Richmond County, Georgia

administration
Richmond County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Augusta
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Richmond County Administration P.O. Box 1837 600 Broad Street Augusta, Georgia, 30903
Foundation :	February 5, 1777
Made up from:	Original County
Area code :	001 706 and 001 880
Demographics
Residents :	200,549 (2010)
Population density :	238.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	851 km²
Water surface :	11 km²
map

Website : www.augustaga.gov

The Richmond County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Augusta , named after Augusta von Sachsen-Gotha , Princess of Wales and was also the capital of Georgia from 1785 to 1795.

geography

The county is located in northeast Georgia, on the border with South Carolina and has an area of 851 square kilometers, of which eleven square kilometers are water surface, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Burke County , Jefferson County , McDuffie County and Columbia County .

The county is part of the metropolitan area of Augusta .

history

Richmond County was formed as the Original County on February 5, 1777. It was named after the British Duke of Richmond. The following counties were later formed from Richmond County: Columbia County , Glascock County and McDuffie Counties and parts of the counties: Jefferson County and Warren County .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1790	11,317	-
1800	5475	-51.6%
1810	6189	13%
1820	8608	39.1%
1830	11,644	35.3%
1840	11,932	2.5%
1850	16,246	36.2%
1860	21,284	31%
1870	25,724	20.9%
1880	34,665	34.8%
1890	45.104	30.1%
1900	53,735	19.1%
1910	58,886	9.6%
1920	63,692	8.2%
1930	72,990	14.6%
1940	81,863	12.2%
1950	108,876	33%
1960	135.601	24.5%
1970	162,437	19.8%
1980	181,629	11.8%
1990	189,719	4.5%
2000	199,775	5.3%
2010	200,549	0.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 200,549 inhabitants were distributed over 76,924 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.47 people per household. There are a total of 86,331 households.

63.2% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.09 persons. Children under the age of 18 lived in 33.6% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 22.3% of all households.

28.2% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 29.8% were 20 to 39 years old, 25.7% were 40 to 59 years old, and 16.4% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 33 years. 48.4% of the population were male and 51.6% were female.

39.7% of the population identified themselves as whites, 54.2% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 1.7% as Asian Americans . 1.5% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.6% to several ethnic groups. 4.1% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 38,595 USD , while 25.2% of the population lived below the poverty line.