Screven County, Georgia

Screven County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 15,374. The 2005 Census Estimate shows a population of 15,430. The is.

History
The County was created on, , and is named after General.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,698 (656 ). 1,679 km² (648 sq mi) of it is land and 18 km² (7 sq mi) of it (1.09%) is water.

Major Highways

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 * [[Image:Georgia 17.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Georgia 21.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Georgia 24.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Georgia 73.svg|20px]]

Adjacent Counties

 * (north)
 * (east)
 * (southeast)
 * (southwest)
 * (west)
 * (northwest)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 15,374 people, 5,797 households, and 4,104 families residing in the county. The was 9/km² (24/sq mi). There were 6,853 housing units at an average density of 4/km² (11/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 53.56%, 45.29% or , 0.14% , 0.26% , 0.05% , 0.20% from , and 0.49% from two or more races. 0.96% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 5,797 households out of which 33.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.00% were living together, 18.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.20% were non-families. 26.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.40% 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 3.14.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.90% under the age of 18, 8.90% from 18 to 24, 26.50% from 25 to 44, 22.70% from 45 to 64, and 14.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 91.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $29,312, and the median income for a family was $34,753. Males had a median income of $30,228 versus $20,154 for females. The for the county was $13,894. About 15.50% of families and 20.10% of the population were below the, including 22.40% of those under age 18 and 25.50% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns

 * Bascom

Notable Residents of Screven County

 * , Naturalist who wrote The Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia.
 * , U.S. House of Representatives 1839.
 * , Explorer and renowned paleoanthropologist.
 * , major league baseball star who played as shortstop for the was born in Savannah, Georgia but spent his early years in Sylvania.
 * Clyde Dixon Hollingsworth, author of The History of Screven County, Georgia
 * , Georgia's most decorated World War II hero.
 * Cuyler Young, Poet who named Sylvania
 * Rev. Dr. Francys Johnson, Civil Rights leader who is the highest ranking NAACP official in the entire Southeast United States (GA, AL, FL, SC, NC, FL, MS and TN). Dr. Johnson currently serves as Executive Director of the NAACP and is the former Southeast Region Director of the NAACP.