Toombs County, Georgia
The Toombs County is a county located in the state of Georgia in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Lyons.
Geography
The County is located in east-central Georgia and has an area of 955 square kilometers, of which five square kilometers of water surface, and borders clockwise to the following counties: Tattnall County, Appling County, Jeff Davis County, Montgomery County and Emanuel County.
History
Toombs County was formed on 18 August 1905 as 142 County Georgia from portions of Emanuel County, Montgomery County and the Tattnall County. It was designated a lawyer, American politician, politicians CS, CS, CS- Secretary General of Georgia by Robert Augustus Toombs.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2000 lived in Toombs County 26,067 people in 9,877 households and 6,825 families. The population density was 27 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 69.16 percent White, 24.15 percent Black or African American, 0.21 percent Native American, 0.47 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 5.34 percent from other races groups; 0.66 percent were descended from two or more races. 8.86 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 9,877 households out of which 34.7 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 48.7 percent were married couples living together, 15.6 percent were single mothers and 30.9 percent were non-families. 27.0 percent of all households and 10.6 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.13 persons.
28.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.2 percent between 18 to 24, 27.8 percent between 25 and 44, 22.3 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.2 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 91.3 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.3 males.
The median income for a household was $ 26,811, and the median income for a family $ 34,478. Males have a median income of $ 26,988, women $ 18,051. The per capita income was $ 14,252. 17.8 percent of families and 23.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in County
- Cedar Crossing
- Center
- Charles
- English Eddy
- Johnson Corner
- Lyons
- McNatt Falls
- New Branch
- Norman Town
- Ohoopee
- Ponderosa
- Rock Springs
- Santa Claus
- South Thompson
- Toombs Central
- Vidalia