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Ben Hill County Historic Population Profile

On July 31, 1906, the General Assembly proposed a constitutional amendment to create Ben Hill County from Irwin and Wilcox counties. In that year's general election, voters ratified the constitutional amendment on Nov. 6, 1906, which is considered the date of Ben Hill County's creation.

Useful Census Links:

U.S. Census Bureau

U.S. Historical Census Data Browser

Census 2000 (Georgia Tech State Data and Research Center)

Georgia 2000 Information System (University of Georgia ITOS)

Galileo Demographic & Census Data

*Census*	*Pop.*
2000	17,484
1990	16,245
1980	16,000
1970	13,171
1960	13,633
1950	14,879
1940	14,523
1930	13,047
1920	14,599
1910	11,863
1900
1890
1880
1870
1860
1850
1840
1830
1820
1810
1800
1790

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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