Tattnall County

administration
Tattnall County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Reidsville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Tattnall County Administration P.O. Box 25 Reidsville, Georgia, 30453-0025
Foundation :	December 5, 1801
Area code :	001 912
Demographics
Residents :	25,520 (2010)
Population density :	20.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1264 km²
Water surface :	12 km²
map

Website : www.tattnall.com

The Tattnall County is a county in the US state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Reidsville .

geography

The county is located in southeast Georgia, about 90 km from the Atlantic Ocean and has an area of 1,264 square kilometers, of which twelve square kilometers are water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Candler County , Evans County , Liberty County , Long County , Wayne County , Appling County, and Toombs County .

history

Tattnall County was formed on December 5, 1801. It was named after Josiah Tattnall , a politician and governor of Georgia.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1810	2206	-
1820	2644	19.9%
1830	2040	-22.8%
1840	2724	33.5%
1850	3227	18.5%
1860	4352	34.9%
1870	4860	11.7%
1880	6988	43.8%
1890	10,253	46.7%
1900	20,419	99.2%
1910	18,569	-9.1%
1920	14,502	-21.9%
1930	15,411	6.3%
1940	16,243	5.4%
1950	15,939	-1.9%
1960	15,837	-0.6%
1970	16,557	4.5%
1980	18,134	9.5%
1990	17,722	-2.3%
2000	22.305	25.9%
2010	25,520	14.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 25,520 inhabitants were distributed over 8,210 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.52 people per household. There are a total of 9,966 households.

67.8% 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 34.2% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 26.7% of all households.

23.6% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 31.7% were 20 to 39 years old, 27.9% were 40 to 59 years old, and 16.8 were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 37 years. 58.2% of the population were male and 41.8% were female.

62.7% of the population identified themselves as whites, 29.3% as African American , 0.3% as Native American and 0.4% as Asian Americans . 6.1% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.3% to several ethnic groups. 9.8% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 35,578 USD , while 27.7% of the population lived below the poverty line.