Randolph County, Georgia

Randolph County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 7,791. The 2005 Census Estimate shows a population of 7,310. The is.

History
Randolph County is named after.

Another Georgia county,, was the original Randolph County; however, because of John Randolph's opposition to U.S. entry into the , the changed the name of Randolph County to Jasper County in an act of th,. Eventually, Randolph's reputation was restored, and in, the General Assembly created the current Randolph County.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,116 (431 ). 1,112 km² (429 sq mi) of it is land and 4 km² (2 sq mi) of it (0.38%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 7,791 people, 2,909 households, and 1,972 families residing in the county. The was 7/km² (18/sq mi). There were 3,402 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (8/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 38.94%, 59.47% or , 0.35% , 0.18% , 0.12% , 0.51% from , and 0.44% from two or more races. 1.18% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 2,909 households out of which 30.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.90% were living together, 22.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.20% were non-families. 30.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.20.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.30% under the age of 18, 11.00% from 18 to 24, 24.20% from 25 to 44, 21.90% from 45 to 64, and 15.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 85.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $22,004, and the median income for a family was $30,278. Males had a median income of $27,033 versus $20,394 for females. The for the county was $11,809. About 22.00% of families and 27.70% of the population were below the, including 36.20% of those under age 18 and 31.00% of those age 65 or over.