Baker County, Georgia
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Congressional district | 2nd |
Baker County is a
Baker County is included in the
The Baker County Courthouse (Georgia) is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Three other properties in Newton are also listed on the register: Notchaway Baptist Church and Cemetery, Pine Bloom Plantation, and Tarver Plantation.
Geography
According to the
The eastern half of Baker County is located in the Lower
Major highways
Adjacent counties
- Dougherty County, Georgia - northeast
- Mitchell County, Georgia - east
- Decatur County, Georgia - southwest
- Early County, Georgia - west
- Miller County, Georgia - west
- Calhoun County, Georgia - northwest
Communities
City
Unincorporated communities
Ghost towns
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1830 | 1,253 | — | |
1840 | 4,226 | 237.3% | |
1850 | 8,120 | 92.1% | |
1860 | 4,985 | −38.6% | |
1870 | 6,843 | 37.3% | |
1880 | 7,307 | 6.8% | |
1890 | 6,144 | −15.9% | |
1900 | 6,704 | 9.1% | |
1910 | 7,973 | 18.9% | |
1920 | 8,298 | 4.1% | |
1930 | 7,818 | −5.8% | |
1940 | 7,344 | −6.1% | |
1950 | 5,952 | −19.0% | |
1960 | 4,543 | −23.7% | |
1970 | 3,875 | −14.7% | |
1980 | 3,808 | −1.7% | |
1990 | 3,615 | −5.1% | |
2000 | 4,074 | 12.7% | |
2010 | 3,451 | −15.3% | |
2020 | 2,876 | −16.7% | |
2023 (est.) | 2,743 | [7] | −4.6% |
U.S. Decennial Census[8] 1790-1880[9]1890-1910[10] 1920-1930[11] 1930-1940[12] 1940-1950[13] 1960-1980[14] 1980-2000[15] 2010[16] |
Race / Ethnicity | Pop 2010[17] | Pop 2020[18] | % 2010 | % 2020 |
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White alone (NH)
|
1,642 | 1,514 | 47.58% | 52.64% |
Black or African American alone (NH)
|
1,600 | 1,128 | 46.36% | 39.22% |
Alaska Native alone (NH)
|
9 | 1 | 0.26% | 0.03% |
Asian alone (NH) | 24 | 18 | 0.70% | 0.63% |
Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 2 | 0 | 0.06% | 0.00% |
Some Other Race alone (NH) | 1 | 2 | 0.03% | 0.07% |
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) | 28 | 70 | 0.81% | 2.43% |
Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 145 | 143 | 4.20% | 4.97% |
Total | 3,451 | 2,876 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
As of the
Education
Baker County School System operates public schools.[19]
Politics
Like most Deep South counties, Baker County is historically Democratic. Starting in 1964, the county began to see a realignment, with Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon carrying it in 1964 and 1972, and American Independent candidate George Wallace winning the county in 1968 as a third-party candidate. In 1956, Adlai Stevenson received over 96 percent of the county's vote.[20] The county voted Democratic consistently from 1976 until 2012, but by closer margins than in 1956, and the county shifted more to the right throughout the early 2000s. In 2008 Barack Obama won with just 50.1 percent to John McCain's 49.1 percent,[21] while Donald Trump won the county by almost ten percent in 2016, despite declining on Mitt Romney’s performance statewide. Brian Kemp repeated this feat by double digits in the 2018 gubernatorial race, and in 2020, Trump won Baker County by nearly sixteen percentage points.
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 897 | 57.68% | 652 | 41.93% | 6 | 0.39% |
2016 | 775 | 53.82% | 650 | 45.14% | 15 | 1.04% |
2012 | 785 | 49.34% | 794 | 49.91% | 12 | 0.75% |
2008 | 828 | 49.02% | 846 | 50.09% | 15 | 0.89% |
2004 | 821 | 46.52% | 936 | 53.03% | 8 | 0.45% |
2000 | 615 | 40.49% | 893 | 58.79% | 11 | 0.72% |
1996 | 408 | 27.66% | 955 | 64.75% | 112 | 7.59% |
1992 | 391 | 26.63% | 864 | 58.86% | 213 | 14.51% |
1988 | 629 | 46.66% | 707 | 52.45% | 12 | 0.89% |
1984 | 675 | 49.41% | 691 | 50.59% | 0 | 0.00% |
1980 | 510 | 32.61% | 1,035 | 66.18% | 19 | 1.21% |
1976 | 305 | 20.79% | 1,162 | 79.21% | 0 | 0.00% |
1972 | 965 | 73.66% | 345 | 26.34% | 0 | 0.00% |
1968 | 99 | 5.78% | 548 | 31.97% | 1,067 | 62.25% |
1964 | 914 | 60.33% | 600 | 39.60% | 1 | 0.07% |
1960 | 66 | 8.40% | 720 | 91.60% | 0 | 0.00% |
1956 | 32 | 3.93% | 783 | 96.07% | 0 | 0.00% |
1952 | 155 | 13.36% | 1,005 | 86.64% | 0 | 0.00% |
1948 | 7 | 2.47% | 218 | 77.03% | 58 | 20.49% |
1944 | 31 | 6.09% | 478 | 93.91% | 0 | 0.00% |
1940 | 30 | 5.10% | 557 | 94.73% | 1 | 0.17% |
1936 | 13 | 2.12% | 599 | 97.72% | 1 | 0.16% |
1932 | 2 | 0.31% | 647 | 99.23% | 3 | 0.46% |
1928 | 99 | 17.65% | 462 | 82.35% | 0 | 0.00% |
1924 | 21 | 7.69% | 245 | 89.74% | 7 | 2.56% |
1920 | 80 | 36.20% | 141 | 63.80% | 0 | 0.00% |
1916 | 94 | 17.77% | 435 | 82.23% | 0 | 0.00% |
1912 | 5 | 2.66% | 183 | 97.34% | 0 | 0.00% |
See also
References
- ^ "Census - Geography Profile: Baker County, Georgia". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Candler, Allen Daniel; Evans, Clement Anselm (1906). Georgia: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons. State historical association. p. 114.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience". Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission. Archived from the original on October 3, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
- LCCN 92080765.
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- US Census Bureau.
- US Census Bureau. 1880.
- US Census Bureau. 1910.
- US Census Bureau. 1930.
- US Census Bureau. 1940.
- US Census Bureau. 1950.
- US Census Bureau. 1980.
- US Census Bureau. 2000.
- ^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
- ^ "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Baker County, Georgia". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Baker County, Georgia". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ Baker County School System Retrieved February 23, 2011.
- ^ David Leip's Presidential Atlas: 1956 statistics
- ^ The New York Times Electoral Map (Zoom in on Georgia)
- ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
External links
- Baker County Sheriff's Office
- Baker County historical marker