Lowndes County (Georgia)
The Lowndes County is a county located in the state of Georgia in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Valdosta, named after a valley in Italy, where Governor George Troup had his possessions.
Geography
The County is located in southern Georgia, bordering on Florida's north and has an area of 1323 square kilometers, of which 17 square kilometers of water are bordered clockwise to the following counties: Lanier County, Echols County, Brooks County, Cook County and Berrien County.
History
Lowndes County was formed on December 23, 1825. It was named after William Lowndes, a statesman from South Carolina. The first was the county seat in 1828 in Franklinville, but 1837 Troupville moved to the surveyor of the railroad came. The inhabitants decided with the entire city about 5 km further to pull on the railway line. In 1860 it was renamed in Valdosta.
Since 1941, it houses the Moody Air Force Base, the United States Air Force.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Lowndes County 92 115 people in 32 654 households, and 22,237 families. The population density was 71 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 62.00 percent White, 33.99 percent Black or African American, 0.37 percent Native American, 1.20 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 1.08 percent from other races groups; 1.32 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.66 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 32 654 households out of which 35.3 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 48.5 percent were married couples living together, 15.9 percent were single mothers and 31.9 percent were non-families. 24.2 percent of all households and 7.6 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 3.14 persons.
26.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 15.1 percent between 18 to 24, 31.3 percent between 25 and 44, 18.5 percent between 45 and 64 and 9.0 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 98.9 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.6 males.
The median income for a household was $ 32,132, and the median income for a family $ 41,580. Males had a median income of $ 28,411, women $ 20,755. The per capita income was $ 16,683. 13.9 percent of families and 18.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Lowndes County
- Barrett
- Bemiss
- Blanton
- Briggston
- Clyattville
- Dasher
- Delmar
- Greens Crossing
- Hahira
- Highland Heights
- Indianola
- Kinderlou
- Lake Park
- Little Miami
- Melrose
- Mineola
- Naylor
- Ousley
- Remerton
- Shiloh
- Tillman
- Troupville
- Twin Lakes
- Valdosta
- West Valdosta