Kingsland is a city in
Camden County, GeorgiaCamden County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is one of the original counties of Georgia, created February 5, 1777. As of 2000, the population was 43,664. The 2007 Census Estimate shows a population of 48,689 . The county seat is Woodbine, Georgia.-History:The first...
,
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. The population was 10,506 at the 2000
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.
The City of Kingsland hosts an annual Catfish Festival on
Labor DayLabor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September .The holiday originated in Canada out of labor disputes first in Hamilton, then in Toronto, Canada in the 1870s, which resulted in a Trade Union Act which legalized and protected union activity in 1872 in Canada...
weekend each year.
Kingsland is located at (30.794612, -81.671720).
According to the
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, with the recent annexation of a large tract of land to the West the city has a now reached a total area of 44.5 square miles (43.7 km²), of which, 44.3 square miles (43.3 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km²) of it (0.83%) is water.
Kingsland is a city in
Camden County, GeorgiaCamden County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is one of the original counties of Georgia, created February 5, 1777. As of 2000, the population was 43,664. The 2007 Census Estimate shows a population of 48,689 . The county seat is Woodbine, Georgia.-History:The first...
,
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The population was 10,506 at the 2000
censusA "census" is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population.In other words every 10 years...next one would be in 2010 The term is used mostly in connection with...
.
The City of Kingsland hosts an annual Catfish Festival on
Labor DayLabor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September .The holiday originated in Canada out of labor disputes first in Hamilton, then in Toronto, Canada in the 1870s, which resulted in a Trade Union Act which legalized and protected union activity in 1872 in Canada...
weekend each year.
Geography
Kingsland is located at (30.794612, -81.671720).
According to the
United States Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data. As part of the United States Department of Commerce, the Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about...
, with the recent annexation of a large tract of land to the West the city has a now reached a total area of 44.5 square miles (43.7 km²), of which, 44.3 square miles (43.3 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km²) of it (0.83%) is water. This recent growth makes Kingsland the seventh largest city in the state of Georgia by land mass.
The closest major city is
Jacksonville, FloridaJacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida, and is the county seat of Duval County. Since 1968, as a result of the consolidation of the city and county government, and a corresponding expansion of the city limits to include almost the entire county, Jacksonville became the...
(35.9 miles south).
Demographics
As of the
censusA "census" is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population.In other words every 10 years...next one would be in 2010 The term is used mostly in connection with...
of 2000, there were 10,506 people, 3,620 households, and 2,722 families residing in the city. The
population densityPopulation density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans. It is a key term used in geography....
was 627.9 people per square mile (242.5/km²). There were 4,203 housing units at an average density of 251.2/sq mi (97.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 73.25% White, 21.14% African American, 0.58% Native American, 1.54% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 1.24% from
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, and 2.19% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.61% of the population.
There were 3,620 households out of which 50.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.4% were
married couplesMarriage is a social union or legal contract between individuals that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged by a variety of ways, depending on the culture or demographic...
living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.8% were non-families. 19.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.34.
In the city the population was spread out with 34.8% under the age of 18, 10.1% from 18 to 24, 38.5% from 25 to 44, 13.0% from 45 to 64, and 3.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females there were 100.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $41,303, and the median income for a family was $44,708. Males had a median income of $32,795 versus $20,856 for females. The
per capita incomePer capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone. Per capita income is usually reported in units of currency per year...
for the city was $14,997. About 8.1% of families and 9.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.0% of those under age 18 and 28.8% of those age 65 or over.
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