Jasper County, Georgia

Jasper County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 11,426. The 2006 Census Estimate shows a population of 13,624. The is.

History
The County was created on, , by an act of the with land that was originally part of.

Jasper County was originally named Randolph County (after ). Because of Randolph's opposition to U.S. entry into the, the General Assembly changed the name of Randolph County to Jasper County on , to honor , an  hero. However, Randolph's reputation eventually was restored, and in, the General Assembly created a new.

was created from a part of the original Jasper County in.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 968 (374 ). 959 km² (370 sq mi) of it is land and 8 km² (3 sq mi) of it (0.85%) is water.

Major Highways

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 * [[Image:Georgia 83.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Georgia 142.svg|23px]]
 * [[Image:Georgia 212.svg|23px]]

Adjacent Counties

 * - northeast
 * - east
 * - south
 * - southwest
 * - west
 * - northwest

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 11,426 people, 4,175 households, and 3,122 families residing in the county. The was 12/km² (31/sq mi). There were 4,806 housing units at an average density of 5/km² (13/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 70.95%, 27.26% or , 0.21% , 0.16% , 0.02% , 0.61% from , and 0.79% from two or more races. 2.07% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 4,175 households out of which 34.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.80% were living together, 13.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.20% were non-families. 21.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.14.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.20% under the age of 18, 7.90% from 18 to 24, 28.60% from 25 to 44, 24.50% from 45 to 64, and 11.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 96.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $39,890, and the median income for a family was $43,271. Males had a median income of $32,351 versus $21,785 for females. The for the county was $19,249. About 10.90% of families and 14.20% of the population were below the, including 19.20% of those under age 18 and 13.50% of those age 65 or over.

Random Facts

 * Country singer is from Jasper County, Georgia
 * The movie was filmed here in 1992
 * Jasper County is known as the "Deer Capital" of Georgia for its immense deer population and has its annual "Deer Festival" every November (held the first weekend of November which is not a University of Georgia home game).
 * 's Gold-Selling, Grammy-Nominated 2005 release is named after her childhood home of Jasper County. The debut single off of the album, "Georgia Rain," features a line that Yearwood had changed to directly mention Jasper County.
 * player is from Jasper County, Georgia.