Terrell County, Georgia

administration
Terrell County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Dawson
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Terrell County Administration P.O. Box 525 Dawson, Georgia, 39842-0525
Foundation :	February 16, 1856
Made up from:	Randolph County Lee County
Area code :	001 229
Demographics
Residents :	9315 (2010)
Population density :	10.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	874 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
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The Terrell County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Dawson .

geography

The county is located in central southwest Georgia, about 70 km to the west from Alabama and covers an area of 874 square kilometers, of which six square kilometers are water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Sumter County , Lee County , Dougherty County , Calhoun County , Randolph County, and Webster County .

The county is part of the Albany metropolitan area .

history

Terrell County was formed on February 16, 1856 as the 113th County in Georgia from parts of Randolph County and Lee County. It was named after Dr. William Terrell , a member of Congress.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	6232	-
1870	9053	45.3%
1880	10,451	15.4%
1890	14,503	38.8%
1900	19,023	31.2%
1910	22.003	15.7%
1920	19,601	-10.9%
1930	18,290	-6.7%
1940	16,675	-8.8%
1950	14,314	-14.2%
1960	12,742	-11%
1970	11,416	-10.4%
1980	12,017	5.3%
1990	10,653	-11.4%
2000	10,970	3%
2010	9315	-15.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 9,315 inhabitants were distributed among 3,519 inhabited households, which gives an average of 3.11 people per household. There are a total of 4080 households.

69.6% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 2.57 people. There were children under the age of 18 in 33.7% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 29.2% of all households.

27.6% of the population were younger than 20 years, 22.9% 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. 48.1% of the population were male and 51.9% were female.

36.6% of the population identified themselves as whites, 61.2% as African American , 0.2% as Indians and 0.3% as Asian Americans . 0.8% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 0.9% to several ethnic groups. 1.7% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 30,438 USD , while 34.7% of the population lived below the poverty line.