Wilcox County, Georgia

administration
Wilcox County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 80001265
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Abbeville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Wilcox County Administration 103 North Broad Street Abbeville, Georgia, 31001-4201
Foundation :	December 22, 1857
Made up from:	Dooly County Irwin County Pulaski County
Area code :	001 229
Demographics
Residents :	9255 (2010)
Population density :	9.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	993 km²
Water surface :	8 km²
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The Wilcox County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Abbeville .

geography

Located a few miles south of the geographic center of Georgia, the county covers an area of 993 square kilometers, eight square kilometers of which is water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Dodge County , Telfair County , Ben Hill County , Turner County , Crisp County , Dooly County and Pulaski County .

history

Wilcox County was formed on December 22, 1857 as the 124th County of Georgia from parts of Dooly County, Irwin County, and Pulaski County. It was named after General Mark Wilcox , a co-founder of the Georgia Supreme Court.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	2115	-
1870	2439	15.3%
1880	3109	27.5%
1890	7980	156.7%
1900	11.097	39.1%
1910	13,486	21.5%
1920	15,511	15%
1930	13,439	-13.4%
1940	12,755	-5.1%
1950	10.167	-20.3%
1960	7905	-22.2%
1970	6998	-11.5%
1980	7682	9.8%
1990	7008	-8.8%
2000	8577	22.4%
2010	9255	7.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 9255 inhabitants were distributed over 2,891 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.50 people per household. There are a total of 3510 households.

70.1% 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 32.9% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 30.5% of all households.

21.3% of the population were younger than 20 years, 29.1% were 20 to 39 years old, 29.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 20.2% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 40 years. 58.7% of the population were male and 41.3% were female.

61.7% of the population identified themselves as whites, 35.1% as African American , 0.2% as Indians and 0.5% as Asian Americans . 1.6% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.0% to several ethnic groups. 3.7% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 34,071 USD , while 20.9% of the population lived below the poverty line.