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{{Short description|County in Georgia, United States}}
{{Short description|County in Georgia, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
{{Infobox U.S. county
| county = Bibb County
| county = Bibb County
| state = Georgia
| state = Georgia
| seal =
| seal =
| seal size = 100px
| seal size = 100px
| founded year = 1822
| founded year = {{start date and age|1822}}
| founded date = December 9
| founded date = December 9
| seat wl = Macon
| seat wl = Macon
| largest city wl = Macon
| largest city wl = Macon
| area_total_sq_mi = 255
| area_total_sq_mi = 255
| area_land_sq_mi = 250
| area_land_sq_mi = 250
| area_water_sq_mi = 5.6
| area_water_sq_mi = 5.6
| area percentage = 2.2%
| area percentage = 2.2%
| census estimate yr = 2019
| census yr = 2020
| pop = 153159
| pop = 157346
| density_sq_mi = 623
| density_sq_mi = 629
| time zone = Eastern
| time zone = Eastern
| website = {{URL|https://maconbibb.us/|maconbibb.us}}
| web = www.co.bibb.ga.us
| ex image = Maconbibbcourthouse.jpg
| ex image = Maconbibbcourthouse.jpg
| ex image cap = Bibb County courthouse in Macon
| ex image cap = Bibb County courthouse in Macon
| district = 2nd
| district = 2nd
| district2 = 8th
| district2 = 8th
| named for = [[William Wyatt Bibb]]
| named for = [[William Wyatt Bibb]]
}}
}}


'''Bibb County''' is located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], the population was 155,547.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13021.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 18, 2014|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5zzgY1jNA?url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13021.html|archive-date=July 7, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bibb County is geographically located in the [[Central Georgia]] (Middle Georgia) region, and is the largest county in the [[Macon metropolitan area, Georgia|Macon metropolitan area]] ([[Metropolitan statistical area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]]).
'''Bibb County''' is located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. As of the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]], its population was 157,346.<ref>{{cite web|title=Census - Geography Profile: Bibb County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Bibb_County,_Georgia?g=0500000US13021|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 26, 2022}}</ref> Bibb County is geographically located in the [[Central Georgia]] (Middle Georgia) region, and is the largest county in the [[Macon metropolitan area, Georgia|Macon metropolitan area]] ([[metropolitan statistical area]]).


Bibb County has a [[consolidated city-county]] government following a merger with its [[county seat]] and largest city, [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]], in 2014. They were later joined by the county's only other municipality, [[Payne, Georgia|Payne City]], in 2015.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.macon.com/news/politics-government/article30224283.html|title=Payne City officially dissolved|last=Lee|first=Maggie|date=2015-04-01|website=The Telegraph {{!}} Macon.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-17}}</ref>
Bibb County has a [[consolidated city-county]] government following a merger of the county with its [[county seat]] and largest city, [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]], in 2014. They were later joined in this consolidated government in 2015 by the county's only other municipality, [[Payne, Georgia|Payne City]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.macon.com/news/politics-government/article30224283.html|title=Payne City officially dissolved|last=Lee|first=Maggie|date=April 1, 2015|website=The Telegraph {{!}} Macon.com|language=en|access-date=June 17, 2019}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
This area was inhabited for thousands of years by successive indigenous peoples. The [[Ocmulgee National Monument]] is a national park and historic site incorporating two major mound and town complexes: [[Lamar Mounds and Village Site]] and Ocmulgee Mound Site, both located along the [[Ocmulgee River]]. They were built by indigenous peoples during the [[Mississippian culture]] era. The detailed chronicles of the [[Hernando de Soto]] expedition recorded visiting ''Ichisi'', a major village, in 1539. Historians and archeologists have theorized it may have been located at the Lamar Mounds complex.<ref>[[Charles M. Hudson]], ''[[Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun]]'', University of Georgia Press, 1997, pp. 157-162</ref>
[[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] (mostly [[Creek people|Creek]]) had inhabited the area which would become Bibb County for many centuries. They were forcibly relocated to today's [[Oklahoma]] in the [[Indian Removal]] in the 1830s, during the administration of President [[Andrew Jackson]]. The Indian tribes affected refer to this as the "[[Trail of Tears]]",
since many died during the march west.


For centuries, the historic [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] [[Creek people|Muscogee]] tribe, descendants of this culture, was the predominant one in a large area of Georgia, including that later organized as Bibb County. During the colonial period, Anglo colonists carried on a brisk trade with them and allied with them in certain wars in the Southeast. With European-American land hunger to extend cotton cultivation in the Georgia uplands, the Muscogee and other four Civilized Tribes of the Southeast were forcibly relocated to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River, in the [[Indian Removal]] of the 1830s, during the administration of President [[Andrew Jackson]]. The Indian tribes affected refer to their journey is as the "[[Trail of Tears]]", since many died during the march west.
Bibb is one of the counties of the [[Black Belt in the American South|"Black Belt"]], which originally referred to the fertile dark soil in the uplands. The area was developed by white settlers and African American slaves into [[cotton]] [[plantations in the American South|plantations]] during the antebellum years. Cotton generated high profits, since was in demand in the textile mills of the northern states as well as in England. By the 1860 census, shortly before the [[American Civil War]], more than a million enslaved African Americans lived in Georgia, and they constituted a majority of the population in much of the Black Belt.


In the late 18th century, the cotton gin was invented, making profitable the processing of short-staple cotton. This could be grown across the uplands of the South, in contrast to the long-staple cotton of the Low Country. Bibb is considered one of the counties of the [[Black Belt in the American South|"Black Belt"]], which originally referred to the fertile dark soil in these uplands. The area was developed by European-American planters, who used enslaved African Americans as workers to clear land and develop large [[cotton]] [[plantations in the American South|plantations]] during the antebellum years. Cotton generated high profits, since it was in demand in the textile mills of the northern states and England. By the 1860 census, shortly before the [[American Civil War]], more than a million enslaved African Americans lived in Georgia, and they constituted a majority of the population in much of the Black Belt.
Bibb County was created by act of the [[Georgia Legislature|State Legislature of Georgia]] on December 9, 1822, with Macon to be incorporated as a town/city in December 1823; designated the County Seat. It was carved from the earlier territories of the counties of [[Jones County, Georgia|Jones]], [[Monroe County, Georgia|Monroe]], [[Houston County, Georgia|Houston]], and [[Twiggs County, Georgia|Twiggs]] counties. The County Seat has never been changed since, and no other subsequent county in the state has ever been created ("erected") out of land from Bibb County.


