size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.08. In the city, the population was spread out, with 29.4% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 18.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.8 males. The median income for a household in the city was $27,946, and the median income for a family was $37,188. Males had a median income of $27,121 versus $18,981 for females. The per capita income for the city was $12,899. About 13.9% of families and 17.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.1% of those under age 18 and 19.6% of those age 65 or over. Education Students in Hahira are part of the Lowndes County School District. The following schools are in Hahira: Hahira Elementary School Hahira Middle School The South Georgia Regional Library operates the Walter R. & Dorothy Salter Hahira Library. For many years, the public library of Hahira consisted of a few thousand books in a small room in City Hall, operated by Jackie Matthews and open only on Thursday afternoons. Then the state of Georgia launched a massive grant program to its cities, promising funds that would pay 90 percent of construction and furnishings to local governments that matched funds and provided land. Hahira citizens were divided down the middle, torn between serious water and sewage issues and their own public library. But in the end, Hahira, which was known during the 1920s as the Queen Bee Capital of the World, received a honey of a library, which opened on March 12, 1989. The library acquired its name from Walter R. Salter, a former mayor, councilman, and local business owner who had long desired a library for the community. Upon his death in 1984, his wife Dorothy came forward with a gift of $30,000. Dorothy was present at the library's formal dedication and Clara Vinson was named as the first manager. Salter Hahira Library is widely used by educators and home school families for its outstanding programs; the Salter Hahira Library has earned a reputation of utmost friendliness and hospitality. It has become, without a doubt, a true community center for Hahira's citizens, and a touchstone