Grady County (Georgia)
The Grady County is a county located in the state of Georgia in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Cairo, named after the Egyptian city of Cairo or to the city of Cairo in Illinois.
Geography
The County is located in southern Georgia on the northern border of Florida and has an area of 1192 square kilometers, of which six square kilometers of water surface, and borders clockwise to the following counties: Thomas County, Decatur County and Mitchell County.
History
Grady County was formed on August 17, 1905 from portions of Decatur County and Thomas County. It was named for Henry W. Grady, a lawyer and author of the Atlanta Constitution. He was also named lawyer of the new South.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2000 lived in Grady County 23 659 people in 8,797 households and 6,509 families. The population density was 20 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 64.61 percent White, 30.15 percent Black or African American, 0.92 percent Native American, 0.30 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 3.20 percent from other races groups; 0.81 percent were descended from two or more races. 5.17 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 8,797 households out of which 34.1 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 53.1 percent were married couples living together, 16.2 percent were single mothers and 26.0 percent were non-families. 22.4 percent of all households and 10.7 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.08 persons.
27.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.0 percent between 18 to 24, 27.9 percent between 25 and 44, 22.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.2 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 90.6 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.4 males.
The median income for a household was $ 28,656, and the median income for a family $ 34,253. Males had a median income of $ 27,181, women $ 20,128. The per capita income was $ 14,278. 16.7 percent of families and 21.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Grady County
- Akridge
- Beachton
- Boydville
- Brownlee
- Cairo
- Calvary
- Capel
- ELPINO
- Moncrief
- Nickleville
- Pine Park
- Reno
- Rocky Hill
- Roddenberry
- Spence
- Whigham