Wilcox County (Georgia)
The Wilcox County is a county located in the state of Georgia in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Abbeville.
Geography
The County is located a few kilometers south of the geographic center of Georgia and has an area of 993 square kilometers, of which eight square kilometers of water surface, and borders clockwise to the following counties: Dodge County, Telfair County, Ben Hill County, Turner County, Crisp County, Dooly County and Pulaski County.
History
Wilcox County was formed on 22 December 1857 as 124 County Georgia from portions of Dooly County, of Irwin County and Pulaski County. It was named after General Mark Wilcox, a co-founder of the Supreme Court of Georgia.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Wilcox County 8,577 people in 2,785 households and 1,977 families. The population density was 9 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 62.61 percent White, 36.21 percent Black or African American, 0.09 percent Native American, 0.16 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.48 percent from other races groups; 0.43 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.62 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 2,785 households out of which 32.5 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 52.1 percent were married couples living together, 15.0 percent were single mothers and 29.0 percent were non-families. 26.7 percent of all households and 13.3 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.09.
22.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.6 percent between 18 to 24, 31.2 percent between 25 and 44, 22.8 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.5 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 123.7 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 131.0 males.
The median income for a household was $ 27,483, and the median income for a family $ 34,968. Males had a median income of $ 27,171, women $ 20,366. The per capita income was $ 14,014. 16.8 percent of families and 21.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in County
- Abbeville
- Browning
- Double Run
- Five Points
- Forest Glen
- Kramer
- Owensboro
- Pineview
- Pitts
- Rochelle
- Seville
- Sibbie
- Statham Shoals