Bibb County was created by act of the [[Georgia Legislature]] on December 9, 1822, with Macon to be incorporated as a town/city in December 1823; designated the county seat. It was carved from the earlier territories of the counties of [[Jones County, Georgia|Jones]], [[Monroe County, Georgia|Monroe]], [[Houston County, Georgia|Houston]], and [[Twiggs County, Georgia|Twiggs]] Counties. The county seat has not been changed since, and no other subsequent county in the state has ever been created ("erected") out of land from Bibb County.
The county was named for Dr. [[William Wyatt Bibb]], a [[physician]] from [[Elbert County, Georgia|Elbert County]], who was elected to and served in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] and [[United States Senate]] from [[History of Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], moved to the new [[Alabama Territory]], before being elected as the first [[Governor of Alabama|Governor of the new State of Alabama]].


The county was named for Dr. [[William Wyatt Bibb]], a [[physician]] from [[Elbert County, Georgia|Elbert County]], who served in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] and [[United States Senate]] from [[History of Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. After he moved to the new [[Alabama Territory]], he was later elected as the first [[Governor of Alabama|governor of the new State of Alabama]] upon its admission.
During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], an estimated ten percent of the white males in the county lost their lives while serving the [[Confederate Army|Confederate States Army]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5vKMMkmNPSgC&pg=PA123 |title=Cotton, Fire, and Dreams|work=google.com}}</ref> The war ended slavery in Georgia, but it also left much of the state in ruins.


===Civil War to present===
===Civil War to present===
{{Main|Macon, Georgia#History|l1 = Macon, Georgia - History}}
{{Main|Macon, Georgia#History|l1 = Macon, Georgia - History}}
During the Civil War, an estimated 10% of the white males in the county lost their lives while serving in the [[Confederate Army|Confederate States Army]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5vKMMkmNPSgC&pg=PA123 |title=Cotton, Fire, and Dreams|isbn=9780865545984 |last1=Davis |first1=Robert Scott |year=1998 |publisher=Mercer University Press }}</ref> The war gained the emancipation of slaves across the South. Georgia had been a battleground, and Atlanta and many other areas were left in ruins.
After the Civil War and during the 20th century, the county seat of Macon continued to serve as the county's principal population center and hub of most significant landmarks and historical events.


Well into the 20th century, the county depended on cotton and other agriculture as its economic base. It was subject to related vagaries of weather, financial markets, and the devastation of the invasive [[boll weevil]] in the early 20th century, which destroyed cotton crops across the South.
On July 31, 2012, voters in the City of Macon (57.8 percent approval) and Bibb County (56.7 percent approval) passed a referendum to merge the governments of the city and the county, based on the authorization of House Bill 1171 passed by the [[Georgia General Assembly]] earlier in the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/sum/hb1171.htm|title=HB 1171 - Macon-Bibb County; create and incorporate new political body corporate|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030001652/http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/sum/hb1171.htm|archive-date=2012-10-30|url-status=dead}}</ref> Four previous consolidation attempts (in 1933, 1960, 1972, and 1976) had failed.<ref name="City-County Consolidation Proposals, 1921 - Present">[http://www.naco.org/Counties/Documents/City%20County%20Consolidations.01.01.2011.pdf City-County Consolidation Proposals, 1921 - Present] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719083354/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Documents/City%20County%20Consolidations.01.01.2011.pdf|date=2012-07-19}}, ''National Association of Counties''. Retrieved 2011-02-11.</ref><ref>[http://www.ai.org/legislative/interim/committee/2005/committees/prelim/MCCC02.pdf The Effects on City-County Consolidation]</ref><ref name="autogenerated3">Consolidation pass for Macon and Bibb county in the 2012 vote.[http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04152005-170723/unrestricted/05_lsj_CHAPTER_4_b.pdf CONSOLIDATION OF CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS: ATTEMPTS IN FIVE CITIES] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120034927/http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04152005-170723/unrestricted/05_lsj_CHAPTER_4_b.pdf|date=2013-01-20}}. Retrieved 2010-09-14.</ref> The consolidation took effect on January 1, 2014, along with the de-annexation from the city of a small portion of land in Jones County.


After the Civil War and during the 20th century, the county seat of Macon continued to serve as the county's principal population center, site of the most significant landmarks, and the location of major historical events.
In addition to Macon, Bibb County contained one other municipality, [[Payne, Georgia|Payne City]] (or Payne), an [[Enclave and exclave|enclave]] of around 200 people that was surrounded entirely by the pre-consolidation City of Macon. In the 2012 referendum, Payne City voters rejected consolidation by a vote of 9 to 7, so it was not merged into the consolidated government. In early 2015, at the request of the small city's government, the Georgia General Assembly passed a bill dissolving Payne City, merging it with the rest of Macon-Bibb County.<ref name=":0" />

On July 31, 2012, voters in the City of Macon (57.8% approval) and Bibb County (56.7% approval) passed a referendum to merge the governments of the city and the county, based on the authorization of House Bill 1171 passed by the [[Georgia General Assembly]] earlier in the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/sum/hb1171.htm|title=HB 1171 - Macon-Bibb County; create and incorporate new political body corporate|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030001652/http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/sum/hb1171.htm|archive-date=October 30, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Four previous consolidation attempts (in 1933, 1960, 1972, and 1976) had failed.<ref name="City-County Consolidation Proposals, 1921 - Present">[http://www.naco.org/Counties/Documents/City%20County%20Consolidations.01.01.2011.pdf City-County Consolidation Proposals, 1921 - Present] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719083354/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Documents/City%20County%20Consolidations.01.01.2011.pdf|date=July 19, 2012}}, ''National Association of Counties''. Retrieved February 11, 2011.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ai.org/legislative/interim/committee/2005/committees/prelim/MCCC02.pdf |title=The Effects on City-County Consolidation |access-date=August 28, 2012 |archive-date=July 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140721082018/http://www.ai.org/legislative/interim/committee/2005/committees/prelim/MCCC02.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="autogenerated3">Consolidation pass for Macon and Bibb county in the 2012 vote.[http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04152005-170723/unrestricted/05_lsj_CHAPTER_4_b.pdf CONSOLIDATION OF CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS: ATTEMPTS IN FIVE CITIES] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120034927/http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04152005-170723/unrestricted/05_lsj_CHAPTER_4_b.pdf|date=January 20, 2013}}. Retrieved September 14, 2010.</ref> The consolidation took effect on January 1, 2014, along with the [[Municipal deannexation in the United States|deannexation]] from the city of a small portion of land in Jones County.

