Charlton County, Georgia

Charlton County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 10,282. The 2005 Census Estimate shows a population of 10,790. The is.

History
Charlton County was created from a portion of by an act of the  on,. Additional lands from were added to Charlton's borders by an  act of the General Assembly. In, an additional legistlative act redefined the Charlton/Camden borders again with each county land to the other.

The County is named for, an from.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,028 (783 ). 2,022 km² (781 sq mi) of it is land and 6 km² (2 sq mi) of it (0.28%) is water. It is the southernmost county in.

Major Highways

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Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 10,282 people, 3,342 households, and 2,499 families residing in the county. The was 5/km² (13/sq mi). There were 3,859 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (5/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 68.59%, 29.26% or , 0.42% , 0.34% , 0.06% , 0.14% from , and 1.21% from two or more races. 0.79% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 3,342 households out of which 37.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.40% were living together, 15.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.20% were non-families. 21.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.20.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.50% under the age of 18, 10.60% from 18 to 24, 31.70% from 25 to 44, 20.60% from 45 to 64, and 9.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 112.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 115.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $27,869, and the median income for a family was $33,364. Males had a median income of $26,631 versus $17,978 for females. The for the county was $12,920. About 17.80% of families and 20.90% of the population were below the, including 29.10% of those under age 18 and 20.40% of those age 65 or over.