Thomas County, Georgia

administration
Thomas County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 70000224
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Thomasville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Thomas County Administration P.O. Box 920 Thomasville, Georgia, 31799-0920
Foundation :	December 23, 1825
Made up from:	Decatur County Irwin County
Area code :	001 229
Demographics
Residents :	44,720 (2010)
Population density :	31.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1430 km²
Water surface :	10 km²
map

Website : www.thomascountyboc.org

The Thomas County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Thomasville .

geography

The county is located in southern Georgia, on the northern border of Florida and has an area of 1,430 square kilometers, of which ten square kilometers are water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Colquitt County , Brooks County , Grady County, and Mitchell Counties .

history

Thomas County was formed on December 23, 1825 as the 63rd County in Georgia from parts of Decatur County and Irwin Counties. It was named, like Thomasville, after General Jett Thomas , a hero of the Indian War of 1812. He also built the first university building in Athens .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	3299	-
1840	6766	105.1%
1850	10,103	49.3%
1860	10,765	6.6%
1870	14,523	34.9%
1880	20,597	41.8%
1890	26,154	27%
1900	31,076	18.8%
1910	29,071	-6.5%
1920	33,044	13.7%
1930	32,612	-1.3%
1940	31,289	-4.1%
1950	33,932	8.4%
1960	34,319	1.1%
1970	34,515	0.6%
1980	38,098	10.4%
1990	38,986	2.3%
2000	42,737	9.6%
2010	44,720	4.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

The Lapham-Patterson House , listed on the NRHP

According to the 2010 census, the then 44,720 inhabitants were distributed over 17,573 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.50 people per household. There are a total of 20,177 households.

68.3% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.03 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 33.8% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 28.0% of all households.

27.4% of the population were younger than 20 years, 23.0% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.4% were 40 to 59 years old, and 21.0% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 40 years. 47.4% of the population were male and 52.6% were female.

59.6% of the population identified themselves as whites, 36.9% as African American , 0.4% as Indians and 0.7% as Asian Americans . 1.2% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.2% to several ethnic groups. 2.9% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 38,241 USD , while 21.3% of the population lived below the poverty line.