County: | Colquitt County |
State: | Georgia |
Seat Wl: | Moultrie |
Largest City Wl: | Moultrie |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 557 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 544 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 12 |
Area Percentage: | 2.2% |
Census Yr: | 2020 |
Pop: | 45898 |
Density Sq Mi: | 84 |
Time Zone: | Eastern |
Ex Image: | 08-08-10 MoutrieColquittCoCrths.JPG |
Ex Image Cap: | Colquitt County Courthouse in Moultrie |
District: | 8th |
Named For: | Walter Terry Colquitt |
Colquitt County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 45,898.[1] The county seat is Moultrie.[2] The county was created on February 25, 1856, and is named for Walter Terry Colquitt, a U.S. senator.[3] Colquitt County comprises the Moultrie, GA micropolitan statistical area.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which is land and (2.2%) is water.[4] It is located in Southwest Georgia.
Most of the western portion of Colquitt County, west of Moultrie and State Route 33, is located in the Upper Ochlockonee River sub-basin of the larger Ochlockonee River basin, with the exception of the very northwestern corner of the county, between Sale City and west of Doerun, which is located in the Lower Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). A narrow central portion of Colquitt County, running from north to south of Moultrie, and then widening to occupy the gap between U.S. Route 319 and State Route 133, is located in the Withlacoochee River sub-basin of the Suwannee River basin. The eastern portion of the county is located in the Little River sub-basin of the same Suwannee River basin.[5]
White | 25,588 | 55.75% | |
Black or African American | 9,995 | 21.78% | |
Native American | 83 | 0.18% | |
Asian | 388 | 0.85% | |
Pacific Islander | 15 | 0.03% | |
Other/mixed | 1,120 | 2.44% | |
Hispanic or Latino | 8,709 | 18.97% |
Colquitt County School District operates public schools, with Colquitt County High School being the high school.