Emanuel County, Georgia
The Emanuel County is a county located in the state of Georgia in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Swainsboro, which was named after Colonel Stephen Swain.
Geography
The County is located in east-central Georgia, is in the northeast about 70 miles from South Carolina and in the southeast about 140 km from the Atlantic. It has an area of 1788 square kilometers, of which twelve square kilometers of water are bordered clockwise to the following counties: Burke County, Jenkins County, Bulloch County, Candler County, Toombs County, Treutlen County, Johnson County and Jefferson County.
History
Emanuel County was formed on December 10, 1812. It was named after David Emanuel, a governor of Georgia. The the county seat, Swainsboro, was renamed in Paris shortly after the formation of the County, but then converted back to Swainsboro.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Emanuel County 21 837 people in 8,045 households and 5,752 families. The population density was 12 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 63.69 percent White, 33.28 percent Black or African American, 0.14 percent Native American, 0.24 percent Asian, 0.0 percent residents from the Pacific Islander and 2.13 percent from other races groups; 0.51 percent were descended from two or more races. 3.41 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 8,045 households out of which 34.3 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 50.1 percent were married couples living together, 17.1 percent were single mothers and 28.5 percent were non-families. 25.0 percent of all households and 11.1 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.10 persons.
27.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 10.4 percent between 18 to 24, 26.0 percent between 25 and 44, 22.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.3 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 92.8 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.5 males.
The median income for a household was $ 24,383, and the median income for a family $ 31,113. Males have a median income of $ 26,605, women $ 18,145. The per capita income was $ 13,627. 21.8 percent of families and 27.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Emanuel County
- Adrian
- Blun
- Blundale
- Canoochee
- Colemans Lake
- Covena
- Dellwood
- Durdenville
- Garfield
- Gary
- Lexsy
- Lombard
- Modoc
- Norristown
- Nunez
- Oak Park
- Old Dellwood
- Still More
- Summertown
- Swainsboro
- Three Points
- Twin City
- Wesley