Clinch County, Georgia

Coordinates: 30°55′N 82°42′W / 30.92°N 82.70°W / 30.92; -82.70
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Clinch County
UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district8th
Websiteclinchcountyga.gov

Clinch County is a

2020 census, the population was 6,749.[1] The county seat is Homerville.[2] The county was created on February 14, 1850, named in honor of Duncan Lamont Clinch.[3]

Geography

According to the

U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 824 square miles (2,130 km2), of which 800 square miles (2,100 km2) is land and 24 square miles (62 km2) (2.9%) is water.[4] It is the fourth-largest county in Georgia by land area and third-largest by total area. Eastern and southeastern portions of the county lie within the Okefenokee Swamp and its federally protected areas
.

The vast majority of Clinch County is located in the Upper Suwannee River sub-basin of the Suwannee River basin, with just a portion of the western and northwestern edge of the county, southwest and well northwest of Du Pont, located in the Alapaha River sub-basin of the same Suwannee River basin.[5]

Major highways

Adjacent counties

National protected area

Communities

Cities

Towns

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1850637—
18603,063380.8%
18703,94528.8%
18804,1384.9%
18906,65260.8%
19008,73231.3%
19108,424−3.5%
19207,984−5.2%
19307,015−12.1%
19406,437−8.2%
19506,007−6.7%
19606,5459.0%
19706,405−2.1%
19806,6604.0%
19906,160−7.5%
20006,87811.7%
20106,798−1.2%
20206,749−0.7%
2023 (est.)6,746[6]0.0%
U.S. Decennial Census[7]
1790-1880[8] 1890-1910[9]
1920-1930[10] 1930-1940[11]
1940-1950[12] 1960-1980[13]
1980-2000[14] 2010[15] 2020[16]
Clinch County, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2000[17] Pop 2010[15] Pop 2020[16] % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White
alone (NH) 		4,713 4,536 4,256 68.52% 66.73% 63.06%
Black or African American
alone (NH) 		2,019 1,876 1,950 29.35% 27.60% 28.89%
Alaska Native
alone (NH) 		27 38 30 0.39% 0.56% 0.44%
Asian alone (NH) 8 13 22 0.12% 0.19% 0.33%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 0 4 7 0.00% 0.06% 0.10%
Other race alone (NH) 3 16 31 0.04% 0.24% 0.46%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) 54 79 200 0.79% 1.16% 2.96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 54 236 253 0.79% 3.47% 3.75%
Total 6,878 6,798 6,749 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 6,749 people, 2,477 households, and 1,639 families residing in the county.

Education

Main article: Homerville, Georgia § Education

Politics

United States presidential election results for Clinch County, Georgia[18]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2020 2,105 73.55% 744 26.00% 13 0.45%
2016 1,727 70.09% 686 27.84% 51 2.07%
2012 1,598 64.57% 852 34.42% 25 1.01%
2008 1,678 62.10% 989 36.60% 35 1.30%
2004 1,501 66.18% 750 33.07% 17 0.75%
2000 1,091 56.56% 816 42.30% 22 1.14%
1996 789 40.42% 973 49.85% 190 9.73%
1992 790 43.00% 759 41.32% 288 15.68%
1988 863 58.91% 594 40.55% 8 0.55%
1984 862 57.97% 625 42.03% 0 0.00%
1980 513 27.52% 1,325 71.08% 26 1.39%
1976 383 21.31% 1,414 78.69% 0 0.00%
1972 1,127 82.50% 239 17.50% 0 0.00%
1968 304 17.08% 334 18.76% 1,142 64.16%
1964 1,084 60.56% 706 39.44% 0 0.00%
1960 397 30.66% 898 69.34% 0 0.00%
1956 518 24.73% 1,577 75.27% 0 0.00%
1952 350 23.06% 1,168 76.94% 0 0.00%
1948 168 9.63% 1,283 73.57% 293 16.80%
1944 64 9.91% 582 90.09% 0 0.00%
1940 63 5.67% 1,049 94.33% 0 0.00%
1936 71 6.60% 1,002 93.21% 2 0.19%
1932 11 2.32% 461 97.26% 2 0.42%
1928 143 16.63% 717 83.37% 0 0.00%
1924 13 4.91% 235 88.68% 17 6.42%
1920 77 20.75% 294 79.25% 0 0.00%
1916 8 1.84% 374 85.98% 53 12.18%
1912 9 2.65% 283 83.24% 48 14.12%

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ "Census - Geography Profile: Clinch County, Georgia". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  2. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  3. ISBN 0-915430-00-2. Archived
    (PDF) from the original on July 10, 2003.
  4. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  5. ^ "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 27, 2015.
  6. ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  7. ^ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". United States Census Bureau.
  8. ^ "1880 Census Population by Counties 1790-1800" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1880.
  9. ^ "1910 Census of Population - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1910.
  10. ^ "1930 Census of Population - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1930.
  11. ^ "1940 Census of Population - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1940.
  12. ^ "1950 Census of Population - Georgia -" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1950.
  13. ^ "1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1980.
  14. ^ "2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000.
  15. ^ a b "P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Clinch County, Georgia". United States Census Bureau.
  16. ^ a b "P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Clinch County, Georgia". United States Census Bureau.
  17. ^ "P004 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Clinch County, Georgia". United States Census Bureau.
  18. ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 19, 2018.

External links

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