Bacon County, Georgia

Bacon County is a located in the  of. The constitutional amendment to create the county was proposed July 7, 1914 and ratified November 3, 1914. As of, the population is 10,103. The 2006 Census Estimate placed the population at 10,482. The is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 741 (286 ). 738 km² (285 sq mi) of it is land and 3 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.34%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 10,103 people, 3,833 households, and 2,813 families residing in the county. The was 14/km² (36/sq mi). There were 4,464 housing units at an average density of 6/km² (16/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 81.48%, 15.70% or , 0.15% , 0.30% , 1.46% from , and 0.91% from two or more races. 3.39% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 3,833 households out of which 33.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.20% were living together, 14.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.60% were non-families. 23.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.20% under the age of 18, 9.90% from 18 to 24, 28.00% from 25 to 44, 23.00% from 45 to 64, and 12.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 96.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $26,910, and the median income for a family was $32,579. Males had a median income of $27,780 versus $19,049 for females. The for the county was $14,289. About 20.20% of families and 23.70% of the population were below the, including 31.40% of those under age 18 and 25.70% of those age 65 or over.