Oconee County (Georgia)
The Oconee County is a county located in the state of Georgia in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Watkinsville.
Geography
The County is located in north-central Georgia has an area of 482 square kilometers, of which a square kilometers of water, and bordered clockwise to the following counties: Clarke County, Oglethorpe County, Greene County, Morgan County, Walton County and Barrow County.
History
Oconee County was formed as the 135th county in Georgia from parts of Clarke County on February 25, 1875. It was named after the Oconee River.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Oconee County 26 225 people in 9,051 households and 7,322 families. The population density was 55 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 89.58 percent White, 6.42 percent African American, 1.43 percent Native American, 0.18 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 1.48 percent from other races groups; 0.87 percent were descended from two or more races. 3.18 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 9,051 households out of which 44.7 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 68.8 percent were married couples living together, 9.4 percent were single mothers and 19.1 percent were non-families. 15.5 percent of all households and 5.3 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.87 and the average family size was 3.21 persons.
30.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.0 percent between 18 to 24, 30.2 percent between 25 and 44, 24.0 percent between 45 and 64 and 8.5 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 97.2 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.9 males.
The median income for a household in the 55 211 U.S. dollars, and the median income for a family $ 61,502. Males have a median income of $ 41,223, women $ 27,271. The per capita income was $ 24,153. 4.9 percent of families and 6.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in County
- Bishop
- Bogart
- Eastville
- Elder
- Farmington
- North High Shoals
- Rose Hill
- Salem
- Snows Mill
- Watkinsville