Laurens County | |
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Coordinates: 32°28′N82°56′W / 32.46°N 82.93°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Georgia |
Founded | December 10, 1807 |
Named for | John Laurens |
Seat | Dublin |
Largest city | Dublin |
Area | |
• Total | 818 sq mi (2,120 km2) |
• Land | 807 sq mi (2,090 km2) |
• Water | 11 sq mi (30 km2) 1.4% |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 49,570 |
• Density | 60/sq mi (20/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Congressional district | 12th |
Website | www |
Laurens County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 49,570, [1] up from 48,434 in 2010. [2] The county seat is Dublin. [3] The county was founded on December 10, 1807, and named after Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens, [4] an American soldier and statesman from South Carolina during the American Revolutionary War.
Laurens County is part of the Dublin micropolitan statistical area.
Laurens County was formed on December 10, 1807, from portions of Wilkinson and Washington Counties. [5] During the Red Summer of 1919 there was increased racial tension in the area and in August there was the Laurens County, Georgia race riot of 1919.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 818 square miles (2,120 km2), of which 807 square miles (2,090 km2) is land and 11 square miles (28 km2) (1.4%) is water. [6] It is the third-largest county in Georgia by land area and fourth-largest by total area.
The majority of Laurens County is located in the Lower Oconee River sub-basin of the Altamaha River basin. The southwestern corner of the county, defined by a line that runs west from Chester through Rentz to U.S. Route 441, and then southeast toward Glenwood, is located in the Little Ocmulgee River sub-basin of the same Altamaha River basin. A small and narrow sliver of the eastern edge of the county, from east of Lovett to northeast of Rockledge, is located in the Ohoopee River sub-basin of the larger Altamaha River basin. [7] The county has several swamps along with Oconee river including Cow Hell Swamp.
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1810 | 2,210 | — | |
1820 | 5,436 | 146.0% | |
1830 | 5,589 | 2.8% | |
1840 | 5,585 | −0.1% | |
1850 | 6,442 | 15.3% | |
1860 | 6,998 | 8.6% | |
1870 | 7,834 | 11.9% | |
1880 | 10,053 | 28.3% | |
1890 | 13,747 | 36.7% | |
1900 | 25,908 | 88.5% | |
1910 | 35,501 | 37.0% | |
1920 | 39,605 | 11.6% | |
1930 | 32,693 | −17.5% | |
1940 | 33,606 | 2.8% | |
1950 | 33,123 | −1.4% | |
1960 | 32,313 | −2.4% | |
1970 | 32,738 | 1.3% | |
1980 | 36,990 | 13.0% | |
1990 | 39,988 | 8.1% | |
2000 | 44,874 | 12.2% | |
2010 | 48,434 | 7.9% | |
2020 | 49,570 | 2.3% | |
2023 (est.) | 49,941 | [8] | 0.7% |
U.S. Decennial Census [9] 1790-1880 [10] 1890-1910 [11] 1920-1930 [12] 1930-1940 [13] 1940-1950 [14] 1960-1980 [15] 1980-2000 [16] 2010 [17] 2020 [18] |
Race / Ethnicity | Pop 2000 [19] | Pop 2010 [17] | Pop 2020 [18] | % 2000 | % 2010 | % 2020 |
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White alone (NH) | 28,199 | 28,920 | 27,881 | 62.84% | 59.71% | 56.25% |
Black or African American alone (NH) | 15,417 | 17,268 | 18,219 | 34.36% | 35.65% | 36.75% |
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 80 | 87 | 80 | 0.18% | 0.18% | 0.16% |
Asian alone (NH) | 361 | 478 | 507 | 0.80% | 0.99% | 1.02% |
Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 12 | 4 | 14 | 0.03% | 0.01% | 0.03% |
Other race alone (NH) | 44 | 41 | 141 | 0.10% | 0.08% | 0.28% |
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 232 | 493 | 1,304 | 0.52% | 1.02% | 2.63% |
Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 529 | 1,143 | 1,424 | 1.18% | 2.36% | 2.87% |
Total | 44,874 | 48,434 | 49,570 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 49,570 people, 17,142 households, and 11,549 families residing in the county.
Laurens County School District operates the county's public schools.
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 14,493 | 63.76% | 8,074 | 35.52% | 164 | 0.72% |
2016 | 12,411 | 63.33% | 6,752 | 34.46% | 433 | 2.21% |
2012 | 11,950 | 60.85% | 7,513 | 38.26% | 176 | 0.90% |
2008 | 12,052 | 60.37% | 7,769 | 38.92% | 142 | 0.71% |
2004 | 10,883 | 63.05% | 6,281 | 36.39% | 97 | 0.56% |
2000 | 8,133 | 57.94% | 5,724 | 40.78% | 179 | 1.28% |
1996 | 6,118 | 47.79% | 5,792 | 45.24% | 893 | 6.97% |
1992 | 6,146 | 43.72% | 6,184 | 43.99% | 1,729 | 12.30% |
1988 | 6,929 | 57.89% | 4,879 | 40.76% | 162 | 1.35% |
1984 | 7,181 | 56.76% | 5,471 | 43.24% | 0 | 0.00% |
1980 | 4,392 | 35.07% | 7,860 | 62.76% | 271 | 2.16% |
1976 | 3,281 | 27.58% | 8,617 | 72.42% | 0 | 0.00% |
1972 | 7,350 | 77.53% | 2,130 | 22.47% | 0 | 0.00% |
1968 | 2,738 | 21.33% | 3,451 | 26.88% | 6,649 | 51.79% |
1964 | 5,457 | 58.76% | 3,828 | 41.22% | 2 | 0.02% |
1960 | 1,884 | 28.84% | 4,648 | 71.16% | 0 | 0.00% |
1956 | 1,189 | 18.95% | 5,085 | 81.05% | 0 | 0.00% |
1952 | 1,046 | 17.30% | 5,001 | 82.70% | 0 | 0.00% |
1948 | 268 | 7.05% | 2,325 | 61.12% | 1,211 | 31.83% |
1944 | 498 | 16.37% | 2,544 | 83.63% | 0 | 0.00% |
1940 | 435 | 15.79% | 2,316 | 84.07% | 4 | 0.15% |
1936 | 304 | 10.37% | 2,620 | 89.39% | 7 | 0.24% |
1932 | 38 | 1.71% | 2,188 | 98.25% | 1 | 0.04% |
1928 | 470 | 19.13% | 1,987 | 80.87% | 0 | 0.00% |
1924 | 121 | 9.31% | 1,127 | 86.76% | 51 | 3.93% |
1920 | 350 | 23.07% | 1,167 | 76.93% | 0 | 0.00% |
1916 | 143 | 9.69% | 1,269 | 85.98% | 64 | 4.34% |
1912 | 92 | 7.52% | 1,107 | 90.52% | 24 | 1.96% |
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