Screven County

administration
Screven County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Sylvania
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Screven County Administration P.O. Box 159 Sylvania, Georgia, 30467-0159
Foundation :	December 14, 1793
Made up from:	Burke County Effingham County
Area code :	001 912
Demographics
Residents :	14,593 (2010)
Population density :	8.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1698 km²
Water surface :	18 km²
map

Website : www.screvencounty.com

The Screven County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Sylvania .

geography

The county is located in the far east of Georgia, on the border with South Carolina and has an area of 1,698 square kilometers, of which 18 square kilometers are water surface and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Effingham County , Bulloch County , Jenkins County and Burke County .

history

Screven County was formed on December 14, 1793 as the 14th County of Georgia from parts of Burke County and Effingham County. It was named after General James Screven , who was mortally wounded in the Revolutionary War. Screven County later became Bulloch County and Jenkins Counties.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1800	3019	-
1810	4477	48.3%
1820	3911	-12.6%
1830	4776	22.1%
1840	4794	0.4%
1850	6847	42.8%
1860	8274	20.8%
1870	9175	10.9%
1880	12,786	39.4%
1890	14,424	12.8%
1900	19,252	33.5%
1910	20.202	4.9%
1920	23,552	16.6%
1930	20.503	-12.9%
1940	20,353	-0.7%
1950	18,000	-11.6%
1960	14,919	-17.1%
1970	12,591	-15.6%
1980	14,043	11.5%
1990	13,842	-1.4%
2000	15,374	11.1%
2010	14,593	-5.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the 14,593 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 5,596 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.53 people per household. There are a total of 6,739 households.

68.9% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.07 persons. Children under the age of 18 lived in 34.0% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 28.8% of all households.

28.3% of the population were younger than 20 years, 22.3% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.1% were 40 to 59 years old, and 21.2% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 40 years. 48.8% of the population were male and 51.2% were female.

54.6% of the population identified themselves as white, 43.3% as African-American , 0.3% as Native American and 0.4% as Asian Americans . 0.3% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.1% to several ethnic groups. 1.2% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 35,047 USD , while 25.0% of the population lived below the poverty line.