Schley County

administration
Schley County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Ellaville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Schley County Administration P.O. Box 352 Ellaville, Georgia, 31806-0352
Foundation :	December 22, 1857
Made up from:	Marion County Sumter County
Area code :	001 229
Demographics
Residents :	5010 (2010)
Population density :	11.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	435 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
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The Schley County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Ellaville , named after the daughter of the man who made the land available for the city.

geography

Located in west central Georgia, about 70 km from the Alabama border, the county covers 453 square kilometers, one square kilometer of which is water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Taylor County , Macon County , Sumter County, and Marion Counties .

history

Schley County was formed on December 22, 1857 as the 122nd County in Georgia from parts of Marion County and Sumter County. It was named after William Schley , a governor of Georgia.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	4633	-
1870	5129	10.7%
1880	5302	3.4%
1890	5443	2.7%
1900	5499	1 %
1910	5213	-5.2%
1920	5243	0.6%
1930	5347	2%
1940	5033	-5.9%
1950	4036	-19.8%
1960	3256	-19.3%
1970	3097	-4.9%
1980	3433	10.8%
1990	3588	4.5%
2000	3766	5%
2010	5010	33%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the 5010 inhabitants at that time were distributed among 1872 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.68 people per household. There are a total of 2208 households.

71.3% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.24 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 40.2% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 27.5% of all households.

32.7% of the population were younger than 20 years, 21.4% were 20 to 39 years old, 27.4% were 40 to 59 years old, and 18.3% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 37 years. 48.0% of the population were male and 52.0% were female.

73.0% of the population identified themselves as whites, 23.3% as African American and 0.7% as Asian Americans . 1.9% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.0% to several ethnic groups. 3.2% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 41,227 USD , while 21.9% of the population lived below the poverty line.