Pike County | |
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Coordinates: 33°05′N 84°23′W / 33.09°N 84.39°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Georgia |
Founded | 1822 |
Named for | Zebulon Pike |
Seat | Zebulon |
Largest city | Zebulon |
Area | |
• Total | 219 sq mi (570 km2) |
• Land | 216 sq mi (560 km2) |
• Water | 3.3 sq mi (9 km2) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 18,889 |
• Density | 87/sq mi (34/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Congressional district | 3rd |
Website | www |
Pike County is a county located in the west central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. The county seat is Zebulon.[1]
As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,889.[2]
Pike County was made from part of Monroe County in 1822. It was named after Zebulon Montgomery Pike, an explorer and army officer.[3]
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.[4] The entirety of Pike County is located in the Upper Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin).[5] The county is located in the Piedmont region of the state.
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1830 | 6,149 | — | |
1840 | 9,176 | 49.2% | |
1850 | 14,306 | 55.9% | |
1860 | 10,078 | −29.6% | |
1870 | 10,905 | 8.2% | |
1880 | 15,849 | 45.3% | |
1890 | 16,300 | 2.8% | |
1900 | 18,761 | 15.1% | |
1910 | 19,495 | 3.9% | |
1920 | 21,212 | 8.8% | |
1930 | 10,853 | −48.8% | |
1940 | 10,375 | −4.4% | |
1950 | 8,459 | −18.5% | |
1960 | 7,138 | −15.6% | |
1970 | 7,316 | 2.5% | |
1980 | 8,937 | 22.2% | |
1990 | 10,224 | 14.4% | |
2000 | 13,688 | 33.9% | |
2010 | 17,869 | 30.5% | |
2020 | 18,889 | 5.7% | |
2023 (est.) | 20,461 | [6] | 8.3% |
U.S. Decennial Census[7] 1790-1880[8] 1890-1910[9] 1920-1930[10] 1930-1940[11] 1940-1950[12] 1960-1980[13] 1980-2000[14] 2010[15] |
Race | Num. | Perc. |
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White (non-Hispanic) | 16,313 | 86.36% |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 1,445 | 7.65% |
Native American | 28 | 0.15% |
Asian | 77 | 0.41% |
Other/Mixed | 678 | 3.59% |
Hispanic or Latino | 348 | 1.84% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 18,889 people, 6,143 households, and 4,525 families residing in the county.
Georgia Military College has an extension campus near Zebulon City Hall.
The Pike County School District serves Pike County. The school district has one Pre-K building (lottery funded), one primary school (K-2), one elementary school (3-5), one middle school (6-8), a ninth grade academy and one high school (10-12). Michael Duncan is the Superintendent of Schools.[17]
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 9,127 | 85.13% | 1,505 | 14.04% | 89 | 0.83% |
2016 | 7,278 | 83.03% | 1,240 | 14.15% | 248 | 2.83% |
2012 | 6,668 | 81.93% | 1,356 | 16.66% | 115 | 1.41% |
2008 | 6,547 | 79.64% | 1,575 | 19.16% | 99 | 1.20% |
2004 | 5,193 | 76.94% | 1,506 | 22.31% | 50 | 0.74% |
2000 | 3,358 | 68.74% | 1,413 | 28.93% | 114 | 2.33% |
1996 | 2,054 | 52.52% | 1,474 | 37.69% | 383 | 9.79% |
1992 | 1,822 | 44.40% | 1,651 | 40.23% | 631 | 15.38% |
1988 | 2,074 | 63.35% | 1,176 | 35.92% | 24 | 0.73% |
1984 | 1,855 | 60.66% | 1,203 | 39.34% | 0 | 0.00% |
1980 | 1,271 | 41.08% | 1,755 | 56.72% | 68 | 2.20% |
1976 | 776 | 28.97% | 1,903 | 71.03% | 0 | 0.00% |
1972 | 1,432 | 77.20% | 423 | 22.80% | 0 | 0.00% |
1968 | 345 | 14.26% | 632 | 26.13% | 1,442 | 59.61% |
1964 | 1,064 | 52.94% | 946 | 47.06% | 0 | 0.00% |
1960 | 255 | 19.88% | 1,028 | 80.12% | 0 | 0.00% |
1956 | 210 | 16.44% | 1,067 | 83.56% | 0 | 0.00% |
1952 | 286 | 18.64% | 1,248 | 81.36% | 0 | 0.00% |
1948 | 72 | 15.25% | 256 | 54.24% | 144 | 30.51% |
1944 | 133 | 15.20% | 742 | 84.80% | 0 | 0.00% |
1940 | 209 | 20.13% | 829 | 79.87% | 0 | 0.00% |
1936 | 149 | 14.03% | 910 | 85.69% | 3 | 0.28% |
1932 | 33 | 3.10% | 1,021 | 95.96% | 10 | 0.94% |
1928 | 238 | 25.00% | 714 | 75.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
1924 | 41 | 4.07% | 895 | 88.79% | 72 | 7.14% |
1920 | 280 | 17.98% | 1,277 | 82.02% | 0 | 0.00% |
1916 | 65 | 6.94% | 766 | 81.75% | 106 | 11.31% |
1912 | 34 | 3.70% | 753 | 81.85% | 133 | 14.46% |
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