History
Most of the first non-Native American settlers came from Effingham County in 1786. [3] On February 11, 1796, Jackson County was split off from part of Franklin County, Georgia. The new county was named in honor of Revolutionary War Lieutenant Colonel, Congressman, Senator and Governor James Jackson. [4] The county originally covered an area of approximately 1,800 square miles (4,662.0 km2), with Clarksboro as its first county seat.
In 1801, the Georgia General Assembly granted 40,000 acres (160 km2) of land in Jackson County for a state college. Franklin College (now University of Georgia) began classes the same year, and the city of Athens was developed around the school. Also the same year, a new county was developed around the new college town, and Jackson lost territory to the new Clarke. The county seat was moved to an old Indian village called Thomocoggan, a location with ample water supply from Curry Creek and four large springs. In 1804, the city was renamed Jefferson, after Thomas Jefferson.
Jackson lost more territory in 1811 in the creation of Madison County, in 1818 in the creation of Walton, Gwinnett, and Hall counties, in 1858 in the creation of Banks County, [5] and in 1914 in the creation of Barrow County.
The first county courthouse, a log and wooden frame building with an attached jail, was built on south side of the public square; a second, larger, two-story brick courthouse with a separate jailhouse was built in 1817. In 1880, a third was built on a hill north of the square. This courthouse was the oldest continuously operating courthouse in the United States until 2004, when the current courthouse was constructed north of Jefferson.
Demographics
Historical population| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1800 | 7,736 | | — |
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| 1810 | 10,569 | | 36.6% |
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| 1820 | 8,355 | | −20.9% |
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| 1830 | 9,004 | | 7.8% |
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| 1840 | 8,522 | | −5.4% |
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| 1850 | 9,768 | | 14.6% |
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| 1860 | 10,605 | | 8.6% |
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| 1870 | 11,181 | | 5.4% |
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| 1880 | 16,297 | | 45.8% |
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| 1890 | 19,176 | | 17.7% |
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| 1900 | 24,039 | | 25.4% |
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| 1910 | 30,169 | | 25.5% |
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| 1920 | 24,654 | | −18.3% |
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| 1930 | 21,609 | | −12.4% |
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| 1940 | 20,089 | | −7.0% |
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| 1950 | 18,997 | | −5.4% |
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| 1960 | 18,499 | | −2.6% |
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| 1970 | 21,093 | | 14.0% |
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| 1980 | 25,343 | | 20.1% |
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| 1990 | 30,005 | | 18.4% |
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| 2000 | 41,589 | | 38.6% |
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| 2010 | 60,485 | | 45.4% |
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| 2020 | 75,907 | | 25.5% |
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| 2024 (est.) | 93,825 | [8] | 23.6% |
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, there were 75,907 people in the county. [19] The median age was 38.2 years, 25.6% of residents were under the age of 18, and 15.0% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 97.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 94.7 males age 18 and over. 37.2% of residents lived in urban areas, while 62.8% lived in rural areas. [20]
The racial makeup of the county was 79.7% White, 6.9% Black or African American, 0.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 2.3% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 4.1% from some other race, and 6.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 8.8% of the population. [21]
As of the 2020 census, there were 26,174 households in the county, including 19,467 families; 39.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 20.8% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. About 18.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. [19]
There were 27,699 housing units, of which 5.5% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 80.0% were owner-occupied and 20.0% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.6% and the rental vacancy rate was 5.6%. [19]
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