Pierce County, Georgia

administration
Pierce County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Blackshear
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Pierce County Administration P.O. Box 679 Blackshear, Georgia, 31516-0679
Foundation :	December 8, 1857
Made up from:	Ware County
Area code :	001 912
Demographics
Residents :	18,758 (2010)
Population density :	21.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	891 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
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The Pierce County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Blackshear .

geography

The county is located in southeast Georgia, about 90 km from both the Atlantic Ocean and the northern Florida border, and covers 891 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Wayne County , Brantley County , Ware County , Bacon County, and Appling County .

history

Pierce County was formed on December 8, 1857 as the 119th County of Georgia from parts of Ware County. It was named after Franklin Pierce , the 14th President of the United States.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	1973	-
1870	2778	40.8%
1880	4538	63.4%
1890	6379	40.6%
1900	8100	27%
1910	10,749	32.7%
1920	11,934	11%
1930	12,522	4.9%
1940	11,800	-5.8%
1950	11,112	-5.8%
1960	9678	-12.9%
1970	9281	-4.1%
1980	11,897	28.2%
1990	13,328	12%
2000	15,636	17.3%
2010	18,758	20%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 18,758 inhabitants were distributed over 7,083 inhabited households, which results in an average of 2.63 people per household. There are a total of 7,986 households.

74.4% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.05 people. There were children under the age of 18 in 37.7% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 26.6% of all households.

28.7% of the population were younger than 20 years, 23.7% were 20 to 39 years old, 27.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 20.3% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 38 years. 49.1% of the population were male and 50.9% were female.

86.9% of the population identified themselves as whites, 8.9% as African-Americans , 0.4% as Indians and 0.3% as Asian Americans . 2.2% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.4% to several ethnic groups. 4.7% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 42,730 USD , while 19.9% of the population lived below the poverty line.