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Houston County Historic Population Profile

Houston (pronounced "HOUSE - ton") County was created on May 15, 1821 from lands ceded by the Creek Indians between the Ocmulgee and Flint rivers (see map) on Jan. 8, 1821 in the first Treaty of Indian Springs. Later, portions of Houston County were used to create the following counties: Bibb (1822), Crawford (1822), Macon (1837), and Peach (1924).

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	110,765
1990	89,208
1980	77,605
1970	62,924
1960	39,154
1950	20,964
1940	11,303
1930	11,280
1920	21,964
1910	23,609
1900	22,641
1890	21,613
1880	22,414
1870	20,406
1860	15,611
1850	16,450
1840	9,711
1830	7,369
1820
1810
1800
1790

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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