Leary is a city in Calhoun County, Georgia, United States. The population was 524 in 2020.
Geography Leary is located in southeastern Calhoun County at (31.485431, -84.513293). It is southwest of Albany and southeast of Morgan, the county seat.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Leary has a total area of , of which , or 0.20%, is water.
History On October 2, 1916, a woman named Connelly, whose son was accused of murder, was taken from the Leary jail and lynched. Her body, riddled with bullets was found two days later."Negro Woman Lynched" Cincinnati Enquirer, October 5, 1916
Demographics
Racial and ethnic composition +Leary city, Georgia – Racial and ethnic compositionRace / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 2000Pop 2010Pop 2020% 2000% 2010% 2020White alone (NH)14213911021.32%22.49%20.99%Black or African American alone (NH)50046640175.08%75.40%76.53%Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)5030.75%0.00%0.57%Asian alone (NH)0710.00%1.13%0.19%Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)0000.00%0.00%0.00%Other race alone (NH)0110.00%0.16%0.19%Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)0130.00%0.16%0.57%Hispanic or Latino (any race)19452.85%0.65%0.95%Total666618524 100.00%100.00%100.00%
2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 666 people, 256 households, and 176 families residing in the city. By 2020, its population declined to 524.
Notable people Chone Figgins, American baseball player, born in Leary
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