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Lamar County, Georgia
Lamar County is a county in the West Central region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,500. The county seat is Barnesville.
The Georgia General Assembly proposed the constitutional amendment to create the county on August 17, 1920, and the citizens of the state voted in favor of the amendment on November 2, 1920. Land from Pike County and Monroe County was then transferred to create Lamar County. Lamar County was named after Confederate Democrat Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 186 square miles (480 km2), of which 184 square miles (480 km2) is land and 2.3 square miles (6.0 km2) (1.3%) is water. It is located in the Piedmont region of the state.
The western third of Lamar County, west of a line from Orchard Hill through Milner and Barnesville, is located in the Upper Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The eastern majority of the county is located in the Upper Ocmulgee River sub-basin of the Altamaha River basin.
As of the 2020 census, there were 18,500 people, 6,897 households, and 3,746 families residing in the county.
The median age was 40.2 years, 21.4% of residents were under the age of 18, and 18.3% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 92.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 89.0 males age 18 and over.
36.9% of residents lived in urban areas, while 63.1% lived in rural areas.
The racial makeup of the county was 67.4% White, 26.6% Black or African American, 0.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 1.1% from some other race, and 4.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 2.6% of the population.
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Lamar County, Georgia
Lamar County is a county in the West Central region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,500. The county seat is Barnesville.
The Georgia General Assembly proposed the constitutional amendment to create the county on August 17, 1920, and the citizens of the state voted in favor of the amendment on November 2, 1920. Land from Pike County and Monroe County was then transferred to create Lamar County. Lamar County was named after Confederate Democrat Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 186 square miles (480 km2), of which 184 square miles (480 km2) is land and 2.3 square miles (6.0 km2) (1.3%) is water. It is located in the Piedmont region of the state.
The western third of Lamar County, west of a line from Orchard Hill through Milner and Barnesville, is located in the Upper Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The eastern majority of the county is located in the Upper Ocmulgee River sub-basin of the Altamaha River basin.
As of the 2020 census, there were 18,500 people, 6,897 households, and 3,746 families residing in the county.
The median age was 40.2 years, 21.4% of residents were under the age of 18, and 18.3% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 92.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 89.0 males age 18 and over.
36.9% of residents lived in urban areas, while 63.1% lived in rural areas.
The racial makeup of the county was 67.4% White, 26.6% Black or African American, 0.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 1.1% from some other race, and 4.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 2.6% of the population.
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