In addition to Macon, Bibb County contained one other municipality, [[Payne, Georgia|Payne City]] (or Payne), an [[Enclave and exclave|enclave]] of around 200 people that was surrounded entirely by the preconsolidation City of Macon. In the 2012 referendum, Payne City voters rejected consolidation by a vote of 9 to 7, so it was not merged into the consolidated government. In early 2015, at the request of the small city's government, the Georgia General Assembly passed a bill dissolving Payne City, merging it with the rest of Macon-Bibb County.<ref name=":0" />

== Geography ==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|255|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|250|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|5.6|sqmi}} (2.2%) 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 entirety of Bibb County is located in the Upper [[Ocmulgee River]] sub-basin of the [[Altamaha 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 22, 2015 |archive-date=October 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003004639/http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Adjacent counties ===
* [[Jones County, Georgia|Jones County]] – northeast
* [[Twiggs County, Georgia|Twiggs County]] – east
* [[Houston County, Georgia|Houston County]] – south
* [[Peach County, Georgia|Peach County]] – south-southwest
* [[Crawford County, Georgia|Crawford County]] – southwest
* [[Monroe County, Georgia|Monroe County]] – northwest

=== National protected areas ===
* [[Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)
* [[Ocmulgee National Monument]]

== Communities ==
===Cities===
* [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]] (county seat)
* [[Payne, Georgia|Payne]]

===Unincorporated communities===
* [[Avondale, Georgia|Avondale]]
* [[Franklinton, Georgia|Franklinton]]
* [[Lizella, Georgia|Lizella]]
* [[Sofkee, Georgia|Sofkee]]
* [[Walden, Georgia|Walden]]

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
| 1830 = 7154
| 1840 = 9802
| 1850 = 12699
| 1860 = 16291
| 1870 = 21255
| 1880 = 27147
| 1890 = 42370
| 1900 = 50473
| 1910 = 56646
| 1920 = 71304
| 1930 = 77042
| 1940 = 83783
| 1950 = 114079
| 1960 = 141249
| 1970 = 143418
| 1980 = 150256
| 1990 = 149967
| 2000 = 153887
| 2010 = 155547
| 2020 = 157346
|estyear=2023
|estimate=156512
|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 |website=United States Census Bureau|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-08.pdf|accessdate=|page=}}</ref> 1890-1910<ref name=1910CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia |website=United States Census Bureau|date= 1910|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |accessdate=|page=}}</ref><br> 1920-1930<ref name=1930CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia |website=United States Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|page=}}</ref> 1930-1940<ref name=1940CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia |website=United States Census Bureau|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=}}</ref><br> 1940-1950<ref name=1950CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia - |website=United States Census Bureau|date= 1950|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=}}</ref> 1960-1980<ref name=1980CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia |website=United States Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=}}</ref><br> 1980-2000<ref name=2000CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Georgia |website=United States Census Bureau|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
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|+'''Bibb 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 – Bibb County, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p004&g=050XX00US13021&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</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) – Bibb County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US13021&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=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) – Bibb County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US13021&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|76,262
|65,494
|style='background: #ffffe6; |56,787
|49.56%
|42.11%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |36.09%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|72,503
|80,744
|style='background: #ffffe6; |85,234
|47.11%
|51.91%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |54.17%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|255
|287
|style='background: #ffffe6; |281
|0.17%
|0.18%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.18%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|1,632
|2,492
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,209
|1.06%
|1.60%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.04%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|35
|74
|style='background: #ffffe6; |42
|0.02%
|0.05%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.03%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|92
|215
|style='background: #ffffe6; |602
|0.06%
|0.14%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.38%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|1,085
|1,852
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,454
|0.71%
|1.19%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.83%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|2,023
|4,389
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6,737
|1.31%
|2.82%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.28%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''153,887'''
|'''155,547'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''157,346'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 157,346 people, 56,726 households, and 33,573 families residing in the county.

==Crime==
In 2022, Bibb County had the highest crime rate in Georgia. Bibb County had a rate of 52.6 crimes per 1,000 residents. The most common was larceny theft, of which there were 3,694 incidents, while the second most common crime was aggravated assault, with 1,911 committed. Overall, Bibb had the highest crime rate for seven of the ten crime categories, including murder, robbery, motor vehicle theft and arson.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Georgia Counties with the Highest Crime Rates |url=http://metroatlantaceo.com/news/2023/12/georgia-counties-highest-crime-rates/ |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=Metro Atlanta CEO |language=en}}</ref>


== Government and politics ==
== Government and politics ==
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|title=Consolidation: 3 Areas of Macon and Bibb Affected Differently
|title=Consolidation: 3 Areas of Macon and Bibb Affected Differently
|publisher=13 WMAZ
|publisher=13 WMAZ
|date=July 13, 2012
|date=July 13, 2012
|author=Erica Lockwood
|author=Erica Lockwood
}}
}}
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Like all other Georgia counties, Bibb has an elected [[sheriff]] responsible for maintaining the [[County jail|jail]]. Bibb's sheriff also manages the county's [[Police|law enforcement]] duties, with their deputies acting as the city and county [[police]] force. {{As of|2019||df=}}, the current sheriff is David Davis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bibbsheriff.us/sheriff-david-davis/|title=Sheriff David Davis {{!}} bibbsheriff.us|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-17}}</ref>
Like all other Georgia counties, Bibb has an elected [[sheriff]] responsible for maintaining the [[County jail|jail]]. Bibb's sheriff also manages the county's [[Police|law enforcement]] duties, with their deputies acting as the city and county [[police]] force. {{As of|2019||df=}}, the current sheriff is David Davis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bibbsheriff.us/sheriff-david-davis/|title=Sheriff David Davis {{!}} bibbsheriff.us|language=en-US|access-date=June 17, 2019}}</ref>


