Taylor County (Georgia)

administration
Taylor County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	butler
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Taylor County Administration P.O. Box 2044 Butler, Georgia, 31006-2044
Foundation :	January 15, 1852
Made up from:	Macon County Marion County Talbot County
Area code :	001 478
Demographics
Residents :	8906 (2010)
Population density :	9.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	983 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
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The Taylor County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Butler .

geography

The county is located in west-west Georgia, about 50 miles from Alabama and covers an area of 983 square kilometers, of which six square kilometers are water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Upson County , Crawford County , Peach County , Macon County , Schley County , Marion County, and Talbot County .

history

Taylor County was formed on January 15, 1852 as the 98th County of Georgia from parts of Macon County, Marion County and Talbot Counties. It was named after Zachary Taylor , an officer in the Texan-Mexican War and later 12th President of the United States. The 2006 film For One Night, starring Raven-Symoné Pearman, dealt with this topic.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	5998	-
1870	7143	19.1%
1880	8597	20.4%
1890	8606	0.1%
1900	9846	14.4%
1910	10,839	10.1%
1920	11,473	5.8%
1930	10,617	-7.5%
1940	10,768	1.4%
1950	9113	-15.4%
1960	8311	-8.8%
1970	7865	-5.4%
1980	7902	0.5%
1990	7642	-3.3%
2000	8815	15.3%
2010	8906	1 %
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 8,906 inhabitants were distributed among 3,522 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.44 people per household. There are a total of 4563 households.

66.5% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.04 people. There were children under the age of 18 in 32.6% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 29.3% of all households.

27.5% of the population were younger than 20 years, 23.0% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.5% were 40 to 59 years old, and 21.0% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 40 years. 48.3% of the population were male and 51.7% were female.

58.5% of the population identified themselves as whites, 39.3% as African American , 0.1% as Indians and 0.6% as Asian Americans . 0.7% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 0.8% to several ethnic groups. 1.8% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 27,114 USD , while 28.4% of the population lived below the poverty line.