# Worth County, Georgia

Worth County is a county located in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,784. The county seat is Sylvester. Worth County is included in the Albany, GA metropolitan statistical area.

## History

Worth County was created from Dooly and Irwin counties on December 20, 1853, by an act of the Georgia General Assembly, becoming Georgia's 106th county. It was named for Major General William J. Worth of New York. In 1905, portions of Worth County were used to create Tift and Turner counties.

## Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 575 square miles (1,490 km$^2$), of which 571 square miles (1,480 km$^2$) is land and 4.1 square miles (11 km$^2$) (0.7%) is water.
The eastern third of Worth County, from west of State Route 33 heading east, is located in the Little River sub-basin of the Suwannee River basin. The northern third of the county is located in the Middle Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). A narrow portion of the western edge of Worth County is located in the Lower Flint River sub-basin of the same ACF River basin. Finally, a portion of the southwest of the county, north of Doerun, is located in the Upper Ochlockonee River sub-basin of the larger Ochlockonee River basin.

### Major highways

* U.S. Route 82
* State Route 32
* State Route 33
* State Route 112
* State Route 133
* State Route 256
* State Route 300
* State Route 313
* State Route 520

### Adjacent counties

* Crisp County - north
* Tift County - east
* Turner County - northeast
* Colquitt County - south
* Mitchell County - southwest
* Lee County - northwest
* Dougherty County - west

## Communities
### Cities

* Poulan
* Sylvester
* Warwick

### Town

* Sumner

### Unincorporated communities

* Acree
* Bridgeboro
* Oakfield

## Demographics

Worth County racial composition as of 2020 :
| Race | Num. | Perc. |
| White (non-Hispanic) | 14,427 | 69.41% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 5,255 | 25.28% |
| Native American | 49 | 0.24% |
| Asian | 87 | 0.42% |
| Pacific Islander | 8 | 0.04% |
| Other/Mixed | 577 | 2.78% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 381 | 1.83% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 20,784 people, 8,002 households, and 5,896 families residing in the county.

## Politics

United States presidential election results for Worth County, Georgia :
| Year | Republican | Republican | Democratic | Democratic | Third party(ies) | Third party(ies) |
| Year | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
| 2024 | 6,991 | 74.98% | 2,300 | 24.67% | 33 | 0.35% |
| 2020 | 6,830 | 73.56% | 2,395 | 25.79% | 60 | 0.65% |
| 2016 | 6,152 | 73.95% | 2,020 | 24.28% | 147 | 1.77% |
| 2012 | 5,869 | 69.57% | 2,487 | 29.48% | 80 | 0.95% |
| 2008 | 5,780 | 68.96% | 2,542 | 30.33% | 60 | 0.72% |
| 2004 | 5,105 | 69.40% | 2,219 | 30.17% | 32 | 0.44% |
| 2000 | 3,792 | 62.56% | 2,214 | 36.53% | 55 | 0.91% |
| 1996 | 2,752 | 48.07% | 2,300 | 40.17% | 673 | 11.76% |
| 1992 | 2,344 | 40.16% | 2,578 | 44.17% | 915 | 15.68% |
| 1988 | 2,668 | 66.55% | 1,311 | 32.70% | 30 | 0.75% |
| 1984 | 2,910 | 63.33% | 1,685 | 36.67% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1980 | 2,076 | 44.22% | 2,567 | 54.68% | 52 | 1.11% |
| 1976 | 1,156 | 29.30% | 2,790 | 70.70% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1972 | 2,942 | 84.44% | 542 | 15.56% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1968 | 603 | 13.79% | 720 | 16.47% | 3,049 | 69.74% |
| 1964 | 3,157 | 78.55% | 862 | 21.45% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1960 | 338 | 13.81% | 2,110 | 86.19% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1956 | 293 | 12.36% | 2,078 | 87.64% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1952 | 444 | 18.27% | 1,986 | 81.73% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1948 | 124 | 8.24% | 1,159 | 77.06% | 221 | 14.69% |
| 1944 | 218 | 16.59% | 1,096 | 83.41% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1940 | 190 | 16.83% | 936 | 82.91% | 3 | 0.27% |
| 1936 | 132 | 10.50% | 1,124 | 89.42% | 1 | 0.08% |
| 1932 | 38 | 1.65% | 2,269 | 98.23% | 3 | 0.13% |
| 1928 | 310 | 24.56% | 952 | 75.44% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1924 | 40 | 5.47% | 616 | 84.27% | 75 | 10.26% |
| 1920 | 214 | 25.48% | 626 | 74.52% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1916 | 68 | 8.62% | 690 | 87.45% | 31 | 3.93% |
| 1912 | 77 | 13.07% | 500 | 84.89% | 12 | 2.04% |