===Elections===
===Elections===
[[File:Bibb County Courthouse, base of Confederate monument, circa 1876 - DPLA - 54681e1bd3e6d3f9e7328362443594da.jpeg|thumb|249x249px|Bibb County Courthouse, ''circa'' 1876]]
In 2013, the consolidated city-county held its first elections. Macon's then-mayor [[Robert Reichert]] received 49% of the vote in the general election on September 17 over the other five mayoral candidates; however, winning the election outright required the winner to capture a majority of the vote. He subsequently won 63% of the vote in a [[Two-round system|runoff election]] against former Macon mayor [[C. Jack Ellis]].<ref name="13wmaz.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.13wmaz.com/news/elections/results/results.aspx?raceid=100|title=Archived copy|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131016122604/http://www.13wmaz.com/news/elections/results/results.aspx?raceid=100|archive-date=2013-10-16|url-status=dead|access-date=2013-10-16}}</ref>
In 2013, the consolidated city-county held its first elections. Macon's incumbent mayor [[Robert Reichert]] received 49% of the vote in the general election on September 17 over the other five mayoral candidates, but a winner had to take a majority of the vote. Reichert subsequently won 63% of the vote in a [[Two-round system|runoff election]] against former Macon mayor [[C. Jack Ellis]].<ref name="13wmaz.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.13wmaz.com/news/elections/results/results.aspx?raceid=100|title=Election Race Results &#124; Macon, GA - Warner Robins, GA &#124; 13WMAZ.com|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131016122604/http://www.13wmaz.com/news/elections/results/results.aspx?raceid=100|archive-date=October 16, 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=October 16, 2013}}</ref>
Reichert was unopposed for re-election in 2016, following the death of his only opponent before the election. Under the city-county charter, the mayor is subject to [[Term limits in the United States|term limits]] and may serve only two consecutive terms, so Reichert will leave office in December 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macon.com/news/politics-government/election/article79718572.html|title=Reichert reveals plans for final term, reflects on past|last=Dunlap|first=Stanley|date=2016-05-25|website=The Telegraph {{!}} Macon.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-17}}</ref>
Reichert was unopposed for re-election in 2016, following the death of his only opponent before the election. Under the city-county charter, the mayor is subject to [[Term limits in the United States|term limits]] and may serve only two consecutive terms. Reichert had to leave office in December 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macon.com/news/politics-government/election/article79718572.html|title=Reichert reveals plans for final term, reflects on past|last=Dunlap|first=Stanley|date=May 25, 2016|website=The Telegraph {{!}} Macon.com|language=en|access-date=June 17, 2019}}</ref>


As an urban county with a majority African American population, Bibb County is one of the most consistently [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] counties in Georgia in presidential elections, having only supported a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] presidential candidate three times in its history.
As an urban county with a majority African-American population, voters in Bibb County today consistently vote at high rates for [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] candidates counties in presidential elections. During the late 19th century and into the late 1960s, when most African Americans were disenfranchised by the state constitution and practices under [[Jim Crow]], white conservatives dominated the Democratic Party and voting. The combination of these two contrasting affiliations resulted in the majority of county voters having supported for a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] presidential candidate only three times in its history. Bibb was the only county in the [[2004 Georgia flag referendum|2004 flag referendum]] to vote to keep the [[Flag of Georgia (U.S. state)#Third flag (2001–2003)|2001 flag]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Statewide Advisory Flag Referendum |url=https://sos.ga.gov/elections/election_results/2004_0302/0000230.htm |website=Georgia Secretary of State |access-date=February 11, 2022 |date= July 7, 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140703025741/https://sos.ga.gov/elections/election_results/2004_0302/0000230.htm |archive-date=July 3, 2014}}</ref>
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|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''59.5%''' ''38,585''
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|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]'''
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|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|48.6% ''28,107''
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|670|1,854|1,125|Georgia}}
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''50.7%''' ''29,322''
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|641|3,627|102|Georgia}}
|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.6% ''359''
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|1,121|2,215|119|Georgia}}
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|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2000 United States presidential election|2000]]'''
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|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|48.4% ''24,071''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''50.2%''' ''24,996''
|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.4% ''709''
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|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1996 United States presidential election|1996]]'''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|41.6% ''20,778''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''53.5%''' ''26,727''
|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.9% ''2,427''
|-
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1992 United States presidential election|1992]]'''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|36.7% ''19,847''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''51.9%''' ''28,070''
|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|11.4% ''6,132''
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|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1988 United States presidential election|1988]]'''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''50.0%''' ''22,179''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|49.7% ''22,084''
|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.3% ''133''
|-
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1984 United States presidential election|1984]]'''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|47.8% ''24,170''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''52.2%''' ''26,427''
|style="text-align:center;|
|-
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1980 United States presidential election|1980]]'''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|31.5% ''15,175''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''66.0%''' ''31,770''
|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.5% ''1185''
|-
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1976 United States presidential election|1976]]'''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|28.7% ''12,819''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''71.3%''' ''31,902''
|style="text-align:center;|
|-
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1972 United States presidential election|1972]]'''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''72.9%''' ''27,402''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|27.1% ''10,201''
|style="text-align:center;|
|-
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/American Independent}}|'''[[1968 United States presidential election|1968]]'''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|32.6% ''13,490''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|25.6% ''10579''
|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|'''41.9%''' ''17,328''
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|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1964 United States presidential election|1964]]'''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''59.0%''' ''25,641''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|41.0% ''17,831''
|style="text-align:center;|
|-
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1960 United States presidential election|1960]]'''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|42.2% ''10,523''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''57.8%''' ''14,387''
|style="text-align:center;|
|-
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1956 United States presidential election|1956]]'''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|32.6% ''7,242''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''67.4%''' ''14,966''
|style="text-align:center;|
|-
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1952 United States presidential election|1952]]'''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|29.4% ''6,121''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''70.6%''' ''14,687''
|style="text-align:center;|
|-
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1948 United States presidential election|1948]]'''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|27.3% ''3,837''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''49.8%''' ''7,011''
|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|22.9% ''3229''
|-
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1944 United States presidential election|1944]]'''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|26.0% ''1,884''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''74.0%''' ''5,352''
|style="text-align:center;|
|-
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1940 United States presidential election|1940]]'''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|16.9% ''1,371''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''82.7%''' ''6,729''
|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% ''37''
|-
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1936 United States presidential election|1936]]'''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|7.3% ''452''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''92.3%''' ''5,722''
|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% ''23''
|-
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1932 United States presidential election|1932]]'''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|8.4% ''405''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''90.9%''' ''4,372''
|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.6% ''31''
|-
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1928 United States presidential election|1928]]'''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|47.6% ''2,078''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''52.4%''' ''2,289''
|style="text-align:center;|
|-
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1924 United States presidential election|1924]]'''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|10.4% ''455''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''83.2%''' ''3,647''
|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.5% ''283''
|-
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1920 United States presidential election|1920]]'''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|18.4% ''458''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''81.6%''' ''2,030''
|style="text-align:center;|
|-
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1916 United States presidential election|1916]]'''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|2.5% ''58''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''88.8%''' ''2,048''
|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.7% ''201''
|-
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1912 United States presidential election|1912]]'''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|3.7% ''71''
|style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''90.8%''' ''1,741''
|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.5% ''105''
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===United States Congress===
===United States Congress===
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| Senate Class 2
| Senate Class 2
| [[David Perdue]]
| [[Raphael Warnock]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|2021
| 2015
| Junior Senator
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| Senate Class 3
| Senate Class 3
| [[Kelly Loeffler]]
| [[Jon Ossoff]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| 2019
| 2021
| Senior Senator
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| 25
| [[Rick Williams (Georgia Politician)|Rick Williams]]
| [[Burt Jones]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 2013
| 2023
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<ref name='State House Directory'>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.ga.gov/Representatives/en-US/HouseMembersList.aspx|title=House Members List|access-date=2016-06-02 }}</ref><ref name='State Senate Directory'>{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.ga.gov/senators/en-US/SenateMembersList.aspx|title=Senate Members List|access-date=2016-06-02 }}</ref><ref name='District List'>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.ga.gov/Joint/reapportionment/Documents/SEPT%202012/Joint%20County%20Districts-2012.pdf|title=Georgia Counties by 2012 Legislative and Congressional District|access-date=2016-06-02 }}</ref>
<ref name='State House Directory'>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.ga.gov/Representatives/en-US/HouseMembersList.aspx|title=House Members List|access-date=June 2, 2016 }}</ref><ref name='State Senate Directory'>{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.ga.gov/senators/en-US/SenateMembersList.aspx|title=Senate Members List|access-date=June 2, 2016 }}</ref><ref name='District List'>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.ga.gov/Joint/reapportionment/Documents/SEPT%202012/Joint%20County%20Districts-2012.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530214959/http://www.legis.ga.gov/Joint/reapportionment/Documents/SEPT%202012/Joint%20County%20Districts-2012.pdf |archive-date=May 30, 2013 |url-status=live|title=Georgia Counties by 2012 Legislative and Congressional District|access-date=June 2, 2016 }}</ref>


