Chattooga County

administration
Chattooga County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Summerville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Chattooga County Administration P.O. Box 211 Summerville, Georgia 30747-0211
Foundation :	December 28, 1838
Made up from:	Floyd County Walker County
Area code :	001 706
Demographics
Residents :	26,015 (2010)
Population density :	32.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	812 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Website : www.chattoogacountyga.com

The Chattooga County located in the US state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Summerville .

geography

The county is located in northwest Georgia, borders Alabama to the west and is approximately 50 km from Tennessee to the north . It covers an area of 812 square kilometers, of which one square kilometer is water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Walker County , Gordon County, and Floyd Counties .

history

Chattooga County was formed on December 28, 1838 from parts of Floyd County and Walker County. It was named after the Chattooga River . Built in 1909, Summerville County Courthouse is listed on the National Database of Historic Places.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	3438	-
1850	6815	98.2%
1860	7165	5.1%
1870	6902	-3.7%
1880	10,021	45.2%
1890	11.202	11.8%
1900	12,952	15.6%
1910	13,608	5.1%
1920	14,312	5.2%
1930	15,407	7.7%
1940	18,532	20.3%
1950	21,197	14.4%
1960	19,954	-5.9%
1970	20,541	2.9%
1980	21,856	6.4%
1990	22,242	1.8%
2000	25,470	14.5%
2010	26,015	2.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Autumn mood in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest

According to the 2010 census, the then 26,015 inhabitants were distributed over 9,548 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.52 people per household. There are a total of 10,977 households.

69.8% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.02 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 33.6% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 29.2% of all households.

25.0% of the population were younger than 20 years, 26.0% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 20.8% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 39 years. 51.9% of the population were male and 48.1% were female.

83.9% of the population identified themselves as whites, 11.1% as African-Americans , 0.3% as Indians and 0.4% as Asian Americans . 2.7% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.6% to several ethnic groups. 4.0% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 32,496 USD , while 23.9% of the population lived below the poverty line.