Lincoln County (Georgia)
The Lincoln County is a county located in the state of Georgia in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Lincolnton.
Geography
The County in northeastern Georgia on the border of South Carolina and has an area of 666 square kilometers, of which 120 square kilometers of water are bordered clockwise to the following counties: Columbia County, McDuffie County, Wilkes County and Elbert County.
History
Lincoln County was formed on 20 February 1796 as original county. It was named, as well as the city of Lincolnton, according to Benjamin Lincoln, a general in the Revolutionary War.
Attractions
In Lincoln County, there are over 160 historically significant buildings that were admitted into the national database.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Lincoln County 8,348 people in 3,251 households and 2,379 families. The population density was 15 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 64.25 percent White, 34.37 percent Black or African American, 0.37 percent Native American, 0.16 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.24 percent from other races groups; 0.56 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.97 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 3,251 households out of which 30.6 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 53.2 percent were married couples living together, 15.5 percent were single mothers and 26.8 percent were non-families. 23.7 percent of all households and 10.4 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.01.
24.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.2 percent between 18 to 24, 27.5 percent between 25 and 44, 26.3 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.6 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 94.9 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.9 males.
The median income for a household was $ 31,952, and the median income for a family $ 36,657. Males have a median income of $ 27,165, women $ 21,338. The per capita income was $ 15,351. 12.4 percent of families and 15.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Lincoln County
- Amity
- Beulah
- Chennault
- Clay Hill
- Curry Hill
- Double Branches
- Gill
- Goshen
- Graball
- Honora
- Leather Ville
- Leverett
- Lincolnton
- Loce
- Lovelace
- Martins Crossroads
- Maxim
- Midway
- New Hope
- Sybert