== Geography ==
==Recreation==
[[File:Lake Tobesofkee near Lizella, Georgia.JPG|thumb|alt=A view of the calm Lake Tobesofkee in the wintertime. Taken facing Northwest from beside the Lower Thomaston Road Bridge.|Lake Tobesofkee in the Wintertime]]
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|255|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|250|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|5.6|sqmi}} (2.2%) 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=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> The entirety of Bibb County is located in the Upper [[Ocmulgee River]] sub-basin of the [[Altamaha 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=2015-11-22}}</ref>


[[Lake Tobesofkee]], about {{convert|10|miles}} west of Macon, has three parks. Claystone, Sandy Beach, and Arrowhead Parks, each with a beach, and children's playgrounds. Sandy Beach has lighted tennis courts, a water park with many attractions, and a softball field.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.co.bibb.ga.us/laketobesofkee/ParksAndBeaches.asp|title=Tobesofkee parks and beaches|access-date=June 2, 2012}}</ref>
=== Adjacent counties ===
* [[Jones County, Georgia|Jones County]] - northeast
* [[Twiggs County, Georgia|Twiggs County]] - east
* [[Houston County, Georgia|Houston County]] - south
* [[Peach County, Georgia|Peach County]] - south-southwest
* [[Crawford County, Georgia|Crawford County]] - southwest
* [[Monroe County, Georgia|Monroe County]] - northwest

=== National protected areas ===
* [[Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)
* [[Ocmulgee National Monument]]


==Transportation==
==Transportation==
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* Ocmulgee Heritage Trail
* Ocmulgee Heritage Trail
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{{div col end}}

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|1830= 7154
|1840= 9802
|1850= 12699
|1860= 16291
|1870= 21255
|1880= 27147
|1890= 42370
|1900= 50473
|1910= 56646
|1920= 71304
|1930= 77042
|1940= 83783
|1950= 114079
|1960= 141249
|1970= 143418
|1980= 150256
|1990= 149967
|2000= 153887
|2010= 155547
|estyear=2019
|estimate=153159
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2019">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|access-date=May 21, 2020}}</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 18, 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 18, 2014}}</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 18, 2014}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 18, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2019<ref name="QF"/>
}}

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR8">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2011-05-14 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 153,887 people, 59,667 households, and 39,797 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was 616 people per square mile (238/km{{sup|2}}). There were 67,194 housing units at an average density of 269 per square&nbsp;mile (104/km{{sup|2}}). The racial makeup of the county was 50.13% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 47.32% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.18% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 1.08% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.46% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.81% from two or more races. 1.31% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 59,667 households, out of which 31.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.30% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 20.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.30% were non-families. 28.20% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the county, the population was distributed with 26.60% under the age of 18, 10.10% from 18 to 24, 29.00% from 25 to 44, 21.70% from 45 to 64, and 12.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.20 males.

The population tables show a dramatic reduction in population growth from 1920 to 1940, less than half the amounts for censuses before and after these dates; during this period, tens of thousands of African Americans left the state for cities in the North and Midwest, as part of the [[Great Migration (African American)|Great Migration]].

