# Bacon County, Georgia

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. The county seat is Alma.

## History

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.

## Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 286 square miles (740 km$^2$), of which 259 square miles (670 km$^2$) are land and 27 square miles (70 km$^2$) (9.5%) are covered by water.
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. The county forms part of Southeast Georgia.

### Major highways

* U.S. Route 1
* U.S. Route 23
* Georgia State Route 4
* State Route 4 Alternate
* State Route 19
* State Route 32
* State Route 203

### Adjacent counties

* Appling County (northeast)
* Pierce County (southeast)
* Ware County (south)
* Coffee County (west)
* Jeff Davis County (northwest)

### Communities
#### City

* Alma (county seat)

#### Unincorporated communities

* Coffee
* Rockingham

## Demographics

Bacon County racial composition as of 2020 :
| Race | Num. | Perc. |
| 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% |
According to the 1920 United States census, the county had a population of 6,460 which has increased since every decennial census except from 1960 and 1970; in 1960, its population declined from 8,940 to 8,359; and in 1970, its population declined to 8,233. In the 2020 United States census, there were 11,140 people, 3,874 households, and 2,706 families residing in the county, up from 10,103 in 2000.
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.
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. 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.

## Politics

United States presidential election results for Bacon County, Georgia :
| Year | Republican | Republican | Democratic | Democratic | Third party(ies) | Third party(ies) |
| Year | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
| 2024 | 4,186 | 86.51% | 645 | 13.33% | 8 | 0.17% |
| 2020 | 4,017 | 86.07% | 625 | 13.39% | 25 | 0.54% |
| 2016 | 3,364 | 83.49% | 608 | 15.09% | 57 | 1.41% |
| 2012 | 3,093 | 78.58% | 791 | 20.10% | 52 | 1.32% |
| 2008 | 3,089 | 78.36% | 817 | 20.73% | 36 | 0.91% |
| 2004 | 2,853 | 75.24% | 930 | 24.53% | 9 | 0.24% |
| 2000 | 2,010 | 67.11% | 956 | 31.92% | 29 | 0.97% |
| 1996 | 1,580 | 47.07% | 1,360 | 40.51% | 417 | 12.42% |
| 1992 | 1,301 | 39.01% | 1,423 | 42.67% | 611 | 18.32% |
| 1988 | 1,407 | 64.13% | 780 | 35.55% | 7 | 0.32% |
| 1984 | 1,778 | 63.77% | 1,010 | 36.23% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1980 | 1,427 | 45.94% | 1,622 | 52.22% | 57 | 1.84% |
| 1976 | 594 | 19.87% | 2,395 | 80.13% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1972 | 1,771 | 90.22% | 192 | 9.78% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1968 | 586 | 20.93% | 279 | 9.96% | 1,935 | 69.11% |
| 1964 | 2,136 | 64.43% | 1,179 | 35.57% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1960 | 579 | 33.14% | 1,168 | 66.86% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1956 | 394 | 13.88% | 2,445 | 86.12% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1952 | 543 | 26.42% | 1,512 | 73.58% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1948 | 104 | 8.42% | 785 | 63.56% | 346 | 28.02% |
| 1944 | 220 | 22.38% | 763 | 77.62% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1940 | 97 | 10.51% | 821 | 88.95% | 5 | 0.54% |
| 1936 | 62 | 6.26% | 929 | 93.74% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1932 | 11 | 2.08% | 515 | 97.54% | 2 | 0.38% |
| 1928 | 203 | 39.96% | 305 | 60.04% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1924 | 79 | 7.49% | 961 | 91.09% | 15 | 1.42% |
| 1920 | 219 | 41.63% | 307 | 58.37% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1916 | 0 | 0.00% | 287 | 86.19% | 46 | 13.81% |