County: | Crisp County |
State: | Georgia |
Seat Wl: | Cordele |
Largest City Wl: | Cordele |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 281 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 273 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 8.4 |
Area Percentage: | 3.0% |
Census Yr: | 2020 |
Pop: | 20128 |
Density Sq Mi: | 74 |
Time Zone: | Eastern |
Web: | www.crispcounty.com |
Ex Image: | Crisp County Courthouse (west face).JPG |
Ex Image Cap: | Crisp County Courthouse in Cordele |
District: | 2nd |
Named For: | Charles Frederick Crisp |
Crisp County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,128.[1] The county seat is Cordele.[2] The county was created on August 17, 1905, from Dooly County and named for Georgia Congressman Charles Frederick Crisp.[3] [4]
Crisp County comprises the Cordele, GA micropolitan statistical area.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which is land and (3.0%) is water.[5]
The western two-thirds of Crisp County, bordered on the east by a line from south of Arabi running northeast, is located in the Middle Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The eastern third of the county is located in the Alapaha River sub-basin of the Suwannee River.[6]
White (non-Hispanic) | 9,892 | 49.15% | |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 8,821 | 43.82% | |
Native American | 18 | 0.09% | |
Asian | 180 | 0.89% | |
Pacific Islander | 4 | 0.02% | |
Other/Mixed | 579 | 2.88% | |
Hispanic or Latino | 634 | 3.15% |