The median income for a household in the county was $34,532, and the median income for a family was $43,479. Males had a median income of $34,263 versus $25,540 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $19,058. About 15.50% of families and 19.10% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 28.20% of those under age 18 and 13.10% of those age 65 or over.
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===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States Census]], there were 155,547&nbsp;people, 60,295&nbsp;households, and 38,714&nbsp;families residing in the county.<ref name="census-dp1">{{cite web
|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US13021
|title=DP-1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data
|access-date=2015-12-27
|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213020947/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US13021
|archive-date=February 13, 2020
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> The population density was {{convert|622.8|PD/sqmi}}. There were 69,662 housing units at an average density of {{convert|278.9|/sqmi}}.<ref name="census-density">{{cite web
|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY07/0500000US13021
|access-date=2015-12-27
|title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County
|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213191424/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY07/0500000US13021
|archive-date=February 13, 2020
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> The racial makeup of the county was 52.1% black or African American, 43.2% white, 1.6% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific islander, 1.3% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 2.8% of the population.<ref name="census-dp1"/> In terms of ancestry, 8.8% were [[English people|English]], 7.6% were [[Americans|American]], 6.6% were [[Irish people|Irish]], and 5.2% were [[Germans|German]].<ref name="census-dp2">{{cite web
|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP02/0500000US13021
|title=DP02 SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
|access-date=2015-12-27
|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213025816/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP02/0500000US13021
|archive-date=February 13, 2020
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>

Of the 60,295&nbsp;households, 33.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.5% were married couples living together, 22.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 35.8% were non-families, and 30.3% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.10. The median age was 35.6 years.<ref name="census-dp1"/>

The median income for a household in the county was $38,798 and the median income for a family was $52,158. Males had a median income of $41,219 versus $31,477 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,436. About 16.4% of families and 22.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 33.0% of those under age 18 and 12.8% 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/DP03/0500000US13021
|title=DP03 SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
|access-date=2015-12-27
|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213015255/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0500000US13021
|archive-date=February 13, 2020
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>

==Recreation==
[[File:Lake Tobesofkee near Lizella, Georgia.JPG|thumb|alt=A view of the calm Lake Tobesofkee in the wintertime. Taken facing Northwest from beside the Lower Thomaston Road Bridge.|Lake Tobesofkee in the Wintertime]]

[[Lake Tobesofkee]], about {{convert|10|miles}} west of Macon, has three parks. Claystone, Sandy Beach, and Arrowhead Parks, each with a beach, and children's playgrounds. Sandy Beach has lighted tennis courts, a water park with many attractions, and a softball field.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.co.bibb.ga.us/laketobesofkee/ParksAndBeaches.asp|title=Tobesofkee parks and beaches|access-date=June 2, 2012}}</ref>

==Communities==
* [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]]
* [[Lizella, Georgia|Lizella]]
* [[Payne, Georgia|Payne]]
* [[Walden, Georgia|Walden]]
* [[Sofkee, Georgia|Sofkee]]
* [[Franklinton, Georgia|Franklinton]]
* [[Avondale, Georgia|Avondale]]


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


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Bibb County
County
Bibb County courthouse in Macon
Bibb County courthouse in Macon
Map of Georgia highlighting Bibb County
Location within the U.S. state of Georgia
Map of the United States highlighting Georgia
Georgia's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 32°48′N 83°42′W / 32.8°N 83.7°W / 32.8; -83.7
Country United States
State Georgia
FoundedDecember 9, 1822; 202 years ago (1822)
Named forWilliam Wyatt Bibb
SeatMacon
Largest cityMacon
Area
 • Total
255 sq mi (660 km2)
 • Land250 sq mi (600 km2)
 • Water5.6 sq mi (15 km2)  2.2%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
157,346
 • Density629/sq mi (243/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional districts2nd, 8th
Websitemaconbibb.us

Bibb County is located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, its population was 157,346.[1] Bibb County is geographically located in the Central Georgia (Middle Georgia) region, and is the largest county in the Macon metropolitan area (metropolitan statistical area).

Bibb County has a consolidated city-county government following a merger of the county with its county seat and largest city, Macon, in 2014. They were later joined in this consolidated government in 2015 by the county's only other municipality, Payne City.[2]

History

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This area was inhabited for thousands of years by successive indigenous peoples. The Ocmulgee National Monument is a national park and historic site incorporating two major mound and town complexes: Lamar Mounds and Village Site and Ocmulgee Mound Site, both located along the Ocmulgee River. They were built by indigenous peoples during the Mississippian culture era. The detailed chronicles of the Hernando de Soto expedition recorded visiting Ichisi, a major village, in 1539. Historians and archeologists have theorized it may have been located at the Lamar Mounds complex.[3]

For centuries, the historic Native Americans Muscogee tribe, descendants of this culture, was the predominant one in a large area of Georgia, including that later organized as Bibb County. During the colonial period, Anglo colonists carried on a brisk trade with them and allied with them in certain wars in the Southeast. With European-American land hunger to extend cotton cultivation in the Georgia uplands, the Muscogee and other four Civilized Tribes of the Southeast were forcibly relocated to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River, in the Indian Removal of the 1830s, during the administration of President Andrew Jackson. The Indian tribes affected refer to their journey is as the "Trail of Tears", since many died during the march west.

In the late 18th century, the cotton gin was invented, making profitable the processing of short-staple cotton. This could be grown across the uplands of the South, in contrast to the long-staple cotton of the Low Country. Bibb is considered one of the counties of the "Black Belt", which originally referred to the fertile dark soil in these uplands. The area was developed by European-American planters, who used enslaved African Americans as workers to clear land and develop large cotton plantations during the antebellum years. Cotton generated high profits, since it was in demand in the textile mills of the northern states and England. By the 1860 census, shortly before the American Civil War, more than a million enslaved African Americans lived in Georgia, and they constituted a majority of the population in much of the Black Belt.

Bibb County was created by act of the Georgia Legislature on December 9, 1822, with Macon to be incorporated as a town/city in December 1823; designated the county seat. It was carved from the earlier territories of the counties of Jones, Monroe, Houston, and Twiggs Counties. The county seat has not been changed since, and no other subsequent county in the state has ever been created ("erected") out of land from Bibb County.

