River Gee split from Grand Gedeh County in May 2000 after receiving approval from Liberia's House of Representatives in May 1997 and Senate approval in March 2000. On the east of the county is the Cavalla River that forms Liberia's border with the Ivory Coast. River Gee's capital is Fishtown. The Country was created by splitting the Grand Gedeh County. The River Gee watershed has lower tropical forests with mid size hills and various valleys. These forests receive a very high rainfall ranging from to per year in two distinct seasons. It has evergreen forests. While in the uplands it is conducive for rice cultivation, the low lying areas are conducive for yam, cocoa, plantains, potatoes, vegetables, rubber, coffee and sugarcane. The county accommodates the Glaro Reforestation Project with a designated National Plantation area of. It also shares the National proposed reserve of Grebo Forest with Grand Gedeh County.
Demographics
As of 2008, the county had a population of 66,789: 34,863 male and 31,926 female. The sex ratio was 109.2 compared to 96.2 in 1994 census. The number of households during 2008 was 9,822, averaging 6.5 people. The population was 1.90 per cent of the total population, while it was 1.90 per cent in 1994. The county had an area of 1,974 sq mi and the density per sq.mi was 34. The density during the 1984 census stood at 20. Liberia experienced civil war during various times and the total number of people displaced on account of wars as of 2008 in the county was 7,862. The number of people residing in urban areas was 13,370, with 6,698 males and 6,672 females. The total number of people in rural areas was 89,021, with 48,069 males and 40,952 females. The total fraction of people residing in urban areas was 20.02 per cent, while the remaining 133 per cent were living in rural areas. The number of people resettled as of 2008 was 7,320 while the number of people who were not resettled was 258. The number of literates above the age of ten as of 2008 was 24,062 while the number of illiterates was 20,684 making the literacy rate to 53.77. The total number of literate males was 15,006 while the total number of literate females was 9,056.
Economy
As of 2011, the area of rice plantation was, which was 3.011 per cent of the total area of rice planted in the country. The total production stood at 8040 metric tonnes. As of 2011, the number of Cassava plantation was 3790, which was 3.1 per cent of the total area of Cassava planted in the country. The total production stood at 1550 metric tonnes. The number of Cocoa plantation was 1550, which was 4 per cent of the total area of Cassava planted in the country. The number of rubber plantation was 660, which was 1.1 per cent of the total area of Cassava planted in the country. The number of Coffee plantation was 140, which was 0.6 per cent of the total area of Cassava planted in the country. As of 2008, the county had 1,744 paid employees, 19,331 self-employed people, 4,381 family workers, 566 people looking for work, 1,300 not working people, 2,154 people working in households, 19,290 students, 090 retired people, 252 incapacitated people, 334 part-time workers and 4,053 others, making the total working population of 53,495.
