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| Houston (pronounced "HOUSE
- ton") County was created on May 15, 1821 from lands ceded
by the Creek Indians between the Ocmulgee and Flint rivers (see
map) on Jan. 8, 1821 in the first Treaty of Indian Springs.
Later, portions of Houston County were used to create the following
counties: Bibb (1822), Crawford (1822), Macon (1837), and Peach
(1924). |
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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 |
110,765 |
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1990 |
89,208 |
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1980 |
77,605 |
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1970 |
62,924 |
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1960 |
39,154 |
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1950 |
20,964 |
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1940 |
11,303 |
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1930 |
11,280 |
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1920 |
21,964 |
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1910 |
23,609 |
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1900 |
22,641 |
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1890 |
21,613 |
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1880 |
22,414 |
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1870 |
20,406 |
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1860 |
15,611 |
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1850 |
16,450 |
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1840 |
9,711 |
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1830 |
7,369 |
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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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