The county was named for Dr. William Wyatt Bibb, a physician from Elbert County, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and United States Senate from Georgia. After he moved to the new Alabama Territory, he was later elected as the first governor of the new State of Alabama upon its admission.

Civil War to present

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Main article: Macon, Georgia - History

During the Civil War, an estimated 10% of the white males in the county lost their lives while serving in the Confederate States Army.[4] The war gained the emancipation of slaves across the South. Georgia had been a battleground, and Atlanta and many other areas were left in ruins.

Well into the 20th century, the county depended on cotton and other agriculture as its economic base. It was subject to related vagaries of weather, financial markets, and the devastation of the invasive boll weevil in the early 20th century, which destroyed cotton crops across the South.

After the Civil War and during the 20th century, the county seat of Macon continued to serve as the county's principal population center, site of the most significant landmarks, and the location of major historical events.

On July 31, 2012, voters in the City of Macon (57.8% approval) and Bibb County (56.7% approval) passed a referendum to merge the governments of the city and the county, based on the authorization of House Bill 1171 passed by the Georgia General Assembly earlier in the year.[5] Four previous consolidation attempts (in 1933, 1960, 1972, and 1976) had failed.[6][7][8] The consolidation took effect on January 1, 2014, along with the deannexation from the city of a small portion of land in Jones County.

In addition to Macon, Bibb County contained one other municipality, Payne City (or Payne), an enclave of around 200 people that was surrounded entirely by the preconsolidation City of Macon. In the 2012 referendum, Payne City voters rejected consolidation by a vote of 9 to 7, so it was not merged into the consolidated government. In early 2015, at the request of the small city's government, the Georgia General Assembly passed a bill dissolving Payne City, merging it with the rest of Macon-Bibb County.[2]

Geography

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 255 square miles (660 km2), of which 250 square miles (650 km2) is land and 5.6 square miles (15 km2) (2.2%) is water.[9] The entirety of Bibb County is located in the Upper Ocmulgee River sub-basin of the Altamaha River basin.[10]

Adjacent counties

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National protected areas

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Communities

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Cities

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Unincorporated communities

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Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
18307,154—
18409,80237.0%
185012,69929.6%
186016,29128.3%
187021,25530.5%
188027,14727.7%
189042,37056.1%
190050,47319.1%
191056,64612.2%
192071,30425.9%
193077,0428.0%
194083,7838.7%
1950114,07936.2%
1960141,24923.8%
1970143,4181.5%
1980150,2564.8%
1990149,967−0.2%
2000153,8872.6%
2010155,5471.1%
2020157,3461.2%
2023 (est.)156,512[11]−0.5%
U.S. Decennial Census[12]
1790-1880[13] 1890-1910[14]
1920-1930[15] 1930-1940[16]
1940-1950[17] 1960-1980[18]
1980-2000[19] 2010[20] 2020[21]
Bibb County, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition
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.
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000[22] Pop 2010[20] Pop 2020[21] % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 76,262 65,494 56,787 49.56% 42.11% 36.09%
Black or African American alone (NH) 72,503 80,744 85,234 47.11% 51.91% 54.17%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 255 287 281 0.17% 0.18% 0.18%
Asian alone (NH) 1,632 2,492 3,209 1.06% 1.60% 2.04%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 35 74 42 0.02% 0.05% 0.03%
Other race alone (NH) 92 215 602 0.06% 0.14% 0.38%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) 1,085 1,852 4,454 0.71% 1.19% 2.83%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,023 4,389 6,737 1.31% 2.82% 4.28%
Total 153,887 155,547 157,346 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 157,346 people, 56,726 households, and 33,573 families residing in the county.

Crime

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In 2022, Bibb County had the highest crime rate in Georgia. Bibb County had a rate of 52.6 crimes per 1,000 residents. The most common was larceny theft, of which there were 3,694 incidents, while the second most common crime was aggravated assault, with 1,911 committed. Overall, Bibb had the highest crime rate for seven of the ten crime categories, including murder, robbery, motor vehicle theft and arson.[23]

Government and politics

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Since the 2014 consolidation, Macon-Bibb has been governed by a mayor, elected at-large (county-wide), along with a nine-member county commission with members elected from single-member districts.[24][25][26]

Like all other Georgia counties, Bibb has an elected sheriff responsible for maintaining the jail. Bibb's sheriff also manages the county's law enforcement duties, with their deputies acting as the city and county police force. As of 2019, the current sheriff is David Davis.[27]

Elections

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Bibb County Courthouse, circa 1876

In 2013, the consolidated city-county held its first elections. Macon's incumbent mayor Robert Reichert received 49% of the vote in the general election on September 17 over the other five mayoral candidates, but a winner had to take a majority of the vote. Reichert subsequently won 63% of the vote in a runoff election against former Macon mayor C. Jack Ellis.[28] Reichert was unopposed for re-election in 2016, following the death of his only opponent before the election. Under the city-county charter, the mayor is subject to term limits and may serve only two consecutive terms. Reichert had to leave office in December 2020.[29]

As an urban county with a majority African-American population, voters in Bibb County today consistently vote at high rates for Democratic candidates counties in presidential elections. During the late 19th century and into the late 1960s, when most African Americans were disenfranchised by the state constitution and practices under Jim Crow, white conservatives dominated the Democratic Party and voting. The combination of these two contrasting affiliations resulted in the majority of county voters having supported for a Republican presidential candidate only three times in its history. Bibb was the only county in the 2004 flag referendum to vote to keep the 2001 flag.[30]

