Webster County, Georgia

Webster County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 2,390. The 2005 Census Estimate shows a population of 2,289. The is.

History
Webster County was created by an act of the on th,, as Kinchafoonee County. A subsequent legislative act on st,, changed the name to Webster. The land for the county came from portions of.

The County is named for, of  and U.S. representative and  of. Webster County's original name of Kinchafoonee comes from the which runs through the county.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 545 (210 ). 543 km² (210 sq mi) of it is land and 2 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.34%) is water.

Major Highways

 * [[Image:US 280.svg|23px]]
 * [[Image:Georgia 41.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Georgia 153.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Georgia 520.svg|25px]]

Adjacent Counties

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 * - south
 * - southwest
 * - west

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 2,390 people, 911 households, and 675 families residing in the county. The was 4/km² (11/sq mi). There were 1,115 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (5/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 50.50%, 47.03% or , 0.08% , 1.59% from , and 0.79% from two or more races. 2.76% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 911 households out of which 31.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.90% were living together, 16.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.90% were non-families. 23.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.20% under the age of 18, 8.20% from 18 to 24, 27.70% from 25 to 44, 24.10% from 45 to 64, and 14.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 101.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $27,992, and the median income for a family was $32,462. Males had a median income of $26,444 versus $19,125 for females. The for the county was $14,772. About 17.20% of families and 19.30% of the population were below the, including 26.00% of those under age 18 and 19.40% of those age 65 or over.