| County: | Bacon County |
| State: | Georgia |
| Founded Date: | July 27 |
| Seat Wl: | Alma |
| Largest City Wl: | Alma |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 286 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 259 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 27 |
| Area Percentage: | 9.5% |
| Census Yr: | 2020 |
| Pop: | 11140 |
| Density Sq Mi: | 43 |
| Time Zone: | Eastern |
| District: | 1st |
| Ex Image: | Bacon County Courthouse, Alma, GA, USA.jpg |
| Ex Image Cap: | Bacon County Courthouse in Alma |
| Named For: | Augustus Octavius Bacon |
Bacon County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,140.[1] The county seat is Alma.[2]
The constitutional amendment to create the county was proposed July 7, 1914, and ratified November 3, 1914. It is named after Augustus Bacon, a former United States senator from Georgia.[3]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which are land and (9.5%) are covered by water.[4]
The majority and western portion of Bacon County is located in the Satilla River sub-basin of the St. Marys River-Satilla River basin. The entire eastern and half of the southeastern edge of the county is located in the Little Satilla River sub-basin of the same St. Marys-Satilla River basin.[5] The county forms part of Southeast Georgia.
| White (non-Hispanic) | 8,103 | 72.74% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 1,747 | 15.68% | |
| Native American | 4 | 0.04% | |
| Asian | 40 | 0.36% | |
| Pacific Islander | 4 | 0.04% | |
| Other/Mixed | 367 | 3.29% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 875 | 7.85% |
Per the 2020 census, Bacon County's racial and ethnic makeup was 72.74% non-Hispanic white, 15.68% Black or African American, 0.04% Native American, 0.36% Asian American, 0.04% Pacific Islander American, 3.29% other or multiracial, and 7.85% Hispanic or Latino of any race. The 2022 American Community Survey estimated its racial and ethnic composition was 73% White, 15% African American, 1% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 9% Hispanic or Latino of any race.[7]
In 2022, the median household income for the county was $43,938 with a per capita income of $24,654. An estimated 21.6% of the county population lived at or below the poverty line. With an estimated 4,807 housing units in the county, 72% were owner-occupied and the median value of an owner-occupied housing unit was $95,600. Approximately 53% of housing units were valued under $100,000.
Religiously, as of 2020, the Association of Religion Data Archives determined the Southern Baptist Convention was the county's largest religious group, being within the Bible Belt.[8] The Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) was the second-largest Christian denomination in the county, followed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and National Association of Free Will Baptists. Among the county's predominantly Christian population, Methodists, Holiness, and Pentecostal Christians formed the remainder of its religious landscape.