United States presidential election results for Bibb County, Georgia[31]
Year Republican Democratic Third party(ies)
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2024 26,658 38.29% 42,172 60.58% 785 1.13%
2020 26,559 37.53% 43,408 61.34% 796 1.12%
2016 24,043 38.24% 36,787 58.50% 2,050 3.26%
2012 25,623 39.54% 38,585 59.54% 595 0.92%
2008 27,037 40.69% 38,987 58.67% 424 0.64%
2004 28,107 48.64% 29,322 50.74% 359 0.62%
2000 24,071 48.36% 24,996 50.22% 709 1.42%
1996 20,778 41.61% 26,727 53.53% 2,427 4.86%
1992 19,847 36.72% 28,070 51.93% 6,132 11.35%
1988 22,179 49.96% 22,084 49.74% 133 0.30%
1984 24,170 47.77% 26,427 52.23% 0 0.00%
1980 15,175 31.53% 31,770 66.01% 1,185 2.46%
1976 12,819 28.66% 31,902 71.34% 0 0.00%
1972 27,402 72.87% 10,201 27.13% 0 0.00%
1968 13,490 32.59% 10,579 25.55% 17,328 41.86%
1964 25,641 58.98% 17,831 41.02% 0 0.00%
1960 10,523 42.24% 14,387 57.76% 0 0.00%
1956 7,242 32.61% 14,966 67.39% 0 0.00%
1952 6,121 29.42% 14,687 70.58% 0 0.00%
1948 3,837 27.26% 7,011 49.80% 3,229 22.94%
1944 1,884 26.04% 5,352 73.96% 0 0.00%
1940 1,371 16.85% 6,729 82.70% 37 0.45%
1936 452 7.29% 5,722 92.34% 23 0.37%
1932 405 8.42% 4,372 90.93% 31 0.64%
1928 2,078 47.58% 2,289 52.42% 0 0.00%
1924 455 10.38% 3,647 83.17% 283 6.45%
1920 458 18.41% 2,030 81.59% 0 0.00%
1916 58 2.51% 2,048 88.77% 201 8.71%
1912 71 3.70% 1,741 90.82% 105 5.48%
1908 565 21.91% 1,946 75.46% 68 2.64%
1904 236 9.86% 2,117 88.47% 40 1.67%
1900 250 11.42% 1,897 86.66% 42 1.92%
1896 670 18.36% 1,854 50.81% 1,125 30.83%
1892 641 14.67% 3,627 83.00% 102 2.33%
1888 1,121 32.45% 2,215 64.11% 119 3.44%
1884 857 33.17% 1,727 66.83% 0 0.00%
1880 908 36.38% 1,588 63.62% 0 0.00%

United States Congress

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Senators Name Party Assumed Office Level
  Senate Class 2 Raphael Warnock Democratic 2021
  Senate Class 3 Jon Ossoff Democratic 2021
Representatives Name Party Assumed Office
  District 2 Sanford Bishop Democratic 1993
  District 8 Austin Scott Republican 2011

Georgia General Assembly

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Georgia State Senate

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District Name Party Assumed office
  18 John F. Kennedy Republican 2015
  25 Rick Williams Republican 2023
  51 David Lucas Democratic 2011

Georgia House of Representatives

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District Name Party Assumed office
  140 Robert Dickey Republican 2011
  141 Allen Peake Republican 2011
  142 Miriam Paris Democratic 2017
  143 James Beverly Democratic 2011
  144 Bubber Epps Republican 2008

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Recreation

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A view of the calm Lake Tobesofkee in the wintertime. Taken facing Northwest from beside the Lower Thomaston Road Bridge.
Lake Tobesofkee in the Wintertime

Lake Tobesofkee, about 10 miles (16 km) west of Macon, has three parks. Claystone, Sandy Beach, and Arrowhead Parks, each with a beach, and children's playgrounds. Sandy Beach has lighted tennis courts, a water park with many attractions, and a softball field.[35]

Transportation

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Major highways

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Pedestrians and cycling

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  • Heritage Trail
  • Ocmulgee Heritage Trail

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Census - Geography Profile: Bibb County, Georgia". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Lee, Maggie (April 1, 2015). "Payne City officially dissolved". The Telegraph | Macon.com. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  3. ^ Charles M. Hudson, Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun, University of Georgia Press, 1997, pp. 157-162
  4. ^ Davis, Robert Scott (1998). Cotton, Fire, and Dreams. Mercer University Press. ISBN 9780865545984.
  5. ^ "HB 1171 - Macon-Bibb County; create and incorporate new political body corporate". Archived from the original on October 30, 2012.
  6. ^ City-County Consolidation Proposals, 1921 - Present Archived July 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, National Association of Counties. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
  7. ^ "The Effects on City-County Consolidation" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 21, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
  8. ^ Consolidation pass for Macon and Bibb county in the 2012 vote.CONSOLIDATION OF CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS: ATTEMPTS IN FIVE CITIES Archived January 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
  9. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  10. ^ "Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience". Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission. Archived from the original on October 3, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  11. ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  12. ^ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". United States Census Bureau.
  13. ^ "1880 Census Population by Counties 1790-1800" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1880.
  14. ^ "1910 Census of Population - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1910.
  15. ^ "1930 Census of Population - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1930.
  16. ^ "1940 Census of Population - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1940.
  17. ^ "1950 Census of Population - Georgia -" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1950.
  18. ^ "1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1980.
  19. ^ "2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000.
  20. ^ a b "P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Bibb County, Georgia". United States Census Bureau.
  21. ^ a b "P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Bibb County, Georgia". United States Census Bureau.
  22. ^ "P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Bibb County, Alabama". United States Census Bureau.
  23. ^ "The Georgia Counties with the Highest Crime Rates". Metro Atlanta CEO. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  24. ^ Jim Gaines (July 28, 2012). "Last details of Macon-Bibb consolidation debate aired". The Telegraph.[permanent dead link‍]
  25. ^ Mike Stucka (July 31, 2012). "Macon-Bibb County consolidation wins with strong majorities". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on July 19, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
  26. ^ Erica Lockwood (July 13, 2012). "Consolidation: 3 Areas of Macon and Bibb Affected Differently". 13 WMAZ. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013.
  27. ^ "Sheriff David Davis | bibbsheriff.us". Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  28. ^ "Election Race Results | Macon, GA - Warner Robins, GA | 13WMAZ.com". Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
  29. ^ Dunlap, Stanley (May 25, 2016). "Reichert reveals plans for final term, reflects on past". The Telegraph | Macon.com. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  30. ^ "Statewide Advisory Flag Referendum". Georgia Secretary of State. July 7, 2004. Archived from the original on July 3, 2014. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  31. ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  32. ^ "House Members List". Retrieved June 2, 2016.
  33. ^ "Senate Members List". Retrieved June 2, 2016.
  34. ^ "Georgia Counties by 2012 Legislative and Congressional District" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on May 30, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
  35. ^ "Tobesofkee parks and beaches". Retrieved June 2, 2012.
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