Mitchell County, Georgia

administration
The Mitchell County Courthouse in Camilla
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Camilla
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Mitchell County Administration P.O. Box 187 Camilla, Georgia, 31730-0187
Foundation :	December 21, 1857
Made up from:	Baker County
Area code :	001 229
Demographics
Residents :	23,498 (2010)
Population density :	17.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1331 km²
Water surface :	5 km²
map

Website : www.mitchellcountyga.net

The Mitchell County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Camilla , named after the daughter of General David Mitchell .

geography

The county is located in southwest Georgia, about 40 miles to the west from Alabama and about 25 miles to the south from Florida's northern border. It covers an area of 1,331 square kilometers, of which five square kilometers are water surface, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Worth County , Colquitt County , Thomas County , Grady County , Decatur County , Baker County, and Dougherty Counties .

history

Mitchell County was formed on December 21, 1857 from parts of Baker County. It was named after David Brydie Mitchell , a governor, Senate president, and commander of Georgia troops after the Revolutionary War.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	4308	-
1870	6633	54%
1880	9392	41.6%
1890	10,906	16.1%
1900	14,767	35.4%
1910	22,114	49.8%
1920	25,588	15.7%
1930	23,620	-7.7%
1940	23,261	-1.5%
1950	22,528	-3.2%
1960	19,652	-12.8%
1970	18,956	-3.5%
1980	21,114	11.4%
1990	20,275	-4%
2000	23,932	18%
2010	23,498	-1.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the 23,498 inhabitants at the time were distributed over 8,055 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.65 people per household. There are a total of 8,996 households.

71.5% 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 37.0% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 27.8% of all households.

27.7% of the population were younger than 20 years, 26.4% were 20 to 39 years old, 27.5% were 40 to 59 years old, and 18.5% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 37 years. 51.9% of the population were male and 48.1% were female.

47.9% of the population identified themselves as whites, 47.7% as African-Americans , 0.3% as Indians and 0.5% as Asian Americans . 2.4% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.0% to several ethnic groups. 4.4% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 31,111 USD , while 29.9% of the population lived below the poverty line.