Pulaski County, Georgia

administration
Pulaski County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Hawkinsville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Pulaski County Administration P.O. Box 29 Hawkinsville, Georgia, 31036-0029
Foundation :	December 13, 1808
Made up from:	Laurens County
Area code :	001 478
Demographics
Residents :	12,010 (2010)
Population density :	18.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	647 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
map

Website : hawkinsvillechamber.org

The Pulaski County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Hawkinsville , named after Colonel Benjamin Hawkins , a hero in the Revolutionary War.

geography

The county is located just south of the geographic center of Georgia and covers an area of 647 square kilometers, of which six square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Bleckley County , Dodge County , Wilcox County , Dooly County, and Houston Counties .

The county is part of the Warner Robins metropolitan area .

history

Pulaski County was formed on December 13, 1808 as the 36th County in Georgia from parts of Laurens County. It was named after the Polish general Casimir Pulaski , who was fatally wounded in the Revolutionary War near Savannah.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1810	2093	-
1820	5283	152.4%
1830	4906	-7.1%
1840	5389	9.8%
1850	6627	23%
1860	8744	31.9%
1870	11,940	36.6%
1880	14,058	17.7%
1890	16,559	17.8%
1900	18,489	11.7%
1910	22,835	23.5%
1920	11,587	-49.3%
1930	9005	-22.3%
1940	9829	9.2%
1950	8808	-10.4%
1960	8204	-6.9%
1970	8066	-1.7%
1980	8950	11%
1990	8108	-9.4%
2000	9588	18.3%
2010	12,010	25.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

The Hawkinsville, GA Opera House built in 1907.

According to the 2010 census, the 12,010 inhabitants at that time were distributed among 4,475 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.40 people per household. There are a total of 5151 households.

67.3% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 2.96 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 30.6% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 30.4% of all households.

23.9% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 24.6% were 20 to 39 years old, 29.4% were 40 to 59 years old, and 22.3% were 60 years or older. The mean age was 41 years. 43.2% of the population were male and 56.8% were female.

63.9% of the population identified themselves as whites, 31.8% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 0.9% as Asian Americans . 1.9% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.0% to several ethnic groups. 3.9% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 38,880 USD , while 23.8% of the population lived below the poverty line.