Randolph County, Georgia

administration
Randolph County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Cuthbert
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Randolph County Administration P.O. Box 221 Cuthbert, Georgia, 39840-0221
Foundation :	December 20, 1828
Made up from:	Lee County
Area code :	001 229
Demographics
Residents :	7719 (2010)
Population density :	6.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1116 km²
Water surface :	4 km²
map

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The Randolph County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Cuthbert .

geography

The county is located in southwest Georgia, about 30 km from the eastern border of Alabama and has an area of 1,116 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers are water surface, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Webster County , Terrell County , Calhoun County , Clay County , Quitman County and Stewart County .

history

Randolph County was formed on December 20, 1828 as the 75th county in Georgia from parts of Lee County. It was named after John Randolph of Virginia , Republican US Senator and a descendant of Pocahontas . The first seat of the county government was Lumpkin . But after this became the seat of the county administration of Stewart County , which was formed from Randolph County, the seat was moved to Cuthbert.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	2191	-
1840	8276	277.7%
1850	12,868	55.5%
1860	9571	-25.6%
1870	10,561	10.3%
1880	13,341	26.3%
1890	15,267	14.4%
1900	16,847	10.3%
1910	18,841	11.8%
1920	16,721	-11.3%
1930	17.174	2.7%
1940	16.609	-3.3%
1950	13,804	-16.9%
1960	11,078	-19.7%
1970	8734	-21.2%
1980	9599	9.9%
1990	8023	-16.4%
2000	7791	-2.9%
2010	7719	-0.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 7,719 inhabitants were distributed over 3,187 inhabited households, which results in an average of 2.33 people per household. There are a total of 4153 households.

63.1% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 2.97 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 29.3% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 32.6% of all households.

25.8% of the population were younger than 20 years, 21.4% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.0% were 40 to 59 years old, and 25.0% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 43 years. 46.0% of the population were male and 54.0% were female.

36.6% of the population identified themselves as whites, 61.8% as African American , 0.1% as Indians and 0.3% as Asian Americans . 0.5% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 0.8% to several ethnic groups. 1.5% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 30,358 USD , while 28.7% of the population lived below the poverty line.