Cook County, Georgia
31°10′N 83°26′W / 31.167°N 83.433°W
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Congressional district | 8th |
Website | www |
Cook County is a
2020 census, the population was 17,229.[1] The county seat is Adel.[2] The constitutional amendment to create the county was proposed July 30, 1918, and ratified November 5, 1918. It is named for former Civil War general Philip Cook of the Confederate States Army.[3]
Reed Bingham State Park is in Cook County.
Geography
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 233 square miles (600 km2), of which 227 square miles (590 km2) is land and 6.0 square miles (16 km2) (2.6%) is water.[4]
The western half of Cook County, located roughly west of
Withlacoochee River sub-basin of the same Suwannee River basin.[5]
Major highways
- Interstate 75
- U.S. Route 41
- State Route 7
- State Route 37
- State Route 76
- State Route 401(unsigned designation for I-75)
Adjacent counties
- Tift County (north)
- Berrien County (east)
- Lowndes County (southeast)
- Brooks County (southwest)
- Colquitt County (west)
Communities
City
- Adel (county seat)
Towns
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1920 | 11,180 | — | |
1930 | 11,311 | 1.2% | |
1940 | 11,919 | 5.4% | |
1950 | 12,201 | 2.4% | |
1960 | 11,822 | −3.1% | |
1970 | 12,129 | 2.6% | |
1980 | 13,490 | 11.2% | |
1990 | 13,456 | −0.3% | |
2000 | 15,771 | 17.2% | |
2010 | 17,212 | 9.1% | |
2020 | 17,229 | 0.1% | |
2023 (est.) | 17,714 | [6] | 2.8% |
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] |
Race | Num. | Perc. |
---|---|---|
White (non-Hispanic)
|
10,658 | 61.86% |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
|
4,753 | 27.59% |
Native American
|
29 | 0.17% |
Asian
|
100 | 0.58% |
Pacific Islander
|
4 | 0.02% |
Other/Mixed
|
551 | 3.2% |
Latino
|
1,134 | 6.58% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 17,229 people, 6,217 households, and 4,243 families residing in the county.
Education
It is within the
Cook County High School
.
Politics
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 4,900 | 69.63% | 2,059 | 29.26% | 78 | 1.11% |
2016 | 4,176 | 68.68% | 1,753 | 28.83% | 151 | 2.48% |
2012 | 3,935 | 65.14% | 2,042 | 33.80% | 64 | 1.06% |
2008 | 3,782 | 64.00% | 2,075 | 35.12% | 52 | 0.88% |
2004 | 3,065 | 63.56% | 1,733 | 35.94% | 24 | 0.50% |
2000 | 2,279 | 57.78% | 1,639 | 41.56% | 26 | 0.66% |
1996 | 1,354 | 39.74% | 1,780 | 52.25% | 273 | 8.01% |
1992 | 1,318 | 36.56% | 1,731 | 48.02% | 556 | 15.42% |
1988 | 1,555 | 55.69% | 1,226 | 43.91% | 11 | 0.39% |
1984 | 1,860 | 55.19% | 1,510 | 44.81% | 0 | 0.00% |
1980 | 1,188 | 32.25% | 2,461 | 66.80% | 35 | 0.95% |
1976 | 670 | 18.86% | 2,882 | 81.14% | 0 | 0.00% |
1972 | 2,135 | 80.26% | 525 | 19.74% | 0 | 0.00% |
1968 | 521 | 14.62% | 605 | 16.98% | 2,438 | 68.41% |
1964 | 2,058 | 60.62% | 1,337 | 39.38% | 0 | 0.00% |
1960 | 399 | 17.10% | 1,935 | 82.90% | 0 | 0.00% |
1956 | 245 | 10.45% | 2,100 | 89.55% | 0 | 0.00% |
1952 | 395 | 14.41% | 2,347 | 85.59% | 0 | 0.00% |
1948 | 123 | 7.81% | 1,192 | 75.73% | 259 | 16.45% |
1944 | 204 | 15.01% | 1,155 | 84.99% | 0 | 0.00% |
1940 | 143 | 13.19% | 941 | 86.81% | 0 | 0.00% |
1936 | 117 | 6.44% | 1,697 | 93.45% | 2 | 0.11% |
1932 | 25 | 1.74% | 1,408 | 97.78% | 7 | 0.49% |
1928 | 237 | 25.59% | 689 | 74.41% | 0 | 0.00% |
1924 | 44 | 7.57% | 502 | 86.40% | 35 | 6.02% |
1920 | 303 | 53.82% | 260 | 46.18% | 0 | 0.00% |
See also
References
- ^ "Census - Geography Profile: Cook 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.
- ISBN 0-915430-00-2. Archived(PDF) from the original on July 10, 2003.
- ^ "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 27, 2015.
- ^ "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 20, 2014.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
External links
- Official Site
- Cook County historical marker