Terrell County (Georgia)
The Terrell County is a county located in the state of Georgia in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Dawson.
Geography
The County is located in the central southwest Georgia, is located in the west about 70 miles from Alabama and has an area of 874 square kilometers, of which six square kilometers of water surface, and borders clockwise to the following counties: Sumter County, Lee County, Dougherty County, Calhoun County, Randolph County and Webster County.
History
Terrell County was formed on February 16, 1856 113 County in Georgia from portions of Randolph County and Lee County. It was named after Dr. William Terrell, a Congress Member.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Terrell County 10,970 people in 4,002 households and 2,913 families. The population density was 13 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 37.95 percent White, 60.69 percent Black or African American, 0.20 percent Native American, 0.35 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.09 percent from other races groups; 0.69 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.24 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 4,002 households out of which 33.3 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 44.1 percent were married couples living together, 24.0 percent were single mothers and 27.2 percent were non-families. 24.3 percent of all households and 10.2 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.18 persons.
28.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.5 percent between 18 to 24, 26.0 percent between 25 and 44, 23.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.0 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 88.3 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.6 males.
The median income for a household was $ 26,969, and the median income for a family $ 31,693. Males have a median income of $ 27,320, women $ 19,895. The per capita income was $ 13,894. 22.7 percent of families and 28.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in County
- Bridges Crossroad
- Bronwood
- Chambliss
- Chickasawhatchee
- Clarks Mill
- Dawson
- Doverel
- Graves
- Herod
- Oakville
- Olivers Mill
- Parrott
- Pleasant Hill
- Sasser
- Yeomans