Editing Cairo, Georgia

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'''Cairo''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|eɪ|r|oʊ}}) is a city in [[Grady County, Georgia]], United States. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the city had a population of 10,179. The city is the [[county seat]] of Grady County.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=2011-05-31 }}</ref>

==History==
Cairo was founded in 1835. It was incorporated as a town in 1870 and as a city in 1906. In 1905, Cairo was designated seat of the newly formed Grady County.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA222 | title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States | publisher=Routledge | date=May 13, 2013 | access-date=30 November 2013 | author=Hellmann, Paul T. | pages=222| isbn=978-1135948597 }}</ref> The city was named after [[Cairo]], the capital of [[Egypt]].<ref>{{cite book| last1=Logue| first1=Victoria| last2=Logue| first2=Frank| title=Touring the Backroads of North and South Georgia| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H6asKSPCcQMC&pg=PA412| year=1997| publisher=John F. Blair, Publisher| isbn=978-0-89587-171-8| page=412}}</ref>

==Geography==
Cairo is located in central Grady County at {{coord|30|52|39|N|84|12|5|W|region:US-GA_type:city}} (30.8774, -84.2013).<ref name=GNIS>{{cite gnis|id=354934|name=Cairo, Georgia}}</ref> [[U.S. Route 84 in Georgia|U.S. Route 84]] (38th Boulevard) passes through the northern part of the city, leading east {{convert|14|mi}} to [[Thomasville, Georgia|Thomasville]] and west {{convert|24|mi}} to [[Bainbridge, Georgia|Bainbridge]]. [[Valdosta, Georgia|Valdosta]] is {{convert|59|mi}} to the east, and [[Dothan, Alabama]], is {{convert|79|mi}} to the west on US 84. [[Georgia State Route 93]] passes through the center of Cairo as Broad Street and Fifth Street; it leads north {{convert|19|mi}} to [[Pelham, Georgia|Pelham]] and south {{convert|12|mi}} to [[U.S. Route 319#Georgia|U.S. Route 319]], north of the [[Florida]] border. [[Tallahassee, Florida]], is {{convert|33|mi}} to the south.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Cairo has a total area of {{convert|25.4|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|25.1|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.3|km2|order=flip|1}}, or 1.38%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1312400| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Cairo city, Georgia| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=November 23, 2016}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

===Climate===
The climate in this area is characterized by relatively high temperatures and evenly distributed precipitation throughout the year. According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Cairo has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=364190&cityname=Cairo%2C+Georgia%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Cairo, Georgia]</ref>
{{Weather box
|location = Cairo, Georgia
|single line = Yes
|Jan high F = 64
|Feb high F = 66
|Mar high F = 73
|Apr high F = 80
|May high F = 86
|Jun high F = 90
|Jul high F = 91
|Aug high F = 91
|Sep high F = 87
|Oct high F = 81
|Nov high F = 71
|Dec high F = 65
|year high F = 79
|Jan low F = 42
|Feb low F = 42
|Mar low F = 48
|Apr low F = 55
|May low F = 62
|Jun low F = 68
|Jul low F = 70
|Aug low F = 70
|Sep low F = 67
|Oct low F = 57
|Nov low F = 46
|Dec low F = 42
|year low F = 56
|Jan precipitation inch = 3.9
|Feb precipitation inch = 4.1
|Mar precipitation inch = 5.3
|Apr precipitation inch = 3.9
|May precipitation inch = 3.4
|Jun precipitation inch = 5.5
|Jul precipitation inch = 6.4
|Aug precipitation inch = 5.6
|Sep precipitation inch = 4.4
|Oct precipitation inch = 2.5
|Nov precipitation inch = 2.6
|Dec precipitation inch = 3.5
|year precipitation inch = 51.2
|source 1 = Weatherbase <ref name=Weatherbase>
{{cite web
|url =http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=364190&cityname=Cairo-Georgia-United-States-of-America
|publisher=Weatherbase
|title=Weatherbase.com
|year=2013
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Retrieved on September 28, 2013.
</ref>
|date=September  2013
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 275
|1890= 521
|1900= 690
|1910= 1505
|1920= 1908
|1930= 3169
|1940= 4653
|1950= 5577
|1960= 7427
|1970= 8061
|1980= 8777
|1990= 9035
|2000= 9239
|2010= 9607
|2020= 10179
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decade|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 1850-1870<ref name=1870CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1870 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1870|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1870-1880<ref name=1880CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1880 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-09.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref><br> 1890-1910<ref name=1910CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1910|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1920-1930<ref name=1930CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|pages=251–256}}</ref><br> 1940<ref name=1940CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1950<ref name=1950CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1950|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1960<ref name=1960CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1960 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1960|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-12-c.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 1970<ref name=1970CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1970 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1970|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ga-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1990<ref name=1990CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1990 Census of Population - Summary Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics - Georgia |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1990|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cph-5/cph-5-12.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 2000<ref name=2000CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 2000 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 2010 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 2010|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-12.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Cairo city, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Cairo city, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US1312400&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Cairo city, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1312400&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Cairo city, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1312400&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|3,921
|3,416
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,293
|42.44%
|35.56%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |32.35%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|4,700
|4,601
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,688
|50.87%
|47.89%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |46.06%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|32
|27
|style='background: #ffffe6; |27
|0.35%
|0.28%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.27%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|53
|52
|style='background: #ffffe6; |68
|0.57%
|0.54%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.67%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|1
|10
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3
|0.01%
|0.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.03%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|4
|19
|style='background: #ffffe6; |50
|0.04%
|0.20%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.49%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|61
|98
|style='background: #ffffe6; |213
|0.66%
|1.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.09%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|467
|1,384
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,837
|5.05%
|14.41%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18.05%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''9,239'''
|'''9,607'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''10,179'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 10,179 people, 3,567 households, and 2,169 families residing in the city.

