Bleckley County, Georgia

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

Geography

The County is located approximately in the middle of Georgia and has an area of 568 square kilometers, of which five square miles are water. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Laurens County, Dodge County, Pulaski County, Houston County and Twiggs County. The main cities are Allentown and Cochran.

History

The Bleckley County was formed as a 145 County from parts of Pulaski County on July 30, 1912 and named after Logan Bleckley, a judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2000 lived in Bleckley County 11,666 people in 4,372 households and 3,121 families. The population density was 21 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 73.24 percent White, 24.59 percent Black or African American, 0.09 percent Native American, 0.93 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.48 percent from other races groups; 0.63 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.92 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 4,372 households out of which 32.9 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 51.8 percent were married couples living together, 15.5 percent were single mothers and 28.6 percent were non-families. 25.5 percent of all households and 11.0 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.02 persons.

26.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 11.3 percent between 18 to 24, 26.5 percent between 25 and 44, 22.1 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.6 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 93.0 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.5 males.

The median income for a household was $ 33,448, and the median income for a family $ 41,095. Males have a median income of $ 30,917, women $ 22,912. The per capita income was $ 15,934. 11.7 percent of families and 15.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Crime

2002, there were 157 offenses: rape 2, 1 robbery, 15 assaults on persons, 20 burglaries, 108 thefts and car thefts 9.

Places in Bleckley County

• Bailey Park
• Cary
• Cochran
• Coley
• Frazier
• Goldsboro
• Mobley Crossing
• Paulk
• Porter
• Rebie
• Royal