Turner County, Georgia
Turner County | |
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UTC−4 (EDT) | |
Congressional district | 8th |
Website | www |
Turner County is a
Geography
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 290 square miles (750 km2), of which 285 square miles (740 km2) is land and 4.6 square miles (12 km2) (1.6%) is water.[4]
The eastern two-thirds of Turner County, from just west of
Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin).[5]
Major highways
- Interstate 75
- U.S. Route 41
- State Route 7
- State Route 32
- State Route 32 Connector
- State Route 90
- State Route 107
- State Route 112
- State Route 159
- State Route 401(unsigned designation for I-75)
Adjacent counties
- Wilcox County (northeast)
- Ben Hill County (east)
- Irwin County (east)
- Tift County (southeast)
- Worth County (southwest)
- Crisp County (northwest)
Communities
Cities
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1910 | 10,075 | — | |
1920 | 12,466 | 23.7% | |
1930 | 11,196 | −10.2% | |
1940 | 10,846 | −3.1% | |
1950 | 10,479 | −3.4% | |
1960 | 8,439 | −19.5% | |
1970 | 8,790 | 4.2% | |
1980 | 9,510 | 8.2% | |
1990 | 8,703 | −8.5% | |
2000 | 9,504 | 9.2% | |
2010 | 8,930 | −6.0% | |
2020 | 9,006 | 0.9% | |
2023 (est.) | 8,909 | [6] | −1.1% |
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[1] |
Race | Num. | Perc. |
---|---|---|
White (non-Hispanic)
|
4,700 | 52.19% |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
|
3,644 | 40.46% |
Native American
|
7 | 0.08% |
Asian
|
49 | 0.54% |
Other/Mixed
|
234 | 2.6% |
Latino
|
372 | 4.13% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 9,006 people, 3,169 households, and 2,297 families residing in the county.
Notable people
Turner County is home to Paramedics Curtis Pylant and Brian Meadows who were awarded the Georgia Department of Public Health's first ever Medal of Honor for risking their lives to save a victim's life in a vehicle crash during a dramatic rescue.
Politics
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 2,349 | 61.96% | 1,409 | 37.17% | 33 | 0.87% |
2016 | 2,095 | 61.53% | 1,246 | 36.59% | 64 | 1.88% |
2012 | 2,028 | 56.85% | 1,510 | 42.33% | 29 | 0.81% |
2008 | 2,096 | 58.94% | 1,427 | 40.13% | 33 | 0.93% |
2004 | 1,815 | 61.21% | 1,135 | 38.28% | 15 | 0.51% |
2000 | 1,258 | 51.22% | 1,169 | 47.60% | 29 | 1.18% |
1996 | 924 | 37.64% | 1,272 | 51.81% | 259 | 10.55% |
1992 | 936 | 30.95% | 1,669 | 55.19% | 419 | 13.86% |
1988 | 1,312 | 50.52% | 1,122 | 43.20% | 163 | 6.28% |
1984 | 1,329 | 51.14% | 1,270 | 48.86% | 0 | 0.00% |
1980 | 898 | 30.74% | 1,990 | 68.13% | 33 | 1.13% |
1976 | 416 | 15.52% | 2,265 | 84.48% | 0 | 0.00% |
1972 | 2,120 | 82.91% | 437 | 17.09% | 0 | 0.00% |
1968 | 419 | 15.66% | 412 | 15.40% | 1,845 | 68.95% |
1964 | 1,672 | 69.93% | 719 | 30.07% | 0 | 0.00% |
1960 | 328 | 17.51% | 1,545 | 82.49% | 0 | 0.00% |
1956 | 354 | 20.21% | 1,398 | 79.79% | 0 | 0.00% |
1952 | 402 | 22.85% | 1,357 | 77.15% | 0 | 0.00% |
1948 | 147 | 12.86% | 774 | 67.72% | 222 | 19.42% |
1944 | 334 | 29.51% | 797 | 70.41% | 1 | 0.09% |
1940 | 351 | 30.60% | 791 | 68.96% | 5 | 0.44% |
1936 | 188 | 17.94% | 860 | 82.06% | 0 | 0.00% |
1932 | 59 | 6.04% | 909 | 93.04% | 9 | 0.92% |
1928 | 526 | 61.59% | 328 | 38.41% | 0 | 0.00% |
1924 | 166 | 30.97% | 338 | 63.06% | 32 | 5.97% |
1920 | 182 | 31.65% | 393 | 68.35% | 0 | 0.00% |
1916 | 172 | 23.99% | 400 | 55.79% | 145 | 20.22% |
1912 | 54 | 11.54% | 382 | 81.62% | 32 | 6.84% |
See also
References
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- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
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- ^ "Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience". Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
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