Barbour County (Alabama)
The Barbour County is a county located in the state of Alabama in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Clayton.
Geography
In southeastern Alabama located, the Barbour County is bordered on the east by the neighboring state of Georgia, where the boundary line by the Chattahoochee River is formed. It has an area of 2,343 square kilometers, of which 51 square kilometers of water surfaces. It is bordered clockwise in Alabama to the following counties: Russell County, Henry County, Dale County, Pike County and Bullock County.
History
Barbour County was formed on December 18, 1832 from parts of Pike County and the territory of the Creek Indians. It was named for James Barbour, a governor of Virginia. The first was the county seat Louisville, in 1834 it became the present-day Clayton.
Demographics
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2010 lived in Barbour County, ( FIPS-Nr.: 1005), 27,457 people in 9,795 households. The population density was 19.28 inhabitants per square kilometer, which means a change of -1.2 percent compared to the 2000 census. The racial the population was composed of 51.0 percent white, 46.9 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian, 0.2 percent Hawaiians and residents of the Pacific island region. 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races, 5.3 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any goods descent.
Of the 9,795 households out of which 28.0 per cent of children or young people under the age of 18 living with them. The average household size was 2.52 Personen.14, 6 percent were 65 years or older and 2,327 people were veterans. 12,768 ( 46.5 percent) were female and 14,689 (53.5 percent) were male.
The median income for a household was $ 9,795, per capita income was $ 15,875.
In 2010, the County 1,667 companies, of which 0.0 percent were operated by African Americans, 0.0 percent of Native American, 0.0 percent of people of Asian descent, 0.0 percent of Hawaiians or residents of the Pacific Islander, 0, 0 percent of people are Hispanic or Latino of any race and 27.0 percent were operated by women.
Places
- Akin Ville
- Baker Hill
- Batesville
- Baxter
- Bells Crossroads
- Bethel
- Blue Springs
- Clayton
- Clio
- Como
- Cotton Hill
- Doster
- Edgefield
- Elamville
- Eufaula
- Gaino
- Garmon Crossroads
- Hawkinsville
- Hobdy
- Hoboken
- Howe
- Lime Sink
- Lindsey
- Louisville
- Lugo
- Mount Andrew
- Oateston
- Osco
- Pleasant Hill
- Pratts
- Richards Crossroads
- Sandy Point
- Spring Hill
- Starhill
- Teals Crossroads
- Terese
- Texas Ville
- Tullis
- Tyler Crossroads
- White Oak
- Wylaunee