Glascock County, Georgia

Glascock County is a located in the  of. It was created on December 19, 1857. As of, the population is 2,556. The 2005 Census Estimate shows a population of 2,705. The is.

History
The county is named after, a soldier in the , general in the  and.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 374 (144 ). 373 km² (144 sq mi) of it is land and 1 km² (0 sq mi) of it (0.21%) is water.

Major Highways

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 * [[Image:Georgia 102.svg|25px]]
 * [[Image:Georgia 123.svg|25px]]
 * [[Image:Georgia 171.svg|25px]]

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 2,556 people, 1,004 households, and 715 families residing in the county. The was 7/km² (18/sq mi). There were 1,192 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (8/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 90.61%, 8.29% or , 0.23% , 0.12% from , and 0.74% from two or more races. 0.47% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 1,004 households out of which 32.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.70% were living together, 9.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.70% were non-families. 26.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the county the population was spread out with 23.80% under the age of 18, 7.70% from 18 to 24, 26.80% from 25 to 44, 23.50% from 45 to 64, and 18.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 92.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $29,743, and the median income for a family was $36,629. Males had a median income of $32,896 versus $22,500 for females. The for the county was $14,185. About 9.40% of families and 17.20% of the population were below the, including 10.70% of those under age 18 and 38.50% of those age 65 or over.