County: | Jefferson County |
State: | Georgia |
Seat Wl: | Louisville |
Largest City Wl: | Louisville |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 530 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 526 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 3.2 |
Area Percentage: | 0.6% |
Census Yr: | 2020 |
Pop: | 15709 |
Density Sq Mi: | 30 |
Time Zone: | Eastern |
Website: | Jefferson County, Georgia |
District: | 12th |
Named For: | Thomas Jefferson |
Ex Image: | Jefferson County Courthouse, Louisville, GA, US (09).jpg |
Ex Image Cap: | County courthouse in Louisville |
Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,709.[1] The county seat and largest city is Louisville.[2] The county was created on February 20, 1796, and named for Thomas Jefferson, the main author of the Declaration of Independence who became the third president of the United States.[3]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which is land and (0.6%) is water.[4]
The small northern portion of Jefferson County, defined by a line running from Stapleton southeast and just south of State Route 80, is located in the Brier Creek sub-basin of the Savannah River basin. The entire rest of the county is located in the Upper Ogeechee River sub-basin of the Ogeechee River basin.[5]
White alone (NH) | 7,215 | 7,015 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 6,834 | 41.79% | 41.44% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 43.50% | |
Black or African American alone (NH) | 9,663 | 9,187 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 7,970 | 55.97% | 54.26% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 50.74% | |
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 21 | 18 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 21 | 0.12% | 0.11% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.13% | |
Asian alone (NH) | 27 | 64 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 70 | 0.16% | 0.38% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.45% | |
Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 1 | 2 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0 | 0.01% | 0.01% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.00% | |
Other race alone (NH) | 16 | 13 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 25 | 0.09% | 0.08% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.16% | |
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 64 | 114 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 327 | 0.37% | 0.67% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 2.08% | |
Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 259 | 517 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 462 | 1.50% | 3.05% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 2.94% | |
Total | 17,266 | 16,930 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 15,709 | 100.00% | 100.00% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 100.00% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 15,709 people, 5,664 households, and 3,598 families residing in the county.
Jefferson County trends Democratic in presidential elections; having last supported a Republican in 1988 when it voted for George HW Bush. George W. Bush came within 381 votes of carrying the county in 2004. In the 2022 midterms, Governor Brian Kemp is presumably the first Republican to win statewide in Jefferson County since Sonny Perdue's re-election in 2006. It is now a Democratic-leaning swing county