Rochelle is a city in
Wilcox County,
Georgia
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, United States. Per the
2020 census, the population was 1,167.
History
The community was named after
La Rochelle
La Rochelle (, , ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''La Rochéle''; oc, La Rochèla ) is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department. With ...
, in France. The
Georgia General Assembly
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incorporated Rochelle as a town in 1888.
Geography
Rochelle is located at (31.948993, -83.453875).
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
2020 census
''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.''
2000 Census
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 1,415 people, 552 households, and 379 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 642 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 46.08%
White
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, 52.79%
African American
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, 0.35%
Native American, 0.35% from
other races
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, and 0.42% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race were 1.84% of the population.
There were 552 households, out of which 31.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.0% were
married couples
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living together, 23.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.3% were non-families. 28.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.14.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 29.2% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 24.5% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.7 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $21,923, and the median income for a family was $27,250. Males had a median income of $26,607 versus $19,250 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the city was $12,929. About 28.5% of families and 36.2% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 47.2% of those under age 18 and 26.1% of those age 65 or over.
Education
The
Wilcox County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of one elementary school, a middle school, and a high school. The district has 90 full-time teachers and over 1,439 students.
The schools, located in Rochelle, are:
*Wilcox County Elementary School
*Wilcox County Middle School
*
Wilcox County High School
Higher education
*
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College
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- Wilcox Learning Center
Wiregrass Technical College
, Retrieved June 30, 2010.
Notable people
* John Bahnsen - United States Army
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brigadier general
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and decorated veteran of the Vietnam War
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*Alfonzo Dennard
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- NFL free agent
*Nick Marshall
Nicholas Deshawn Marshall Sr. (born June 30, 1992) is an American football cornerback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Fo ...
- NFL cornerback for Jacksonville Jaguars
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, quarterback for Auburn Tigers
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*Bug Howard
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Early years
Howard, who was given the nickn ...
- NFL tight end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)
Cities in Wilcox County, Georgia