Randolph County (Georgia)
The Randolph County is a county located in the state of Georgia in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Cuthbert.
Geography
The County is located in southwest Georgia, about 30 km off the eastern border of Alabama and has an area of 1116 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers of water surface, and borders clockwise to the following counties: Webster County, Terrell County, Calhoun County, Clay County, Quitman County and Stewart County.
History
Randolph County was formed as the 75th county in Georgia from parts of Lee County on December 20, 1828. It was named after John Randolph of Virginia, Republican U.S. Senator and a descendant of Pocahontas. The first was the county seat Lumpkin. But since this was the county seat of Stewart formed from the Randolph County County, were moved to the seat Cuthbert.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census of 2000, there were 7,791 people in Randolph County. Of these, 303 people were living in collective centers, the other residents living in 2,909 households and 1,972 families. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 38.94 percent White, 59.47 percent Black or African American, 0.35 percent Native American, 0.18 percent Asian, 0.12 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.51 percent from other races GruppenM 0.44 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.18 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 2,909 households out of which 30.3 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 40.9 percent were married couples living together, 22.6 percent were single mothers and 32.2 percent were non-families. 30.0 percent of all households and 14.8 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.20 persons.
27.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 11.0 percent between 18 to 24, 24.2 percent between 25 and 44, 21.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 15.6 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 85.9 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.1 males.
The median income for a household was $ 22,004, and the median income for a family $ 30,278. Males had a median income of $ 27,033, women $ 20,394. The per capita income was $ 11,809. 22.0 percent of families and 27.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in County
- Aycock Mill
- Benevolence
- Brooksville
- Carnegie
- Coleman
- Cuthbert
- Five Points
- Goffs Mill
- Martins Crossroads
- Pachitla
- Peterson Hill
- Shellman
- Shivers Mill
- Springvale
- Wades