County in Georgia, United States
County in Georgia
Crisp County is acounty located in thecentral portion of theU.S. state ofGeorgia . As of the2020 census , the population was 20,128.[ 1] county seat isCordele .[ 2] Dooly County and named for Georgia CongressmanCharles Frederick Crisp .[ 3] [ 4]
Crisp County comprises the Cordele, GAmicropolitan statistical area .
According to theU.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 281 square miles (730 km2 ), of which 273 square miles (710 km2 ) is land and 8.4 square miles (22 km2 ) (3.0%) is water.[ 5]
The western two-thirds of Crisp County, bordered on the east by a line from south ofArabi running northeast, is located in the MiddleFlint River sub-basin of theACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The eastern third of the county is located in theAlapaha River sub-basin of theSuwannee River .[ 6]
Census-designated place [ edit ] Unincorporated territory [ edit ] Historical population Census Pop. Note %± 1910 16,423 — 1920 18,914 15.2% 1930 17,343 −8.3% 1940 17,540 1.1% 1950 17,663 0.7% 1960 17,768 0.6% 1970 18,087 1.8% 1980 19,489 7.8% 1990 20,011 2.7% 2000 21,996 9.9% 2010 23,439 6.6% 2020 20,128 −14.1% 2024 (est.) 19,468 [ 7] −3.3% U.S. Decennial Census[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16]
As of the2020 United States census , there were 20,128 people, 8,585 households, and 5,712 families residing in the county.
United States presidential election results for Crisp County, Georgia[ 18] Year Republican Democratic Third party(ies) No. % No. % No. % 1912 45 6.42% 644 91.87% 12 1.71% 1916 100 14.68% 577 84.73% 4 0.59% 1920 83 12.81% 565 87.19% 0 0.00% 1924 21 4.41% 439 92.23% 16 3.36% 1928 402 43.46% 523 56.54% 0 0.00% 1932 10 1.35% 725 97.97% 5 0.68% 1936 79 7.12% 1,029 92.70% 2 0.18% 1940 129 10.91% 1,049 88.75% 4 0.34% 1944 217 15.32% 1,199 84.68% 0 0.00% 1948 221 11.22% 1,225 62.18% 524 26.60% 1952 949 30.96% 2,116 69.04% 0 0.00% 1956 835 24.84% 2,526 75.16% 0 0.00% 1960 963 28.94% 2,365 71.06% 0 0.00% 1964 3,337 65.52% 1,756 34.48% 0 0.00% 1968 935 17.90% 1,017 19.47% 3,271 62.63% 1972 3,623 84.16% 682 15.84% 0 0.00% 1976 1,328 26.17% 3,747 73.83% 0 0.00% 1980 1,861 34.80% 3,403 63.64% 83 1.55% 1984 2,895 57.63% 2,128 42.37% 0 0.00% 1988 2,916 62.94% 1,690 36.48% 27 0.58% 1992 2,253 39.46% 2,610 45.72% 846 14.82% 1996 2,321 43.83% 2,504 47.28% 471 8.89% 2000 3,285 58.57% 2,268 40.44% 56 1.00% 2004 3,865 61.80% 2,357 37.69% 32 0.51% 2008 4,424 58.56% 3,085 40.84% 45 0.60% 2012 4,182 56.51% 3,167 42.80% 51 0.69% 2016 4,549 60.26% 2,837 37.58% 163 2.16% 2020 4,985 62.03% 2,982 37.11% 69 0.86% 2024 5,099 62.83% 2,993 36.88% 24 0.30%
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