Dougherty County Historic Population Profile

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Dougherty County was created from Baker County on Dec. 15, 1853 by an act of the General Assembly. Portions of Worth County were transferred to Dougherty County in 1854 and 1856.

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)

*Census*	*Pop.*
2000	96,065
1990	96,311
1980	100,718
1970	89,639
1960	75,680
1950	43,617
1940	28,565
1930	22,306
1920	20,063
1910	16,035
1900	13,679
1890	12,206
1880	12,622
1870	11,517
1860	8,295
1850
1840
1830
1820
1810
1800
1790

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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