Dougherty County, Georgia
The Dougherty County is a county located in the state of Georgia in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Albany.
Geography
The County is located in the central southwest Georgia, is in the south about 80 km from the northern border of Florida and in the West about 70 miles from the eastern border of Alabama. It has an area of 867 square kilometers, of which 13 square kilometers of water are bordered clockwise to the following counties: Lee County, Worth County, Mitchell County, Baker County, Calhoun County and Terrell County.
History
Dougherty County was formed on December 15, 1853 from parts of Baker County. Later parts of Worth County were added. It was named after Judge Charles Dougherty.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Dougherty County 96 065 people in 35 552 households and 24 282 families. The population density was 113 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 37.80 percent White, 60.13 percent Black or African American, 0.23 percent Native American, 0.57 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.49 percent from other races groups; 0.74 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.34 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 35 552 households out of which 32.9 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 40.9 percent were married couples living together, 23.2 percent were single mothers and 31.7 percent were non-families. 26.8 percent of all households and 8.9 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.13 persons.
27.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 12.2 percent between 18 to 24, 27.6 percent between 25 and 44, 20.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 11.7 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 87.4 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.3 males.
The median income for a household was $ 30,934, and the median income for a family $ 36,655. Males have a median income of $ 30,742, women $ 22,254. The per capita income was $ 16,645. 19.6 percent of families and 24.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Dougherty County
- Acree
- Albany
- Butler Subdivision
- Dosaga
- Double gate
- Ducker
- East Albany
- East Dougherty
- Five Points
- Four Points
- Gillionville
- Pecan City
- Pretoria
- Putney
- Radium Springs
- River Bend
- Turner City
- Walker
- Williamsburg