Peach County, Georgia
The Peach County is a county located in the state of Georgia in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Fort Valley.
Geography
The County is located a few kilometers north-west of the geographic center of Georgia and has an area of 392 square kilometers, of which one square kilometers of water surface, and borders clockwise to the following counties: Houston County, Macon County, Taylor County and Crawford County.
History
Peach County was formed on July 8, 1924 as the last county in Georgia from parts of Houston County and Macon County. It was named after the most widely grown fruit here, the peach.
Demographic data
According to the census of 2000, there were 23 668 people in Peach County. Of these, 1,074 people lived in collective centers, the other residents living in 8,436 households and 5,997 families. The population density was 60 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 51.27 percent White, 45.37 percent Black or African American, 0.33 percent Native American, 0.33 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 1.83 percent from other races groups; 0.84 percent were descended from two or more races. 4.22 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 8,436 households out of which 33.6 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 47.0 percent were married couples living together, 19.6 percent were single mothers and 28.9 percent were non-families. 22.6 percent of all households and 7.8 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.14 persons.
26.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 14.9 percent between 18 to 24, 27.5 percent between 25 and 44, 21.7 percent between 45 and 64 and 9.8 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 93.6 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.8 males.
The median income for a household in the 34 453 U.S. dollars, and the median income for a family $ 41,570. Males have a median income of $ 33,357, women $ 24,440. The per capita income was $ 16,031. 15.2 percent of families and 20.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in County
- Bite
- Byron
- Clopine
- Echeconnee
- Fagan
- Fort Valley
- Grogan
- Hartley
- Lakeview
- Miami Valley
- Myrtle
- Powersville
- Taylor Mill
- Warner Robins