- State:GeorgiaCounty:Jenkins CountyZips:30822,30442Coordinates:32.7924708557759, -81.96353221713363Area total:352.47 sq. mi., 912.90 sq. km, 225582.72 acresArea land:347.33 sq. mi., 899.57 sq. km, 222288.00 acresArea water:5.15 sq. mi., 13.33 sq. km, 3294.72 acresEstablished:1905Capital seat:
Millen
Address: PO BOX 797
Millen, GA 30442-0797
Governing Body: Board of Commissioners with 5 board size
Governing Authority: Home Rule
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Jenkins County, Georgia, United States
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- Population:8,674; Population change: 4.00% (2010 - 2020)Population density:25 persons per square mileHousehold income:$28,569Households:3,277Unemployment rate:6.30% per 3,178 county labor force
- Sales taxes:7.00%Income taxes:6.00%GDP:$167.97 M, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Jenkins County's population of Georgia of 12,681 residents in 1930 has dropped 0,72-fold to 9,189 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 42.59% female residents and 57.41% male residents live in as of 2020, 50.75% in Jenkins County, Georgia are married and the remaining 49.25% are single population.
As of 2020, 50.75% in Jenkins County, Georgia are married and the remaining 49.25% are single population.
- Housing units:4,066 residential units of which 79.81% share occupied residential units.
24.9 minutes is the average time that residents in Jenkins County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
73.62% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 19.67% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.20% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 1.11% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Jenkins County, Georgia 60.65% are owner-occupied homes, another 22.10% are rented apartments, and the remaining 17.25% are vacant.
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The 51.43% of the population in Jenkins County, Georgia who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 56.250%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 43.060%) of those eligible to vote in Jenkins County, Georgia.
