County in Georgia, United States
County in Georgia
Cook County is acounty located in the south central portion of theU.S. state ofGeorgia . As of the2020 census , the population was 17,229.[ 1] county seat isAdel .[ 2] Philip Cook of theConfederate States Army .[ 3]
Reed Bingham State Park is in Cook County.
According to theU.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 233 square miles (600 km2 ), of which 227 square miles (590 km2 ) is land and 6.0 square miles (16 km2 ) (2.6%) is water.[ 4]
The western half of Cook County, located roughly west ofInterstate 75 , is located in theLittle River sub-basin of theSuwannee River basin. The eastern half of the county is located in theWithlacoochee River sub-basin of the same Suwannee River basin.[ 5]
Historical population Census Pop. Note %± 1920 11,180 — 1930 11,311 1.2% 1940 11,919 5.4% 1950 12,201 2.4% 1960 11,822 −3.1% 1970 12,129 2.6% 1980 13,490 11.2% 1990 13,456 −0.3% 2000 15,771 17.2% 2010 17,212 9.1% 2020 17,229 0.1% 2024 (est.) 17,984 [ 6] 4.4% U.S. Decennial Census[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15]
As of the2020 United States census , there were 17,229 people, 6,217 households, and 4,243 families residing in the county.
It is within theCook County School District . It operatesCook County High School .
United States presidential election results for Cook County, Georgia[ 17] Year Republican Democratic Third party(ies) No. % No. % No. % 1920 303 53.82% 260 46.18% 0 0.00% 1924 44 7.57% 502 86.40% 35 6.02% 1928 237 25.59% 689 74.41% 0 0.00% 1932 25 1.74% 1,408 97.78% 7 0.49% 1936 117 6.44% 1,697 93.45% 2 0.11% 1940 143 13.19% 941 86.81% 0 0.00% 1944 204 15.01% 1,155 84.99% 0 0.00% 1948 123 7.81% 1,192 75.73% 259 16.45% 1952 395 14.41% 2,347 85.59% 0 0.00% 1956 245 10.45% 2,100 89.55% 0 0.00% 1960 399 17.10% 1,935 82.90% 0 0.00% 1964 2,058 60.62% 1,337 39.38% 0 0.00% 1968 521 14.62% 605 16.98% 2,438 68.41% 1972 2,135 80.26% 525 19.74% 0 0.00% 1976 670 18.86% 2,882 81.14% 0 0.00% 1980 1,188 32.25% 2,461 66.80% 35 0.95% 1984 1,860 55.19% 1,510 44.81% 0 0.00% 1988 1,555 55.69% 1,226 43.91% 11 0.39% 1992 1,318 36.56% 1,731 48.02% 556 15.42% 1996 1,354 39.74% 1,780 52.25% 273 8.01% 2000 2,279 57.78% 1,639 41.56% 26 0.66% 2004 3,065 63.56% 1,733 35.94% 24 0.50% 2008 3,782 64.00% 2,075 35.12% 52 0.88% 2012 3,935 65.14% 2,042 33.80% 64 1.06% 2016 4,176 68.68% 1,753 28.83% 151 2.48% 2020 4,900 69.63% 2,059 29.26% 78 1.11% 2024 5,374 73.05% 1,956 26.59% 27 0.37%
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