Quitman County, Georgia

Quitman County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,235,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> making it the second-least populous county in Georgia. The county seat is Georgetown.<ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref> The county was created on December 10, 1858, and named after General John A. Quitman, leader in the Mexican–American War, and once Governor of Mississippi. In November 2006, residents voted to consolidate the city government of Georgetown and the county government of Quitman into a consolidated city-county.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert (5.8%) is water.<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> The entirety of Quitman County is located in the Middle Chattahoochee River–Walter F. George Lake sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

**Quitman County, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition**
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>Template:Cite web</ref>	Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Partial<ref name=2020CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref>	% 2000	% 2010	Template:Partial
White alone (NH)	1,351	1,265	1,190	52.00%	50.34%	53.24%
Black or African American alone (NH)	1,213	1,198	917	46.69%	47.67%	41.03%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	5	3	13	0.19%	0.12%	0.58%
Asian alone (NH)	1	2	12	0.04%	0.08%	0.54%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	0	0	0	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Other race alone (NH)	1	0	9	0.04%	0.00%	0.40%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)	14	11	63	0.54%	0.44%	2.82%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	13	34	31	0.50%	1.35%	1.39%
Total	2,598	2,513	2,235	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,235 people, 842 households, and 577 families residing in the county.

County students attended Stewart-Quitman High School (now Stewart County High School) from 1978, until Quitman County High opened,<ref name="Splitting">Template:Cite web</ref> in 2009.Template:Citation needed

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