Morgan County, Georgia

administration
Morgan County Courthouse in Madison, listed on the NRHP
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Madison
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Morgan County Administration P.O. Box 168 Madison, Georgia, 30650-0168
Foundation :	December 10, 1807
Made up from:	Baldwin County
Area code :	001 706
Demographics
Residents :	17,868 (2010)
Population density :	19.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	918 km²
Water surface :	13 km²
map

Website : www.madisonga.org

The Morgan County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Madison .

geography

The county is located in north-central Georgia and has an area of 918 square kilometers, of which 13 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Oconee County , Greene County , Putnam County , Jasper County , Newton County, and Walton County .

The county is part of the metropolitan area of Atlanta .

history

Morgan County was formed on December 10, 1807 as the 32nd county in Georgia from parts of Baldwin County. It was named after General Daniel Morgan , who defeated the British at Cowpens in the Revolutionary War .

In 1849 the Madison Collegiate Institute was founded, later renamed Georgia Female College , and a short time later the Methodist Female College was founded. These two colleges were the first two for women in America. Both institutes were destroyed by fire years later.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1810	8309	-
1820	13,520	62.7%
1830	12,046	-10.9%
1840	9121	-24.3%
1850	10,744	17.8%
1860	9997	-7%
1870	10,696	7%
1880	14,032	31.2%
1890	16,041	14.3%
1900	15,813	-1.4%
1910	19,717	24.7%
1920	20,143	2.2%
1930	12,488	-38%
1940	12,713	1.8%
1950	11,899	-6.4%
1960	10,280	-13.6%
1970	9904	-3.7%
1980	11,572	16.8%
1990	12,883	11.3%
2000	15,457	20%
2010	17,868	15.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 17,868 inhabitants were distributed over 6,660 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.66 people per household. There are a total of 7,472 households.

76.2% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.06 persons. Children under the age of 18 lived in 35.4% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 29.6% of all households.

27.1% of the population were younger than 20 years, 20.8% were 20 to 39 years old, 30.0% were 40 to 59 years old, and 22.0% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 41 years. 48.3% of the population were male and 51.7% were female.

72.7% of the population identified themselves as whites, 23.6% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 0.6% as Asian Americans . 1.6% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.3% to several ethnic groups. 2.8% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 54,506 USD , while 13.3% of the population lived below the poverty line.