Wheeler County, Georgia

administration
Wheeler County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 80001263
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Alamo
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Wheeler County Administration 209 W. Forest Avenue Alamo, Georgia, 30411
Foundation :	August 14, 1912
Made up from:	Montgomery County
Area code :	001 912
Demographics
Residents :	7421 (2010)
Population density :	9.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	777 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
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The Wheeler County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Alamo .

geography

The county is located in central southeast Georgia and has an area of 777 square kilometers, of which six square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Montgomery County , Jeff Davis County , Telfair County , Dodge County , Laurens County, and Treutlen Counties .

history

Wheeler County was formed on August 14, 1912 as the 146th County of Georgia from parts of Montgomery County. It was named after Joseph Wheeler , a Confederate cavalry general and later officer in the US Army.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1920	9817	-
1930	9149	-6.8%
1940	8535	-6.7%
1950	6712	-21.4%
1960	5342	-20.4%
1970	4596	-14%
1980	5155	12.2%
1990	4903	-4.9%
2000	6179	26%
2010	7421	20.1%
1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 7,421 inhabitants were distributed over 2,152 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.54 people per household. There are a total of 2625 households.

70.6% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.05 persons. Children under the age of 18 lived in 34.2% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 28.8% of all households.

21.2% of the population were younger than 20 years, 31.9% were 20 to 39 years old, 29.3% were 40 to 59 years old, and 17.4% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 38 years. 61.7% of the population were male and 38.3% were female.

61.3% of the population identified themselves as whites, 35.2% as African American , 0.1% as Indians and 0.2% as Asian Americans . 2.3% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 0.8% to several ethnic groups. 4.8% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 27,779 USD , while 27.4% of the population lived below the poverty line.