Wilkinson County, Georgia

administration
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Irwinton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Wilkinson County Administration P.O. Box 161 Irwinton, Georgia, 31042-0161
Foundation :	May 11, 1803
Area code :	001 478
Demographics
Residents :	9563 (2010)
Population density :	8.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1171 km²
Water surface :	14 km²
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The Wilkinson County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Irwinton , named after Jared Irwin , a governor of Georgia.

geography

The county is located a few miles east of the geographic center of Georgia and has an area of 1,171 square kilometers, of which 14 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Washington County , Johnson County , Laurens County , Twiggs County , Jones County, and Baldwin Counties .

history

Wilkinson County was formed as the 29th County of Georgia on May 11, 1803. It was named after General James Wilkinson of Maryland , an officer in the Revolutionary War and the first governor of the Louisiana Territory .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1810	2154	-
1820	6992	224.6%
1830	6513	-6.9%
1840	6842	5.1%
1850	8296	21.3%
1860	9376	13%
1870	9383	0.1%
1880	12,061	28.5%
1890	10,781	-10.6%
1900	11,440	6.1%
1910	10,078	-11.9%
1920	11,376	12.9%
1930	10,844	-4.7%
1940	11,025	1.7%
1950	9781	-11.3%
1960	9250	-5.4%
1970	9393	1.5%
1980	10,368	10.4%
1990	10,228	-1.4%
2000	10,220	-0.1%
2010	9563	-6.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 9,563 inhabitants were distributed over 3,666 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.58 people per household. There are a total of 4487 households.

72.0% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.06 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 33.6% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 30.0% of all households.

26.7% of the population were younger than 20 years, 21.9% were 20 to 39 years old, 29.7% were 40 to 59 years old, and 21.7% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 41 years. 47.9% of the population were male and 52.1% were female.

58.5% of the population identified themselves as whites, 38.4% as African-Americans , 0.3% as Indians and 0.3% as Asian Americans . 1.3% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.1% to several ethnic groups. 2.2% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 38,827 USD , while 20.8% of the population lived below the poverty line.