Peach County

administration
Peach County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Fort Valley
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Peach County Administration 205 W. Church Street Suite 204 Fort Valley, Georgia 31030
Foundation :	July 8, 1924
Made up from:	Houston County Macon County
Area code :	001 478
Demographics
Residents :	27,695 (2010)
Population density :	70.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	392 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Website : www.peachcounty.net

The Peach County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Fort Valley .

geography

The county is located a few miles northwest of the geographic center of Georgia and covers an area of 392 square kilometers, one square kilometer of which is water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Houston County , Macon County , Taylor County, and Crawford Counties .

The county is part of the Warner Robins metropolitan area .

history

Peach County was formed on July 8, 1924 as the last county in Georgia from parts of Houston County and Macon County. It was named after the most widely grown fruit here, the peach.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1930	10,268	-
1940	10,378	1.1%
1950	11,705	12.8%
1960	13,846	18.3%
1970	15,990	15.5%
1980	19,151	19.8%
1990	21,189	10.6%
2000	23,668	11.7%
2010	27,695	17%
1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 27,695 inhabitants were distributed over 9,958 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.58 people per household. There are a total of 11,050 households.

69.6% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.07 people. Children under the age of 18 lived in 34.6% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 24.2% of all households.

29.9% of the population were younger than 20 years, 27.2% were 20 to 39 years old, 26.0% were 40 to 59 years old, and 16.8% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 33 years. 48.4% of the population were male and 51.6% were female.

48.3% of the population identified themselves as whites, 45.9% as African American , 0.2% as Indians and 0.8% as Asian Americans . 3.2% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.5% to several ethnic groups. 6.8% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 41,128 USD , while 21.0% of the population lived below the poverty line.