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Atkinson County
Atkinson County is a county located in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 8,286. The county seat is Pearson. The county was formed in 1917 from parts of Coffee and Clinch counties. It is named for William Yates Atkinson, Democratic governor of Georgia from 1894 to 1898. In 2003, it had the highest illiteracy rate of any U.S. county at 36%.
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Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)
- Census ID (PID6)
- 124400
- FIPS state
- 13
- FIPS county
- 003
- FIPS place
- 99003
- Census record name
- COUNTY OF ATKINSON
- Mailing address
- PO BOX 518, PEARSON 31642