Miller County, Georgia

administration
The Miller County Courthouse in Colquitt
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Colquitt
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Miller County Administration 155 S. First Street Colquitt, Georgia, 39837-3603
Foundation :	February 26, 1856
Made up from:	Baker County Early County
Area code :	001 229
Demographics
Residents :	6125 (2010)
Population density :	8.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	735 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

The Miller County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Colquitt , named after Walter Colquitt , a senator , prosecutor, and judge .

geography

The county is located in southwest Georgia, about 25 km to the west from Alabama and about 40 km to the south from Florida . It covers an area of 735 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Baker County , Decatur County , Seminole County, and Early County .

history

Miller County was formed on February 26, 1856 from parts of Baker County and Early County. It was named after Judge Andrew J. Miller , commander of the Oglethorpe Infantry, member of the government and multiple President of the US Senate .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	1701	-
1870	3091	81.7%
1880	3720	20.3%
1890	4275	14.9%
1900	6319	47.8%
1910	7986	26.4%
1920	9565	19.8%
1930	9076	-5.1%
1940	9998	10.2%
1950	9023	-9.8%
1960	6908	-23.4%
1970	6397	-7.4%
1980	7038	10%
1990	6280	-10.8%
2000	6383	1.6%
2010	6125	-4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the 6,125 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 2,791 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.46 people per household. There are a total of 2426 households.

69.0% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.00 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 32.2% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 31.7% of all households.

25.9% of the population were younger than 20 years, 22.1% were 20 to 39 years old, 27.3% were 40 to 59 years old, and 24.6% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 42 years. 47.8% of the population were male and 52.2% were female.

69.6% of the population identified themselves as whites, 28.1% as African-Americans , 0.2% as Indians and 0.5% as Asian Americans . 0.4% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.2% to several ethnic groups. 1.5% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 36,463 USD , while 25.1% of the population lived below the poverty line.