Colquitt County, Georgia

Not to be confused with Colquitt, Georgia.

Colquitt County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 45,898.^[1] The county seat is Moultrie.^[2] The county was created on February 25, 1856, and is named for Walter Terry Colquitt, a U.S. senator.^[3] Colquitt County comprises the Moultrie, GA micropolitan statistical area.

Colquitt County
County
Colquitt County Courthouse in Moultrie
Location within the U.S. state of Georgia
Georgia's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 31°11′N 83°46′W
Country	United States
State	Georgia
Founded	1856; 169 years ago (1856)
Named after	Walter Terry Colquitt
Seat	Moultrie
Largest city	Moultrie
Area
• Total	557 sq mi (1,440 km2)
• Land	544 sq mi (1,410 km2)
• Water	12 sq mi (30 km2)  2.2%
Population  (2020)
• Total	45,898
• Density	84/sq mi (32/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district	8th
Website	colquittcountyga.gov

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 557 square miles (1,440 km²), of which 544 square miles (1,410 km²) is land and 12 square miles (31 km²) (2.2%) is water.^[4] It is located in Southwest Georgia.

Most of the western portion of Colquitt County, west of Moultrie and State Route 33, is located in the Upper Ochlockonee River sub-basin of the larger Ochlockonee River basin, with the exception of the very northwestern corner of the county, between Sale City and west of Doerun, which is located in the Lower Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). A narrow central portion of Colquitt County, running from north to south of Moultrie, and then widening to occupy the gap between U.S. Route 319 and State Route 133, is located in the Withlacoochee River sub-basin of the Suwannee River basin. The eastern portion of the county is located in the Little River sub-basin of the same Suwannee River basin.^[5]

Lakes

• Gray Lake
• Lake Murphy

Major highways

• U.S. Route 319
• U.S. Route 319 Business
• State Route 33
• State Route 35
• State Route 37
• State Route 111
• State Route 133
• State Route 202
• State Route 256
• State Route 270
• State Route 270 Spur

Adjacent counties

• Tift County (northeast)
• Cook County (east)
• Brooks County (southeast)
• Thomas County (southwest)
• Mitchell County (west)
• Worth County (northwest)

Communities

Cities

• Berlin
• Doerun
• Ellenton
• Funston
• Moultrie
• Norman Park

Unincorporated communities

• Autreyville
• Barbers
• Hartsfield
• Riverside

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1860	1,316		—
1870	1,654		25.7%
1880	2,527		52.8%
1890	4,794		89.7%
1900	13,636		184.4%
1910	19,789		45.1%
1920	29,332		48.2%
1930	30,622		4.4%
1940	33,012		7.8%
1950	33,999		3.0%
1960	34,048		0.1%
1970	32,200		−5.4%
1980	35,376		9.9%
1990	36,645		3.6%
2000	42,053		14.8%
2010	45,498		8.2%
2020	45,898		0.9%
2023 (est.)	46,167	[6]	0.6%
U.S. Decennial Census[7] 1790-1880[8] 1890-1910[9] 1920-1930[10] 1930-1940[11] 1940-1950[12] 1960-1980[13] 1980-2000[14] 2010[15]

Colquitt County racial composition as of 2020^[16]

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	25,588	55.75%
Black or African American	9,995	21.78%
Native American	83	0.18%
Asian	388	0.85%
Pacific Islander	15	0.03%
Other/mixed	1,120	2.44%
Hispanic or Latino	8,709	18.97%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 45,898 people, 15,505 households, and 10,663 families residing in the county.

Education

Colquitt County School District headquarters

Colquitt County School District operates public schools, with Colquitt County High School being the high school.

Politics

United States presidential election results for Colquitt County, Georgia^[17]

Year	Republican		Democratic		Third party(ies)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
2024	12,451	74.96%	4,114	24.77%	46	0.28%
2020	11,777	73.21%	4,190	26.05%	119	0.74%
2016	9,898	72.65%	3,463	25.42%	263	1.93%
2012	9,243	69.25%	3,973	29.77%	131	0.98%
2008	9,185	68.27%	4,139	30.76%	130	0.97%
2004	8,296	70.59%	3,378	28.74%	78	0.66%
2000	6,589	66.08%	3,297	33.06%	86	0.86%
1996	4,847	48.51%	4,135	41.38%	1,010	10.11%
1992	4,680	45.54%	3,891	37.86%	1,705	16.59%
1988	5,653	65.04%	2,998	34.50%	40	0.46%
1984	5,815	64.45%	3,208	35.55%	0	0.00%
1980	3,593	39.62%	5,353	59.03%	123	1.36%
1976	2,181	23.94%	6,928	76.06%	0	0.00%
1972	6,900	88.12%	930	11.88%	0	0.00%
1968	1,882	20.18%	1,119	12.00%	6,325	67.82%
1964	6,493	71.67%	2,563	28.29%	4	0.04%
1960	1,685	27.70%	4,397	72.30%	0	0.00%
1956	1,336	23.24%	4,412	76.76%	0	0.00%
1952	1,411	23.80%	4,517	76.20%	0	0.00%
1948	537	15.50%	2,255	65.08%	673	19.42%
1944	696	23.17%	2,308	76.83%	0	0.00%
1940	525	22.24%	1,819	77.04%	17	0.72%
1936	448	15.44%	2,449	84.42%	4	0.14%
1932	101	2.77%	3,534	96.77%	17	0.47%
1928	796	45.07%	970	54.93%	0	0.00%
1924	205	10.67%	1,572	81.79%	145	7.54%
1920	523	40.51%	768	59.49%	0	0.00%
1916	53	3.47%	1,305	85.35%	171	11.18%
1912	8	0.66%	699	57.58%	507	41.76%

See also

• State of Georgia portal

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Colquitt County, Georgia
• List of counties in Georgia