Macon County, Georgia

Macon County is a located in the  of. As of the, the  is 14,074. The 2005 Census Estimate shows a population of 13,745. The is. 

History
Macon County was created in from  ("house-ton") and  counties, effective th of that year. The 91st county, it was named for the recently-deceased  of, who served in the  for 37 years and ran for. (The city of was also named for him, but is actually the seat of another county.)  Parts of the county were used to create  and  counties, in  and  respectively.

The first county seat was actually not chosen until when the county's  selected Lanier. The  designated it so on th of that year and incorporated it as a. The was then built through Oglethorpe in the, and the assembly called for a  on moving the seat to Oglethorpe in February of both  and. Little is known about the first vote, but the second resulted in the change to the new county seat the following year.

The infamous is at the southwestern tip of the county. During the, 13,000 died there from and. There is also an active  within the county. The for Macon County is currently.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,051 (406 ). 1,044 km² (403 sq mi) of it is land and 7 km² (3 sq mi) of it (0.66%) is water.

Major Highways

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 * [[Image:Georgia 49.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Georgia 90.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Georgia 128.svg|23px]]
 * [[Image:Georgia 224.svg|23px]]
 * [[Image:Georgia 240.svg|23px]]

Adjacent Counties

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 * (northwest)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 14,074 people, 4,834 households, and 3,485 families residing in the county. The was 13/km² (35/sq mi). There were 5,495 housing units at an average density of 5/km² (14/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 37.37%, 59.48% or , 0.22% , 0.60% , 0.05% , 1.52% from , and 0.75% from two or more races. 2.59% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 4,834 households out of which 34.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.70% were living together, 24.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.90% were non-families. 25.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.25.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.60% under the age of 18, 9.70% from 18 to 24, 27.60% from 25 to 44, 22.30% from 45 to 64, and 12.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 98.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $24,224, and the median income for a family was $29,402. Males had a median income of $26,922 versus $18,611 for females. The for the county was $11,820. About 22.10% of families and 25.80% of the population were below the, including 39.00% of those under age 18 and 22.60% of those age 65 or over.

Pop Culture
Macon County is referenced in the song "Going To Georgia".

Often reffered to as Ratt City.