Wheeler County, Georgia
Wheeler County is a County (United States), county located in the Central Georgia, central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, the population was 7,421. The county seat is Alamo, Georgia, Alamo. The county is one of the most impoverished counties in the nation. The American Community Survey, American Community Survey's 2009–2013 average reports that the county's Per capita income, per-capita income of $8,948 makes it the List of lowest-income counties in the United States, second-poorest county in the United States by this metric. The measurement however is misleading as Wheeler County is the site of Wheeler Correctional Facility, a large prison with a capacity of 3,028 prisoners, about 40 percent of the county's total population. Most prisoners have little income. The prison was opened in 1998 and the prison population may also account for the increased population of the county in the early 2000s. Histo ...
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