 Darien, Georgia, 31305-0584
Foundation :	December 19, 1793
Made up from:	Liberty County
Area code :	001 912
Demographics
Residents :	14,333 (2010)
Population density :	12.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1488 km²
Water surface :	365 km²
map

Website : www.mcintoshcounty.com

The McIntosh County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Darien , named after Fort Darien .

geography

The county is located in southeast Georgia, borders the Atlantic Ocean and has an area of 1,488 square kilometers, of which 365 square kilometers are water and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Liberty County , Glynn County , Wayne County and Long County .

The county is part of the metropolitan area of Brunswick .

history

McIntosh County was formed on December 19, 1793 as the 17th County of Georgia from parts of Liberty County. It was named after the McIntosh Clan who first explored the area.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1800	2660	-
1810	3739	40.6%
1820	5120	36.9%
1830	4998	-2.4%
1840	5360	7.2%
1850	6027	12.4%
1860	5546	-8th %
1870	4491	-19%
1880	6241	39%
1890	6470	3.7%
1900	6537	1 %
1910	6442	-1.5%
1920	5119	-20.5%
1930	5763	12.6%
1940	5292	-8.2%
1950	6008	13.5%
1960	6364	5.9%
1970	7371	15.8%
1980	8046	9.2%
1990	8634	7.3%
2000	10,847	25.6%
2010	14,333	32.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

The restored Fort King George

According to the 2010 census, the then 14,333 inhabitants were distributed over 3,249 inhabited households, which results in an average of 2.39 people per household. There are a total of 5,971 households.

67.2% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 2.91 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 28.2% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 31.9% of all households.

24.2% of the population were younger than 20 years, 20.1% were 20 to 39 years old, 30.7% were 40 to 59 years old, and 25.0% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 44 years. 48.8% of the population were male and 51.2% were female.

61.5% of the population identified themselves as whites, 35.9% as African American , 0.4% as Indians and 0.3% as Asian Americans . 0.7% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.2% to several ethnic groups. 1.6% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 45,248 USD , while 20.1% of the population lived below the poverty line.