Webster County, Georgia

administration
Webster County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Preston
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Webster County Administration P.O. Box 29 Preston, Georgia, 31824-0029
Foundation :	December 16, 1853
Made up from:	Stewart County
Area code :	001 229
Demographics
Residents :	2799 (2010)
Population density :	5.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	545 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
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The Webster County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Preston.

geography

The county is located in central southwest Georgia, about 45 km to the west from Alabama , covers an area of 545 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Sumter County , Terrell County , Randolph County , Stewart County and Marion County .

history

Webster County was formed on December 16, 1853 as the 103rd County of Georgia from parts of Stewart County. It was named after Daniel Webster .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	5030	-
1870	4077	-18.9%
1880	5237	28.5%
1890	5695	8.7%
1900	6618	16.2%
1910	6151	-7.1%
1920	5342	-13.2%
1930	5032	-5.8%
1940	4726	-6.1%
1950	4081	-13.6%
1960	3247	-20.4%
1970	2362	-27.3%
1980	2341	-0.9%
1990	2263	-3.3%
2000	2390	5.6%
2010	2799	17.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 2799 inhabitants were distributed over 1119 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.50 people per household. There are a total of 1523 households.

70.4% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.00 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 34.4% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 28.8% of all households.

27.6% of the population were younger than 20 years, 28.6% were 20 to 39 years old, 29.3% were 40 to 59 years old, and 21.7% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 41 years. 48.7% of the population were male and 51.3% were female.

54.0% of the population identified themselves as whites, 42.3% as African American and 0.3% as Asian Americans . 2.4% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.0% to several ethnic groups. 3.5% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 37,072 USD , while 22.4% of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Webster County

The county includes the unincorporated areas of Preston and Weston. Preston had town charter from 1857 to 2009 and is the county seat . At the last census before losing city status in 2000 , Preston had 453 residents.

Web links

Commons : Webster County, Georgia - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

The Webster County at georgia.gov (engl.)

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 352287. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 2, 2012
^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved February 19, 2018.

32.05 -84.55Coordinates: 32 ° 3 ′ N , 84 ° 33 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 352287. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[2] US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011

[3] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011

[4] Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 2, 2012

[5] Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved February 19, 2018.