Colquitt County, Georgia
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 557 square miles (1,440 km), of which 544 square miles (1,410 km) is land and 12 square miles (31 km) (2.2%) is water. It is located in Southwest Georgia.
Most of the western portion of Colquitt County, west of Moultrie and State Route 33, is located in the Upper Ochlockonee River sub-basin of the larger Ochlockonee River basin, with the exception of the very northwestern corner of the county, between Sale City and west of Doerun, which is located in the Lower Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). A narrow central portion of Colquitt County, running from north to south of Moultrie, and then widening to occupy the gap between U.S. Route 319 and State Route 133, is located in the Withlacoochee River sub-basin of the Suwannee River basin. The eastern portion of the county is located in the Little River sub-basin of the same Suwannee River basin.
Lakes
Major highways
Adjacent counties
- Tift County (northeast)
- Cook County (east)
- Brooks County (southeast)
- Thomas County (southwest)
- Mitchell County (west)
- Worth County (northwest)
Communities
Cities
Unincorporated communities
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1860 | 1,316 | — | |
1870 | 1,654 | 25.7% | |
1880 | 2,527 | 52.8% | |
1890 | 4,794 | 89.7% | |
1900 | 13,636 | 184.4% | |
1910 | 19,789 | 45.1% | |
1920 | 29,332 | 48.2% | |
1930 | 30,622 | 4.4% | |
1940 | 33,012 | 7.8% | |
1950 | 33,999 | 3.0% | |
1960 | 34,048 | 0.1% | |
1970 | 32,200 | −5.4% | |
1980 | 35,376 | 9.9% | |
1990 | 36,645 | 3.6% | |
2000 | 42,053 | 14.8% | |
2010 | 45,498 | 8.2% | |
2020 | 45,898 | 0.9% | |
2023 (est.) | 46,167 | 0.6% | |
U.S. Decennial Census 1790-18801890-1910 1920-1930 1930-1940 1940-1950 1960-1980 1980-2000 2010 |
Race | Num. | Perc. |
---|---|---|
White | 25,588 | 55.75% |
Black or African American | 9,995 | 21.78% |
Native American | 83 | 0.18% |
Asian | 388 | 0.85% |
Pacific Islander | 15 | 0.03% |
Other/mixed | 1,120 | 2.44% |
Hispanic or Latino | 8,709 | 18.97% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 45,898 people, 15,505 households, and 10,663 families residing in the county.
Education
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Colquitt_County_Board_of_Education_at_former_high_school.jpg/220px-Colquitt_County_Board_of_Education_at_former_high_school.jpg)
Colquitt County School District operates public schools, with Colquitt County High School being the high school.
Politics
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 11,777 | 73.21% | 4,190 | 26.05% | 119 | 0.74% |
2016 | 9,898 | 72.65% | 3,463 | 25.42% | 263 | 1.93% |
2012 | 9,243 | 69.25% | 3,973 | 29.77% | 131 | 0.98% |
2008 | 9,185 | 68.27% | 4,139 | 30.76% | 130 | 0.97% |
2004 | 8,296 | 70.59% | 3,378 | 28.74% | 78 | 0.66% |
2000 | 6,589 | 66.08% | 3,297 | 33.06% | 86 | 0.86% |
1996 | 4,847 | 48.51% | 4,135 | 41.38% | 1,010 | 10.11% |
1992 | 4,680 | 45.54% | 3,891 | 37.86% | 1,705 | 16.59% |
1988 | 5,653 | 65.04% | 2,998 | 34.50% | 40 | 0.46% |
1984 | 5,815 | 64.45% | 3,208 | 35.55% | 0 | 0.00% |
1980 | 3,593 | 39.62% | 5,353 | 59.03% | 123 | 1.36% |
1976 | 2,181 | 23.94% | 6,928 | 76.06% | 0 | 0.00% |
1972 | 6,900 | 88.12% | 930 | 11.88% | 0 | 0.00% |
1968 | 1,882 | 20.18% | 1,119 | 12.00% | 6,325 | 67.82% |
1964 | 6,493 | 71.67% | 2,563 | 28.29% | 4 | 0.04% |
1960 | 1,685 | 27.70% | 4,397 | 72.30% | 0 | 0.00% |
1956 | 1,336 | 23.24% | 4,412 | 76.76% | 0 | 0.00% |
1952 | 1,411 | 23.80% | 4,517 | 76.20% | 0 | 0.00% |
1948 | 537 | 15.50% | 2,255 | 65.08% | 673 | 19.42% |
1944 | 696 | 23.17% | 2,308 | 76.83% | 0 | 0.00% |
1940 | 525 | 22.24% | 1,819 | 77.04% | 17 | 0.72% |
1936 | 448 | 15.44% | 2,449 | 84.42% | 4 | 0.14% |
1932 | 101 | 2.77% | 3,534 | 96.77% | 17 | 0.47% |
1928 | 796 | 45.07% | 970 | 54.93% | 0 | 0.00% |
1924 | 205 | 10.67% | 1,572 | 81.79% | 145 | 7.54% |
1920 | 523 | 40.51% | 768 | 59.49% | 0 | 0.00% |
1916 | 53 | 3.47% | 1,305 | 85.35% | 171 | 11.18% |
1912 | 8 | 0.66% | 699 | 57.58% | 507 | 41.76% |
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Colquitt County, Georgia
- List of counties in Georgia