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AMERICUS

Specialty Definition: Americus, Georgia

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Americus is a city located in Sumter County, Georgia. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 17,013. The city is the county seat of Sumter County6.

Geography


Americus is located at 32°4'31" North, 84°13'36" West (32.075221, -84.226602)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 27.7 km² (10.7 mi²). 27.1 km² (10.5 mi²) of it is land and 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.87% water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 17,013 people, 6,374 households, and 4,149 families residing in the city. The population density is 626.8/km² (1,623.1/mi²). There are 7,053 housing units at an average density of 259.8/km² (672.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 39.05% White, 58.26% African American, 0.23% Native American, 0.86% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.90% from other races, and 0.69% from two or more races. 2.49% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 6,374 households out of which 32.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.2% are married couples living together, 27.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 34.9% are non-families. 29.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.52 and the average family size is 3.14. In the city the population is spread out with 28.0% under the age of 18, 14.1% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 18.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 30 years. For every 100 females there are 79.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 70.4 males. The median income for a household in the city is $26,808, and the median income for a family is $32,132. Males have a median income of $27,055 versus $20,169 for females. The per capita income for the city is $14,168. 27.7% of the population and 23.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 44.1% are under the age of 18 and 19.8% are 65 or older.Americus is a city located in Lyon County, Kansas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 938.

Geography


Americus is located at 38°30'23" North, 96°15'35" West (38.506448, -96.259598)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.8 km² (1.1 mi²). 2.8 km² (1.1 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 938 people, 355 households, and 259 families residing in the city. The population density is 335.3/km² (870.1/mi²). There are 383 housing units at an average density of 136.9/km² (355.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 96.80% White, 0.32% African American, 0.43% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.07% from other races, and 1.28% from two or more races. 1.71% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 355 households out of which 39.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.9% are married couples living together, 10.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 27.0% are non-families. 23.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.64 and the average family size is 3.12. In the city the population is spread out with 29.9% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 9.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 93.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 94.7 males. The median income for a household in the city is $35,859, and the median income for a family is $43,850. Males have a median income of $29,545 versus $21,705 for females. The per capita income for the city is $14,532. 11.4% of the population and 9.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 15.0% are under the age of 18 and 11.1% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Americus, Georgia."

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Crosswords: AMERICUS

Etymologies containing "AMERICUS": American. (references)

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Commercial Usage: AMERICUS

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Books

  • Americus Through the Years (reference)

  • Lafayette & West Lafayette, Indiana Streetmap: Including Americus, Battle Ground ... Stockwell, West Point: Featuring Purdue University, Tippecanoe Co (reference)

  • Paleoenvironmental Significance of Stromatolites in the Americus Limestore Member (Lower Permian, Midcontinent, Usa/Induced Color in Ostracode Shell) (reference)

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Periodicals

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Photo Album: AMERICUS

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Thirteen-year old sharecropper boy near Americus, Georgia. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Cities: AMERICUS


1. Americus, GA (city, FIPS 2116)
Location: 32.07211 N, 84.22694 W
Population (1990): 16512 (6317 housing units)
Area: 25.0 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
Country: USA

2. Americus, KS (city, FIPS 1675)
Location: 38.50648 N, 96.26098 W
Population (1990): 891 (359 housing units)
Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 66835
Country: USA

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Expression: AMERICUS

Expression using "AMERICUS": Americus Vespucius. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: AMERICUS

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day		ExpressionFrequency
per Day

americus georgia

190

americus vespucius

3

americus

103

americus weather

3

americus diamond

98

americus georgia newspaper

3

americus university

48

americus newspaper

3

americus recorder times

44

americus ga newspaper

3

americus kansas

21

skydive americus

3

americus wharf

6

americus georgia map

2

americus bank citizen

6

americus austin diamond

2

americus high school

6

americus jay

2

americus times

6

americus green

2

americus hotel

5

americus blue tide

2

americus hotel windsor

5

americus foundation liability

2

city of americus

4

americus college

2

americus ga hotel windsor

4

americus radio

2

americus liability

4

americus vespucci

2

americus georgia hotel windsor

4

americus ga map

2
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Misspellings: AMERICUS

Misspellings

"AMERICUS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Amarouch, Americo, Andricus. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: AMERICUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-m-r-s-u"

-1 letter: caesium, ceriums, murices, saucier, uraemic, uremias.

-2 letters: aecium, aimers, amices, amicus, amuser, armies, camise, caries, causer, cerias, cerium, cesium, cesura, creams, crimes, cruise, curiae, curies, ericas, macers, miscue, muscae, racism, ramies, sacrum, saucer, scream, umiacs, uremia, uremic.

-3 letters: acmes, acres, aimer, amice, amies, amirs, amuse, arcus, areic, arise, arums, aurei, aures, auric, auris.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-m-r-s-u"
 

+1 letter: manicures, muscarine, simulacre.

 

+2 letters: americiums, mercurials, micturates, muscarines, numeracies, rheumatics, secularism, simulacres.

 

+3 letters: cafetoriums, intercampus, lawrenciums, microquakes, oceanariums, parameciums, secularisms, supremacies, supremacist.

 

+4 letters: acquirements, anticonsumer, archesporium, circumstance, crematoriums, curtailments, epicureanism, euchromatins, extramusical, innumeracies, maricultures, matriculates, mercurations, microcapsule, semicircular, supremacists.

 

+5 letters: alphanumerics, anticonsumers, autoeroticism, bureaucratism, ceruloplasmin, chemosurgical, circumstanced, circumstances, circumstellar, counterclaims, counterimages, customariness, documentaries, documentarist, epicureanisms, gastrocnemius, manufactories, mercurialness, microcapsules, misarticulate, multispectral, muscularities, nonnumericals, paramountcies, republicanism, supercriminal, superromantic, unimportances, unsymmetrical, vernacularism.

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Alternative Orthography: AMERICUS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 4D 45 52 49 43 55 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01001101 01000101 01010010 01001001 01000011 01010101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#77 &#69 &#82 &#73 &#67 &#85 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 004D 0045 0052 0049 0043 0055 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3547395243375553

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Cities 		5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams 		9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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