Treutlen County

administration
The Treutlen County Courthouse in Soperton, listed on the NRHP with the number 80001246
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Soperton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Treutlen County Administration P.O. Box 88 Soperton, Georgia, 30457-0088
Foundation :	August 21, 1917
Made up from:	Emanuel County Montgomery County
Area code :	001 912
Demographics
Residents :	6885 (2010)
Population density :	13.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	524 km²
Water surface :	4 km²
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The Treutlen County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Soperton .

geography

The county is located in east Georgia and has an area of 524 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers are water surface, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Emanuel County , Montgomery County , Wheeler County, and Laurens County .

history

Treutlen County was formed on August 21, 1917 as the 152nd County in Georgia from parts of Emanuel County and Montgomery County. It was named after John Adam Treutlen , who was born in Kürnbach (Karlsruhe district) in 1734 and was the first elected governor of Georgia.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1920	7664	-
1930	7488	-2.3%
1940	7632	1.9%
1950	6522	-14.5%
1960	5874	-9.9%
1970	5647	-3.9%
1980	6087	7.8%
1990	5994	-1.5%
2000	6854	14.3%
2010	6885	0.5%
1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 6,885 inhabitants were distributed over 2,543 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.53 people per household. There are a total of 2992 households.

69.6% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.07 people. Children under the age of 18 lived in 36.0% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 27.4% of all households.

27.9% of the population were younger than 20 years, 26.1% were 20 to 39 years old, 26.4% were 40 to 59 years old, and 19.6% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 37 years. 50.1% of the population were male and 49.9% were female.

65.2% of the population identified themselves as whites, 32.6% as African American , 0.2% as Indians and 0.2% as Asian Americans . 0.8% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.0% to several ethnic groups. 1.5% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 40,204 USD , while 18.7% of the population lived below the poverty line.