Pike County, Georgia

Pike County is a county in the West Central region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,889. The county seat is Zebulon.

Pike County was made from part of Monroe County in 1822. It was named after Zebulon Montgomery Pike, an explorer and army officer.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 219 square miles (570 km²), of which 216 square miles (560 km²) is land and 3.3 square miles (8.5 km²) (1.5%) is water. The entirety of Pike County is located in the Upper Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The county is located in the Piedmont region of the state.

As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 18,889, 6,630 households, and 4,525 families residing in the county.

The racial makeup of the county was 87.0% White, 7.7% Black or African American, 0.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 0.7% from some other race, and 4.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 1.8% of the population.

The median age was 40.6 years, with 24.1% of residents under the age of 18 and 16.1% aged 65 or older; for every 100 females there were 96.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 93.9 males age 18 and over.

Only 0.3% of residents lived in urban areas, while 99.7% lived in rural areas.

There were 6,630 households in the county, of which 37.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 20.0% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. About 18.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.