Talbot County, Georgia

administration
Talbot County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Talbotton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Talbot County Administration 26 S. Washington Avenue Talbotton, Georgia, 31827
Foundation :	December 14, 1827
Made up from:	Muscogee County
Area code :	001 706
Demographics
Residents :	6865 (2010)
Population density :	6.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1022 km²
Water surface :	4 km²
map

Website : talbotcounty.georgia.gov

The Talbot County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Talbotton .

geography

The county is located in western Georgia, about 50 km from Alabama and has an area of 1,022 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers are water surface, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Upson County , Taylor County , Marion County , Chattahoochee County , Muscogee County , Harris County, and Meriwether County .

history

Talbot County was formed on December 14, 1827 as the 74th County from parts of Muscogee County. It was named after Governor Matthew Talbot , who was also President of the Georgia Senate.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	5940	-
1840	15,627	163.1%
1850	16,534	5.8%
1860	13,616	-17.6%
1870	11,913	-12.5%
1880	14,115	18.5%
1890	13,258	-6.1%
1900	12,197	-8th %
1910	11,696	-4.1%
1920	11,158	-4.6%
1930	8458	-24.2%
1940	8141	-3.7%
1950	7687	-5.6%
1960	7127	-7.3%
1970	6625	-7%
1980	6536	-1.3%
1990	6524	-0.2%
2000	6498	-0.4%
2010	6865	5.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 6,865 inhabitants were distributed over 2,832 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.42 people per household. There are a total of 3399 households.

67.2% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 2.98 persons. Children under the age of 18 lived in 28.4% of all households and persons aged 65 or over lived in 31.6% of all households.

23.9% of the population were younger than 20 years, 19.2% were 20 to 39 years old, 32.9% were 40 to 59 years old, and 23.9% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 46 years. 47.3% of the population were male and 52.7% were female.

39.0% of the population identified themselves as whites, 59.2% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 0.1% as Asian Americans . 0.4% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.0% to several ethnic groups. 1.3% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 36,957 USD , while 20.7% of the population lived below the poverty line.