The Valdosta Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the

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, is an area consisting of four counties –

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, Echols, Lanier, and Lowndes – in south-central

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, anchored by the city of Valdosta. As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 139,588.United States Census
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Counties

* Echols * Lanier * Lowndes

Communities

*Places with more than 50,000 inhabitants ** Valdosta (Principal city) *Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants ** Lakeland ** Quitman ** Hahira *Places with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants ** Barwick (partial) ** Dasher ** Lake Park **

Moody AFB Moody Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force installation near Valdosta, Georgia. Geography The base is in northeastern Lowndes County, Georgia, with the eastern border of the base following the Lanier County line. Georgia State Ro ...

(census-designated place) ** Morven ** Pavo (partial) ** Remerton *Unincorporated places ** Barney ** Clyattville **

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** Mineola ** Naylor ** Statenville ** Stockton

Transportation

Highways

There are many signed highways in the area: *

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* U.S. Route 41 (North Valdosta Road) (co-signed with I-75 between Exits 22 and 60) *

U.S. Route 84 U.S. Route 84 (US 84) is an east–west U.S. Highway that started as a short Georgia–Alabama route in the original 1926 scheme. Later, in 1941, it had been extended all the way to Colorado. The highway's eastern terminus is a short dista ...

(Hill Avenue (Valdosta), Wiregrass Parkway) *

U.S. Route 129 U.S. Route 129 (US 129) is an auxiliary route of US 29, which it intersects in Athens, Georgia. US 129 currently runs for from an intersection with US 19/ US 27 ALT/ US 98 in Chiefland, Florida, to an interchang ...

* U.S. Route 221 (co-signed with US 84) * U.S. Route 441 * State Route 7 (co-signed with US 41)(Used to be Ashley St(NB)and Patterson St(SB), now they are ALT SR7) * State Route 11 * State Route 31 * State Route 37 * State Route 64 * State Route 76 * State Route 89 * State Route 94 * State Route 122 (Main Street (Hahira, Lakeland)) * State Route 125 (Bemiss Road (Lowndes County)) * State Route 133 (Billy Langdale Parkway, St. Augustine Road (Valdosta)) * State Route 135 * State Route 187 * State Route 333 (Moultrie Road (Brooks County)) * State Route 376

Airports

There are two airports in the area: * Quitman Brooks County Airport (4J5) (General aviation) *

Valdosta Regional Airport Valdosta Regional Airport is a public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Valdosta, a city in Lowndes County, Georgia, United States. It is owned by the Valdosta-Lowndes County Airport ...

(VLD, KVLD) (Commercial service to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport)

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 119,560 people, 42,666 households, and 29,474 families residing in the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 62.42%

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, 33.37%

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, 0.40% Native American, 0.98% Asian, 0.04%

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, 1.54% from

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, and 1.25% from two or more races.

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of any race were 3.19% of the population. The median income for a household in the MSA was $28,516, and the median income for a family was $34,044. Males had a median income of $26,347 versus $19,250 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $15,019.

References

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