Miller County (Georgia)
The Miller County is a county located in the state of Georgia in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) Colquitt is named after Walter Colquitt, a senator, prosecutor and judge.
Geography
The County is located in southwest Georgia, about 25 miles from Alabama and south about 40 miles from Florida is located in the west. It has an area of 735 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers is water area, and borders clockwise to the following counties: Baker County, Decatur County, Seminole County and Early County.
History
Miller County was formed on February 26, 1856 from parts of Baker County and Early County. It was named after Judge Andrew J. Miller, commander of the Oglethorpe Infantry, member of the government and multiple President of the U.S. Senate.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Miller County 6,383 people in 2,487 households and 1,765 families. The population density was 9 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 70.26 percent White, 28.90 percent Black or African American, 0.17 percent Native American, 0.05 percent Asian, 0.08 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.20 percent from other races groups; 0.33 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.69 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 2,487 households out of which 31.5 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 50.7 percent were married couples living together, 15.5 percent were single mothers and 29.0 percent were non-families. 26.7 percent of all households and 13.6 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.03 persons.
26.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.0 percent between 18 to 24, 26.2 percent between 25 and 44, 23.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 17.1 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 89.1 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.9 males.
The median income for a household was $ 27,335, and the median income for a family $ 31,866. Males had a median income of $ 25,995, women $ 20,886. The per capita income was $ 15,435. 16.9 percent of families and 21.2 percent of the population were below the poverty line.
Places in Miller County
- Bellview
- Boykin
- Colquitt
- Cookstown
- Corea
- Enterprise
- Jeterville
- Lucile
- Macedonia
- Mayhaw