Wilkes County, Georgia Basics:
Wilkes County Georgia - Government Site
Population: 10,060
Area: 469 square miles
County seat: Washington
Area code(s) in use: 706
Time zone: EST
High school graduate or higher: 75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.8%
Median household income: $28,224
Persons in poverty: 28.8%
Home ownership rate: 69.9%
Mean travel time to work: 24.8 minutes
Adjacent counties:
Elbert Lincoln McDuffie Oglethorpe Taliaferro Warren