Ware County, Georgia

Ware County is a located in the southeast of the  of. As of 2000, the population was 35,483. The 2005 Census Estimate shows a population of 34,492. The is. By geographic area, Ware County is the largest Georgia county.

History
The county is named for - the  of  from (-) and a  who represented Georgia from  until his death in.

Ware County, Georgia's 60th county, was created on th, by an act of the from land that was originally part of.

Several counties were later created from parts of the original Ware County borders:
 * (from portions of Appling, Pierce, and Ware Counties in )
 * (from portions of and Ware Counties in )
 * (from portions of Clinch, , , and Ware Counties in )
 * (from portions of Appling and Ware Counties in )

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,347 (906 ) and is the largest geographically in Georgia. 2,337 km² (903 sq mi) of it is land and 10 km² (4 sq mi) of it (0.44%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent Counties

 * - north
 * - east
 * - east
 * - southeast
 * - south
 * - west
 * - west
 * - northwest

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 35,483 people, 13,475 households, and 9,297 families residing in the county. The was 15/km² (39/sq mi). There were 15,831 housing units at an average density of 7/km² (18/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 69.65%, 28.01% or , 0.18% , 0.48% , 0.03% , 0.99% from , and 0.66% from two or more races. 1.94% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 13,475 households out of which 30.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.30% were living together, 14.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.00% were non-families. 27.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.80% under the age of 18, 9.10% from 18 to 24, 28.10% from 25 to 44, 22.60% from 45 to 64, and 15.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 97.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $28,360, and the median income for a family was $34,372. Males had a median income of $26,910 versus $20,424 for females. The for the county was $14,384. About 15.90% of families and 20.50% of the population were below the, including 30.10% of those under age 18 and 16.70% of those age 65 or over.