Brooks County, Georgia

Brooks County is a located in the  of. It is part of the. As of, the population is 16,450. The 2005 Census Estimate shows a population of 16,327. The is. Brooks County was created  from portions of  and  counties by an  of the  named in honor of.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,289 (498 ). 1,278 km² (494 sq mi) of it is land and 11 km² (4 sq mi) of it (0.83%) is water.

Major Highways

 * [[Image:US 84.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:US 221.svg|25px]]
 * [[Image:Georgia 38.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Georgia 76.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Georgia 122.svg|25px]]
 * [[Image:Georgia 133.svg|25px]]
 * [[Image:Georgia 333.svg|25px]]

Adjacent Counties

 * - northeast
 * - east
 * - southeast
 * - southwest
 * - west
 * - northwest

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 16,450 people, 6,155 households, and 4,370 families residing in the county. The was 13/km² (33/sq mi). There were 7,118 housing units at an average density of 6/km² (14/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 57.36%, 39.34% or , 0.30% , 0.26% , 0.02% , 1.76% from , and 0.94% from two or more races. 3.07% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 6,155 households out of which 31.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.30% were living together, 18.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.00% were non-families. 25.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.11.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.90% under the age of 18, 8.90% from 18 to 24, 26.90% from 25 to 44, 22.30% from 45 to 64, and 15.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 92.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $26,911, and the median income for a family was $32,382. Males had a median income of $26,303 versus $18,925 for females. The for the county was $13,977. About 19.10% of families and 23.40% of the population were below the, including 32.40% of those under age 18 and 20.10% of those age 65 or over.