Scotland, Georgia

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The 2000 Census showed that Scotland had a population of 300 people^<1>.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Scotland had 138 Housing Units^<2> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Scotland has an area^<3> of 1.4 square miles [3.63 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Scotland had a 2000 population density of 213.8 people per square mile [82.6 people/km²].

Telfair County

The city of Scotland is primarily located in Telfair County. A portion of Scotland extends into Wheeler County.

The county had a population of 11,798 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 300 people, Scotland contained 2.54% of the Telfair County total.

In addition, where the community of Scotland has a population density of 213.8 people per square mile [82.6 people/km²], Telfair County averages 26.75 people per square mile [10.33 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Telfair County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Scotland and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Scotland. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<4>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Scotland.

A Census Quickfact is available for Telfair County (QF-13271).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Telfair County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Ben Hill	QF-13017	SW	17,635	0.93% increase
	Coffee	QF-13069	S	40,527	7.9% increase
	Dodge	QF-13091	NW	20,116	5.01% increase
	Jeff Davis	QF-13161	SE	13,486	6% increase
	Wheeler	QF-13309	NE	6,877	11.22% increase
	Wilcox	QF-13315	W	8,750	2.05% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Scotland:

Scotland is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Scotland.

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Scotland. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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