Editing Miller County, Georgia

{{Short description|County in Georgia, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Miller County
 | state                = Georgia
 | seal                 = [[File:Miller County GA Seal.png|95px]]
 | logo                 = [[File:MillerCountyGAlogo.png|90px]]
 | founded              = {{start date and age|1856}}
 | seat wl              = Colquitt
 | largest city wl      = Colquitt
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 284
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 282
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 1.2
 | area percentage      = 0.4%
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 6000
 | density_sq_mi        = 21
 | time zone            = Eastern
 | ex image             = Miller County Courthouse.JPG
 | ex image cap         = Miller County Courthouse in Colquitt
 | district             = 2nd
 | website              = {{URL|https://www.millercountyga.gov/|millercountyga.gov}}
}}
[[File:Miller County Historical Marker.JPG|thumb|Miller County, Georgia historical marker]]

'''Miller County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the southwestern part of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 6,000.<ref>{{cite web|title=Census - Geography Profile: Miller County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Miller_County,_Georgia?g=0500000US13201|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 27, 2022}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Colquitt, Georgia|Colquitt]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The county was created on February 26, 1856, and named after Andrew Jackson Miller (1806–56), president of the [[Medical College of Georgia]].<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/m.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030718111032/http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/m.pdf |archive-date=July 18, 2003 |url-status=live| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=148 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|284|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|282|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1.2|sqmi}} (0.4%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

The majority of Miller County, west of a north-to-south line made as a continuation of the eastern [[Early County, Georgia|Early County]] border, is located in the [[Spring Creek (Flint River)|Spring Creek]] sub-basin of the [[ACF River Basin]] (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The county's very northeastern corner is located in the [[Ichawaynochaway Creek]] sub-basin of the same ACF River Basin, while the southeastern portion, from just north of [[Georgia State Route 91|State Route 91]] going south, is located in the Lower [[Flint River (Georgia)|Flint River]] sub-basin of the same larger ACF River Basin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |title=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience |publisher=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission |access-date=November 24, 2015}}</ref>

===Major highways===
{{div col}}
* [[File:US 27.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 27 in Georgia|U.S. Route 27]]
* [[File:Georgia 1.svg|20px]]  [[Georgia State Route 1|State Route 1]]
* [[File:Georgia 39.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 39|State Route 39]]
* [[File:Georgia 45.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 45|State Route 45]]
* [[File:Georgia 91.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 91|State Route 91]]
* [[File:Georgia 91 Spur.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 91 Spur (Colquitt)|State Route 91 Spur]]
* [[File:Georgia 273.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 273|State Route 273]]
* [[File:Georgia 310.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 310|State Route 310]]
{{div col end}}

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Baker County, Georgia|Baker County]] (northeast)
* [[Decatur County, Georgia|Decatur County]] (southeast)
* [[Seminole County, Georgia|Seminole County]] (southwest)
* [[Early County, Georgia|Early County]] (northwest)

==Communities==

===City===
* [[Colquitt, Georgia|Colquitt]]

===Census-designated place===
* [[Boykin, Georgia|Boykin]]

===Unincorporated communities===
* [[Babcock, Georgia|Babcock]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 1791
|1870= 3091
|1880= 3720
|1890= 4275
|1900= 6319
|1910= 7986
|1920= 9565
|1930= 9076
|1940= 9998
|1950= 9023
|1960= 6908
|1970= 6397
|1980= 7038
|1990= 6280
|2000= 6383
|2010= 6125
|2020= 6000
|estyear=2023
|estimate=5747
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 31, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|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 Decades|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=}}</ref><br>1790-1880<ref name=1880CensusGACty>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1880 Census Population by Counties 1790-1800 |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-08.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 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><br> 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=|page=}}</ref> 1930-1940<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><br> 1940-1950<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> 1960-1980<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><br> 1980-2000<ref name=2000CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 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=2010CensusP2/>
2020<ref name=2010CensusP2/>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Miller County, 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 – Miller County, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p004&g=050XX00US13201&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</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) – Miller County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US13201&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</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) – Miller County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US13201&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|4,456
|4,237
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,949
|69.81%
|69.18%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |65.82%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|1,845
|1,697
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,748
|28.90%
|27.71%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |29.13%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|11
|14
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9
|0.17%
|0.23%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.15%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|2
|23
|style='background: #ffffe6; |26
|0.03%
|0.38%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.43%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|5
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.08%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.02%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.08%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|20
|61
|style='background: #ffffe6; |126
|0.31%
|1.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.10%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|44
|93
|style='background: #ffffe6; |136
|0.69%
|1.52%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.27%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''6,383'''
|'''6,125'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''6,000'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 6,000 people, 2,333 households, and 1,556 families residing in the county.

==Education==
[[File:Miller County Board of Education.jpg|thumb|[[Miller County School District]] headquarters]]
The [[Miller County School District]] operates public schools serving residents of the county.

==Politics==
{{PresHead|place=Miller County, Georgia|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 22, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|2,045|670|9|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|2,066|748|20|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|1,891|623|30|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|1,905|852|23|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|1,899|818|23|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|1,694|736|12|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|1,349|783|18|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|847|909|240|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|826|934|457|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|1,105|515|5|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|1,348|526|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|900|1,127|26|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|476|1,536|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|1,269|118|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|249|171|1,862|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|1,658|274|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|62|1,116|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|441|1,563|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|223|1,617|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|32|723|106|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|59|809|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|50|775|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|36|653|1|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|0|392|4|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|101|322|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|45|126|12|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|30|155|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|7|464|15|Georgia}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|9|150|4|Georgia}}

==See also==
{{Portal|State of Georgia}}
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Miller County, Georgia]] 
*[[List of counties in Georgia]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.millercountyga.gov/ Miller County Board of Commissioners]  Official Website
* [http://www.millercountyliberal.com Miller County Liberal] official website of newspaper founded in 1897 by [[Zula Brown Toole]]
{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Miller County, Georgia
|North     =
|Northeast = [[Baker County, Georgia|Baker County]]
|East      =
|Southeast = [[Decatur County, Georgia|Decatur County]]
|South     =
|Southwest = [[Seminole County, Georgia|Seminole County]]
|West      =
|Northwest = [[Early County, Georgia|Early County]]
}}
{{Miller County, Georgia}}
{{Georgia (U.S. state)}}
{{Authority control}}
{{Coord|31.16|-84.73|display=title|type:adm2nd_region:US-GA_source:UScensus1990}}

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