# Pierce County, Georgia

Pierce County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,716. The county seat is Blackshear. Pierce County is part of the Waycross, Georgia Micropolitan Statistical Area.

## History

Pierce County is named for Franklin Pierce, fourteenth president of the United States. It was created December 18, 1857, from Appling and Ware counties.

## Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 343 square miles (890 km$^2$), of which 316 square miles (820 km$^2$) is land and 27 square miles (70 km$^2$) (7.8%) is water.
The northeastern third of Pierce County, bordered by a line from just west of Mershon to just south of Bristol, then south to just north of Blackshear, and then heading due east, is located in the Little Satilla River sub-basin of the St. Marys River-Satilla River basin. The southern two-thirds of the county is located in the Satilla River sub-basin of the St. Marys-Satilla River basin.

### Major highways

* U.S. Highway 84
* State Route 15
* State Route 32
* State Route 38
* State Route 121
* State Route 203

### Adjacent counties

* Appling County - north
* Wayne County - northeast
* Brantley County - southeast
* Ware County - west
* Bacon County - northwest

## Communities
### Cities

* Blackshear
* Offerman
* Patterson

### Unincorporated communities

* Bristol
* Mershon
* Otter Creek
* Walkerville

## Demographics

Pierce County racial composition as of 2020 :
| Race | Num. | Perc. |
| White (non-Hispanic) | 16,403 | 83.2% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 1,597 | 8.1% |
| Native American | 41 | 0.21% |
| Asian | 82 | 0.42% |
| Other/Mixed | 595 | 3.02% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 998 | 5.06% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 19,716 people, 7,048 households, and 5,319 families residing in the county.

## Media

* The Blackshear Times (weekly newspaper)
* The Pierce County Press (weekly newspaper)
* Waycross Journal-Herald (daily newspaper)
* WKUB 105.1FM (Country radio)
* WWUF 97.7FM (Oldies radio)
* WSFN AM 1350 (Sports radio)
* WAYX AM 1230 (News Talk radio)

## Politics

United States presidential election results for Pierce County, Georgia :
| Year | Republican | Republican | Democratic | Democratic | Third party(ies) | Third party(ies) |
| Year | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
| 2024 | 8,655 | 88.41% | 1,089 | 11.12% | 46 | 0.47% |
| 2020 | 7,898 | 87.29% | 1,100 | 12.16% | 50 | 0.55% |
| 2016 | 6,302 | 86.20% | 903 | 12.35% | 106 | 1.45% |
| 2012 | 5,667 | 82.67% | 1,124 | 16.40% | 64 | 0.93% |
| 2008 | 5,500 | 80.92% | 1,253 | 18.43% | 44 | 0.65% |
| 2004 | 4,680 | 78.99% | 1,234 | 20.83% | 11 | 0.19% |
| 2000 | 3,348 | 71.52% | 1,300 | 27.77% | 33 | 0.70% |
| 1996 | 2,319 | 56.73% | 1,420 | 34.74% | 349 | 8.54% |
| 1992 | 1,899 | 42.46% | 1,852 | 41.41% | 721 | 16.12% |
| 1988 | 1,947 | 55.49% | 1,558 | 44.40% | 4 | 0.11% |
| 1984 | 1,978 | 56.86% | 1,501 | 43.14% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1980 | 1,027 | 34.41% | 1,918 | 64.25% | 40 | 1.34% |
| 1976 | 544 | 17.15% | 2,628 | 82.85% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1972 | 1,982 | 88.05% | 269 | 11.95% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1968 | 579 | 17.93% | 507 | 15.70% | 2,144 | 66.38% |
| 1964 | 1,981 | 66.86% | 982 | 33.14% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1960 | 544 | 27.30% | 1,449 | 72.70% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1956 | 298 | 14.44% | 1,766 | 85.56% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1952 | 592 | 23.73% | 1,903 | 76.27% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1948 | 108 | 7.13% | 908 | 59.97% | 498 | 32.89% |
| 1944 | 165 | 13.37% | 1,069 | 86.63% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1940 | 84 | 8.16% | 943 | 91.55% | 3 | 0.29% |
| 1936 | 45 | 2.91% | 1,494 | 96.45% | 10 | 0.65% |
| 1932 | 29 | 2.57% | 1,094 | 96.90% | 6 | 0.53% |
| 1928 | 285 | 35.27% | 523 | 64.73% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1924 | 83 | 16.57% | 397 | 79.24% | 21 | 4.19% |
| 1920 | 122 | 23.06% | 407 | 76.94% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1916 | 85 | 14.19% | 489 | 81.64% | 25 | 4.17% |
| 1912 | 63 | 10.96% | 408 | 70.96% | 104 | 18.09% |