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| Decatur County was created from
Early County on Dec. 8, 1823 by an act of the General Assembly.
In 1920, Seminole County was created entirely from Decatur County.
Also, portions of Decatur County were used to create Thomas County
(1825) and Grady County (1905). |
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Useful Census
Links:
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Historical
Census Data Browser
Office of Planning and Budget Census Data Program
Georgia 2000 Information
System (University of Georgia ITOS)
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Census |
Pop. |
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2000 |
28,240 |
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1990 |
25,511 |
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1980 |
25,495 |
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1970 |
22,310 |
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1960 |
25,203 |
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1950 |
23,620 |
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1940 |
22,234 |
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1930 |
23,622 |
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1920 |
31,785 |
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1910 |
29,045 |
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1900 |
29,454 |
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1890 |
19,949 |
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1880 |
19,072 |
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1870 |
15,183 |
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1860 |
11,922 |
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1850 |
8,262 |
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1840 |
5,872 |
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1830 |
3,854 |
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1820 |
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1810 |
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1800 |
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1790 |
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- Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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