Oglethorpe County

administration
Oglethorpe County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Lexington
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Oglethorpe County Administration P.O. Box 261 Lexington, Georgia, 30648-0261
Foundation :	December 19, 1793
Area code :	001 706
Demographics
Residents :	14,899 (2010)
Population density :	13 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1145 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
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The Oglethorpe County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Lexington .

geography

The county is located in north-central Georgia, in the southeast about 30 km from the western border of South Carolina and has an area of 1,145 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water surface, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Elbert County , Wilkes County , Taliaferro County , Greene County , Oconee County , Clarke County, and Madison County .

The county is part of the Athens – Clarke County metropolitan area .

history

Oglethorpe County was formed on December 19, 1793 as the 19th county in Georgia. It was named after the founder of Georgia, General James E. Oglethorpe .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1800	9780	-
1810	12,297	25.7%
1820	14,046	14.2%
1830	13,618	-3%
1840	10,868	-20.2%
1850	12,259	12.8%
1860	11,549	-5.8%
1870	11,782	2%
1880	15,400	30.7%
1890	16,951	10.1%
1900	17,881	5.5%
1910	18,680	4.5%
1920	20,287	8.6%
1930	12,927	-36.3%
1940	12,430	-3.8%
1950	9958	-19.9%
1960	7926	-20.4%
1970	7598	-4.1%
1980	8929	17.5%
1990	9763	9.3%
2000	12,635	29.4%
2010	14,899	17.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 14,899 inhabitants were distributed among 5,647 inhabited households, which results in an average of 2.61 people per household. There are a total of 6,484 households.

72.1% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.07 persons. Children under the age of 18 lived in 34.9% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 27.0% of all households.

26.6% of the population were younger than 20 years, 23.3% were 20 to 39 years old, 29.7% were 40 to 59 years old, and 20.7% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 40 years. 49.6% of the population were male and 50.4% were female.

78.3% of the population identified themselves as whites, 17.2% as African American , 0.2% as Indians and 0.4% as Asian Americans . 1.9% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.9% to several ethnic groups. 3.7% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 44,403 USD , while 17.9% of the population lived below the poverty line.