Taliaferro County

administration
Taliaferro County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 80001242
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Crawfordville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Taliaferro County Administration P.O. Box 114 Crawfordville, Georgia, 30631-0114
Foundation :	December 24, 1825
Area code :	001 706
Demographics
Residents :	1717 (2010)
Population density :	3.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	506 km²
Water surface :	0 km²
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The Taliaferro County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Crawfordville .

geography

The county is located in northeast Georgia and covers an area of 506 square kilometers with no significant surface water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Wilkes County , Warren County , Hancock County , Greene County, and Oglethorpe Counties .

history

Taliaferro County was formed on December 24, 1825 as the 65th County in Georgia. It was named after Benjamin Taliaferro , a hero in the Revolutionary War and a member of Congress.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	4934	-
1840	5190	5.2%
1850	5146	-0.8%
1860	4583	-10.9%
1870	4796	4.6%
1880	7034	46.7%
1890	7291	3.7%
1900	7912	8.5%
1910	8766	10.8%
1920	8841	0.9%
1930	6172	-30.2%
1940	6278	1.7%
1950	4515	-28.1%
1960	3370	-25.4%
1970	2423	-28.1%
1980	2032	-16.1%
1990	1915	-5.8%
2000	2077	8.5%
2010	1717	-17.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Statue of Alexander Hamilton Stephens , Vice President of the Confederate. Listed in the NRHP

Taliaferro County is Georgia's smallest county by population.

According to the 2010 census, the 1717 inhabitants at that time were distributed among 759 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.25 people per household. There are a total of 1015 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 2.83 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 24.9% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 36.4% of all households.

21.8% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 20.2% were 20 to 39 years old, 30.3% were 40 to 59 years old, and 27.7% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 46 years. 49.0% of the population were male and 51.0% were female.

37.3% of the population identified themselves as whites, 59.6% as African-Americans , 0.1% as Indians and 0.6% as Asian Americans . 0.9% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.4% to several ethnic groups. 2.0% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 28,152 USD , while 31.4% of the population lived below the poverty line.