Crisp County, Georgia
The Crisp County is a county located in the state of Georgia in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Cordele, named after the daughter of the President of the Savannah, Americus, and Montgomery Railroad.
Geography
The County is located in south-central Georgia, is about 140 km from the northern border of Florida and has an area of 728 square kilometers, of which 19 square kilometers of water surface are bordered clockwise to the following counties: Dooly County, Wilcox County, Turner County, Worth County Lee County and Sumter County.
History
Crisp County was formed on August 17, 1905 from Dooly County. It was named after Charles Frederick Crisp, a lawyer and speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1891 to 1893.
Demographic data
According to the census of 2000, there were 21,996 people in Crisp County. Of these, 463 people were living in collective centers, the other residents living in 8,337 households and 5,869 families. The population density was 31 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 54.07 percent White, 43.40 percent Black or African American, 0.15 percent Native American, 0.68 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.98 percent from other races groups; 0.68 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.74 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 8,337 households out of which 34.8 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 44.8 percent were married couples living together, 21.6 percent were single mothers and 29.6 percent were non-families. 26.1 percent of all households and 11.1 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.10 persons.
29.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.2 percent between 18 to 24, 27.0 percent between 25 and 44, 21.8 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.0 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 88.7 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.0 males.
The median income for a household was $ 26,547, and the median income for a family $ 32,747. Males have a median income of $ 28,595, women $ 19,393. The per capita income was $ 14,695. 24.6 percent of families and 29.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Crisp County
- Arabi
- Coney
- Cordele
- East Crisp
- Hatley
- Listonia
- Marshall
- Musselwhite
- Godfather Ville
- Penia
- Raines
- Wenona