Jeff Davis County (Georgia)
The Jeff Davis County is a county located in the state of Georgia in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Hazlehurst, which was named after George Hazlehurst, a Colonel and surveyor who had surveyed the line of the Macon & Brunswick Railroad.
Geography
The County is located in the central south-east of Georgia and has an area of 869 square kilometers, of which five square kilometers of water surface, and borders clockwise to the following counties: Toombs County, Appling County, Bacon County, Coffee County, Telfair County, Wheeler County and Montgomery County.
History
Jeff Davis County was formed on 18 August 1905 as the 140th county in Georgia from portions of Appling County and Coffee County. It was named after Jefferson Davis, a U.S. Secretary of War to the Civil War. From there, he was president of the Confederate States of America.
Demographic data
According to the census of 2000, there were 12,684 people in Jeff Davis County. Of these, 96 people were living in collective centers, the other residents living in 4,828 households and 3,592 families. The population density was 15 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 81.20 percent White, 15.14 percent Black or African American, 0.24 percent Native American, 0.44 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 2.39 percent from other races groups; 0.55 percent were descended from two or more races. 5.13 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 4,828 households out of which 35.7 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 56.5 percent were married couples living together, 13.6 percent were single mothers and 25.6 percent were non-families. 22.3 percent of all households and 9.1 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.02 persons.
27.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.3 percent between 18 and 24, 28.2 percent between 25 and 44, 23.3 percent between 45 and 64 and 11.9 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 96.5 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.6 males.
The median income for a household was $ 27,310, and the median income for a family $ 30,930. Males have a median income of $ 26,261, women $ 20,095. The per capita income was $ 13,780. 16.8 percent of families and 19.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Jeff Davis County
- Brooker
- Denton
- Hazlehurst
- Kirkland
- Roper
- Satilla
- Snipesville
- Tallahassee