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Quitman County Data

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Quitman County
1990 Census: 2,209
2000 Census: 2,598
Acres: 103,274
Hectares: 41,794
Square Miles: 161
Square Kilometers: 418
County Seat: Georgetown


Land Cover Type

Landcover Class
Beaches, Dunes, Mud
Open Water
Low Intensity Urban
High Intensity Urban
Clearcut, Sparse
Quarries, Strip Mines, Rocks
Deciduous Forest
Evergreen Forest
Mixed Forest
Row Crops and Pasture
Forested Wetland
Non-forested Wetland-Salt
Non-forested Wetland-Fresh
1974
0
5,443
681
36
1,873
0
25,382
37,759
3,098
21,318
7,660
0
22
1985
1
5,642
718
38
8,346
0
24,229
40,976
2,428
12,656
8,219
0
22
1991
5
5,903
1,651
44
13,470
0
27,899
32,287
3,823
9,940
8,026
0
227
1998
12
5,734
1,658
44
11,639
0
29,388
32,667
4,612
9,738
7,757
0
24
2001
0
5,984
2,578
57
17,907
0
20,830
32,624
4,842
11,154
7,261
0
37
2005
0
5,952
2,577
62
11,033
0
24,934
29,629
10,458
11,603
6,992
0
33

Pie Charts

1974
1985
1991
1998
2001
2005

Impervious surface change in acres from 1991 to 2005

1991
224 acres
1% impervious
1991 to 2001 Increase:
37 acres
1991 to 2001 Percent Increase:
17%
2001
261 acres
1% impervious
2001 to 2005 Increase:
15 acres
2001 to 2005 Percent Increase:
6%
2005
276 acres
1% impervious
1991 to 2005 Increase:
52 acres
1991 to 2005 Percent Increase:
24%

Tree canopy change in acres from 1991 to 2005

1991
55,579 acres
54% tree canopy
1991 to 2001 Change:
3,560 acres
1991 to 2001 Percent Change:
7%
2001
59,139 acres
58% tree canopy
2001 to 2005 Change:
709 acres
2001 to 2005 Percent Change:
2%
2005
59,848 acres
58% tree canopy
1991 to 2005 Change:
4,269 acres
1991 to 2005 Percent Change:
8%

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