Worth County, Georgia

Worth County is a county located in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,784.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The county seat is Sylvester.<ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref> Worth County is included in the Albany, GA metropolitan statistical area.

History

Worth County was created from Dooly and Irwin counties on December 20, 1853, by an act of the Georgia General Assembly, becoming Georgia's 106th county. It was named for Major General William J. Worth of New York.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In 1905, portions of Worth County were used to create Tift and Turner counties.

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 (0.7%) is water.<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref>

The eastern third of Worth County, from west of State Route 33 heading east, is located in the Little River sub-basin of the Suwannee River basin. The northern third of the county is located in the Middle Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). A narrow portion of the western edge of Worth County is located in the Lower Flint River sub-basin of the same ACF River basin. Finally, a portion of the southwest of the county, north of Doerun, is located in the Upper Ochlockonee River sub-basin of the larger Ochlockonee River basin.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Major highways

• File:US 82.svg U.S. Route 82
• File:Georgia 32.svg State Route 32
• File:Georgia 33.svg State Route 33
• File:Georgia 112.svg State Route 112
• File:Georgia 133.svg State Route 133
• File:Georgia 256.svg State Route 256
• File:Georgia 300.svg State Route 300
• File:Georgia 313.svg State Route 313
• File:Georgia 520.svg State Route 520

Adjacent counties

• Crisp County - north
• Tift County - east
• Turner County - northeast
• Colquitt County - south
• Mitchell County - southwest
• Lee County - northwest
• Dougherty County - west

Communities

Cities

• Poulan
• Sylvester
• Warwick

Town

• Sumner

Unincorporated communities

• Acree
• Bridgeboro
• Oakfield

Demographics

Worth County racial composition as of 2020<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Race	Num.	Perc.
White (non-Hispanic)	14,427	69.41%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	5,255	25.28%
Native American	49	0.24%
Asian	87	0.42%
Pacific Islander	8	0.04%
Other/Mixed	577	2.78%
Hispanic or Latino	381	1.83%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 20,784 people, 8,002 households, and 5,896 families residing in the county.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Worth County, Georgia
• List of counties in Georgia

External links

• Worth County School District
• Historical maps of Worth County
• Worth County Board of Commissioners
• Worth County Sheriff's Office