==Education==
[[Grady County Schools]] serves the city. [[Cairo High School]], located in Cairo serves as a central high school for all of [[Grady County, Georgia|Grady County]]. Elementary schools serving students in the city include Eastside Elementary, Northside Elementary and Southside Elementary. Washington Middle School serves Cairo residents.<ref>"[http://www.grady.k12.ga.us/?PN=Schools2 Schools]." ''[[Grady County Schools]]''. Retrieved on April 9, 2009.</ref>

A campus of the [[Southern Regional Technical College]] is located in Cairo.

==Health==
Grady General Hospital serves the city. A 60-bed acute care facility, it has been affiliated with John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital in [[Thomasville, Georgia|Thomasville]] since 1985.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archbold.org/grady|title=Grady General Hospital|website=Archbold Medical Center|language=en|access-date=2017-03-30}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
<gallery class="center" widths="160" heights="160" caption="Notable Cairo people include:">
File:Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers, 1954.jpg|[[Jackie Robinson]],<br />born 1919,<br />American professional [[baseball]] [[second baseman]] who became the first [[African American]] to play in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) in the modern era.
File:MickeyThomas1977.jpg|[[Mickey Thomas (singer)|Mickey Thomas]],<br/>born 1949,<br/> American rock singer, best known as one of the lead vocalists of [[Jefferson Starship]] and [[Starship (band)|Starship]].
File:Davi Millsaps 2011 Indianapolis.jpg|[[Davi Millsaps]], <br />born 1988,<br />champion [[AMA Motocross Championship|motocross]] and [[supercross]] rider. 
File:Bryan Johnson 2008 Indianapolis.jpg|[[Bryan Johnson (motocross)|Bryan Johnson]], <br />born 1986,<br />professional [[AMA Motocross Championship|motocross]] and [[supercross]] rider.
</gallery>
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{{Div col}}
*[[Teresa Edwards]], former professional basketball player and an [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[gold medal]]ist
*[[Emerson Hancock]], former [[pitcher]] for [[University of Georgia]] and selected to the [[Seattle Mariners]] as the 6th overall pick in the [[2020 MLB Draft]].
*[[Willie Harris]], [[outfielder]] and [[second baseman]] in [[Major League Baseball]] from 2001 through 2012, member of the [[2005 World Series|2005 World Champion]] [[Chicago White Sox]]
*[[Bryan Johnson (Motocross)|Bryan Johnson]], former professional [[AMA Motocross Championship|motocross]] racer.
*[[John Monds]], 2010 [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] gubernatorial candidate for the state of Georgia
*[[David Ponder]], former defensive tackle for the [[Dallas Cowboys]]
*[[Ernest Riles]], [[shortstop]] and [[third baseman]] in Major League Baseball
*[[Jackie Robinson]], [[Baseball Hall of Fame]]r; first person to break the color barrier in [[Major League Baseball]]; born in Cairo
*[[Mack Robinson (athlete)|Matthew "Mack" Robinson]], Olympic [[silver medal]]ist, older brother of [[Jackie Robinson]]  
*[[Daryle Singletary]], country music singer
*[[George Thornewell Smith]], Georgia politician
*[[Bill Stanfill]], former All-Pro [[National Football League]] [[defensive end]]
*[[Mickey Thomas (singer)|Mickey Thomas]], lead singer of [[Jefferson Starship]]
*[[Bobby Walden]], former punter for the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] and [[Minnesota Vikings]]
*[[Hurston Waldrep]], baseball pitcher
*[[J. J. Wilcox]], safety for the [[New York Jets]]
*[[Arthur L. Williams Jr.]], founder of [[Primerica Financial Services]]
*[[Curley Williams]], country music singer and songwriter; born near Cairo in Grady County
{{div col end}}

==References==
<references />

==External links==
*[http://syrupcity.net City of Cairo official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20031213215155/http://www.cairo.georgia.gov/ City of Cairo from georgia.gov]

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