Jefferson County, Georgia

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Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,709.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The county seat and largest city is Louisville.<ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert (0.6%) is water.<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Demographics

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Jefferson County, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>Template:Cite web</ref> Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Partial<ref name=2020CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref> % 2000 % 2010 Template:Partial
White alone (NH) 7,215 7,015 6,834 41.79% 41.44% 43.50%
Black or African American alone (NH) 9,663 9,187 7,970 55.97% 54.26% 50.74%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 21 18 21 0.12% 0.11% 0.13%
Asian alone (NH) 27 64 70 0.16% 0.38% 0.45%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) 1 2 0 0.01% 0.01% 0.00%
Other race alone (NH) 16 13 25 0.09% 0.08% 0.16%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) 64 114 327 0.37% 0.67% 2.08%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 259 517 462 1.50% 3.05% 2.94%
Total 17,266 16,930 15,709 100.00% 100.00% 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.

Education

There is one school district in the county: Jefferson County School District, which has its boundaries paralleling that of the county.<ref>Template:Cite map - Text list</ref>

Politics

The county has been depopulating since 1980, and Democratic vote share has fluctuated since then.

Jefferson County leans Democratic in presidential elections; it voted for Democrats in every presidential election from 1992 to 2020. In 2024, Donald Trump became the first Republican since George H. W. Bush in 1988 to carry the county. It is now a Democratic-leaning swing county. Template:PresHead Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresFoot

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