Bacon County, Georgia

The Bacon County is a county located in the state of Georgia in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Alma.

Geography

The county has an area of ​​741 square kilometers, of which three square miles are water. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Appling County, Pierce County, Ware County, Coffee County and Jeff Davis County.

History

The county was formed as a 149 County on July 27, 1917 and named after Augustus Bacon, who served four terms as Senator and died in his office.

Attractions

The standing today historic buildings Bacon County Courthouse, built in 1914, the Alma Depot and Rabinowitz Building as well as the two nature reserves in the area Bacon and Whitehead Creek Area.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2000 lived in Bacon County 10,103 people in 3,833 households and 2,813 families. The population density was 14 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 81.48 percent White, 15.70 percent Black or African American, 0.15 percent Native American, 0.30 percent Asian, 0.0 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 1.46 percent from other races groups; 0.91 percent were descended from two or more races. 3.39 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 3,833 households out of which 33.0 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 55.2 percent were married couples living together, 14.1 percent were single mothers and 26.6 percent were non-families. 23.6 percent of all households and 9.5 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.03 persons.

26.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.9 percent between 18 and 24, 28.0 percent between 25 and 44, 23.0 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.8 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 96.1 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.4 males.

The median income for a household was $ 26,910, and the median income for a family $ 32,579. Males have a median income of $ 27,780, women $ 19,049. The per capita income was $ 14,289. 20.2 percent of families and 23.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Cities and Towns

• Alma
• Guysie
• Rockingham
• Elmodel
• Newton