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シルベスターは、アメリカ合衆国ジョージア州ワース郡の郡庁所在地です。2020年の人口は5,644人でした。この都市はワース郡の郡庁所在地[ 6 ]であり、ビジネスの中心地[ 7 ]でもあり、ピーナッツの生産量が多いことから「世界のピーナッツ首都」と呼ばれています[ 1 ] 。
シルベスターは1893年に区画整理された。 [ 8 ]ジョージア州議会は1898年にシルベスターを町として法人化した。[ 9 ]
シルベスターは北緯31度31分53秒、西経83度50分10秒（北緯31.53139度、西経83.83611度）（31.531425、-83.836233）に位置しています。[ 10 ]米国国勢調査局によると、市の総面積は5.7平方マイル（15 km 2 ）で、そのうち5.7平方マイル（15 km 2 ）が陸地、0.04平方マイル（0.10 km 2 ）（0.52%）が水域です。
シルベスターは、国道82号線とジョージア州道33号線の交差点に位置しています。ジョージア州道256号線はシルベスターの南東部に入り込み、そこではマーティン・ルーサー・キング・ジュニア・ドライブと名付けられています。
As of the 2020 census, Sylvester had a population of 5,644. The median age was 37.3 years. 25.7% of residents were under the age of 18 and 17.7% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 79.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 75.9 males age 18 and over.[24][25]
95.8% of residents lived in urban areas, while 4.2% lived in rural areas.[26]
There were 2,182 households in Sylvester, of which 34.2% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 30.5% were married-couple households, 17.2% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 45.7% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 30.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 1,709 families residing in the city.[24][26]
There were 2,459 housing units, of which 11.3% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.8% and the rental vacancy rate was 8.5%.[24]
The Worth County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of two elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school.[27] The district has 296 full-time teachers and over 4,354 students.[28]