Jenkins County, Georgia
The Jenkins County is a county located in the state of Georgia in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Millen.
Geography
The County is located in eastern Georgia, in the northeast about 35 miles from South Carolina and has an area of 913 square kilometers, of which seven square kilometers of water surface, and borders clockwise to the following counties: Screven County, Bulloch County, Emanuel County and Burke County.
History
Jenkins County was formed on August 17, 1905 as the 138th county in Georgia from portions of Bulloch County, the Burke County, Emanuel County and Screven County. It was named after the Governor Charles J. Jenkins, a politician and governor of Georgia from 1865 to 1868.
The Millen Big Buckhead Church, built in 1830, is one of the oldest buildings in Georgia. The place Millen was also called Seventy -Nine Old or 79, due to its distance from Savannah.
Demographic data
According to the census of 2000, there were 8,575 people in Jenkins County. Of these, 126 people were living in collective centers, the other residents living in 3,214 households and 2,269 families. The population density was 9 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 56.29 percent White, 40.49 percent Black or African American, 0.15 percent Native American, 0.21 percent Asian, 0.09 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 2.06 percent from other races groups; 0.70 percent were descended from two or more races. 3.35 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 3,214 households out of which 33.7 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 45.9 percent were married couples living together, 19.7 percent were single mothers and 29.4 percent were non-families. 25.6 percent of all households and 11.3 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.16 persons.
28.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.2 percent between 18 to 24, 26.4 percent between 25 and 44, 22.3 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.6 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 92.0 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.7 males.
The median income for a household was $ 24,025, and the median income for a family $ 29,539. Males have a median income of $ 28,804, women $ 20,252. The per capita income was $ 13,400. 22.3 percent of families and 28.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Jenkins County
- Birdsville
- Butts
- Emma Lane
- Four Points
- Herndon
- Lawton
- Millen
- Paramore Hill
- Perkins
- Rogers
- Scarboro
- Thrift