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Americus is the county seat of Sumter County, Georgia, United States. [4] . As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 16,230. It is the principal city of the Americus Micropolitan Statistical Area, a micropolitan area that covers Schley and Sumter counties [5] and had a combined population of 36,966 at the 2000 census. [2]
Jul 18, 2003 · Americus, the county seat of Sumter County in southwest Georgia, is located approximately nine miles east of Plains and 150 miles south of Atlanta, in the middle of a triangle formed by Albany, Columbus, and Macon, sixteen miles west of the Flint River. The city was incorporated on December 22, 1832, and by the end of that century it had become ...
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Americus, city, seat (1831) of Sumter county, southwest-central Georgia, U.S., on Muckalee Creek, 35 miles (55 km) north of Albany. Founded in 1830, it was named for the Italian explorer and navigator Amerigo Vespucci or, legend says, for the “merry cusses” who were its first settlers.
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Jul 1, 2022 · QuickFacts Americus city, Georgia. QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties. Also for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more.
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Current weather forecast for Americus, GA. Population in 2022: 15,642 (98% urban, 2% rural). Population change since 2000: -8.1% Zip codes: 31709, 31719. Americus Zip Code Map. Estimated median household income in 2022: $37,256 ( it was $26,808 in 2000) Estimated per capita income in 2022: $20,921 ( it was $14,168 in 2000)
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98.8% of the residents in Americus, GA are U.S. citizens. The largest universities in Americus, GA are Georgia Southwestern State University (700 degrees awarded in 2021). In 2021, the median property value in Americus, GA was $101,500, and the homeownership rate was 42.2%.
Feb 29, 2008 · Following the Albany Movement of 1961-62, civil rights activism in Georgia centered next on Americus, a small town in Sumter County located some thirty miles north of Albany in the southwestern portion of the state.
