Editing Dawson County, Georgia (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1860 = 3856
| 1870 = 4369
| 1880 = 5837
| 1890 = 5612
| 1900 = 5442
| 1910 = 4686
| 1920 = 4204
| 1930 = 3502
| 1940 = 4479
| 1950 = 3712
| 1960 = 3590
| 1970 = 3639
| 1980 = 4774
| 1990 = 9429
| 2000 = 15999
| 2010 = 22330
| 2020 = 26798
| estyear = 2024
| estimate = 33748
| estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2024">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025/population-estimates-counties-metro-micro.html|title=Growth in Metro Areas Outpaced Nation|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 16, 2025}}</ref>
| align-fn = center
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 21, 2014}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=June 21, 2014|archive-date=August 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ga190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 21, 2014}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 21, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2019<ref name="QF"/> 2020<ref name="ReferenceA">US 2020 Census Bureau report, Dawson County, Georgia</ref>
}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Dawson County racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US13085&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 14, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|23,544
|87.86%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|200
|0.75%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|63
|0.24%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|235
|0.88%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|14
|0.05%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|1,137
|4.24%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|1,605
|5.99%
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 26,798 people, 9,041 households, and 6,491 families residing in the county. Between 2021 and 2022, Dawson experienced a 5.8% growth in population, making it the fourth fastest growing county in the nation.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Staff Report |date=May 23, 2023 |title=Two North Georgia counties among fastest growing in U.S. |url=https://nowhabersham.com/two-north-georgia-counties-among-fastest-growing-in-u-s/ |access-date=February 9, 2024 |website=Now Habersham |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2010, median income for a household in the county was $51,128 and the median income for a family was $60,236. Males had a median income of $41,726 versus $31,978 for females. The per capita income for the county was $25,557. About 7.8% of families and 12.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.0% of those under age 18 and 5.3% of those age 65 or over.<ref name="census-dp3">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0500000US13085
  |title=DP03 SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
  |access-date=December 29, 2015
  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213021910/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0500000US13085
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
|url-status=dead
  }}</ref> In 2000, the median income for a household in the county was estimated at $51,989, and for a family was estimated at $60,455. About 8.9% of families and 13.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.0% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid%3DACS_11_5YR_DP03 |title=Archived copy |access-date=November 21, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20190405142507/http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_11_5YR_DP03 |archive-date=April 5, 2019 }}</ref>