Cherokee County, Georgia

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Cherokee County Courthouse
Cherokee County Courthouse
administration
US state : Georgia
Administrative headquarters : Canton
Address of the
administrative headquarters:
Cherokee County Board of Commissioners
90 North Street
Suite 310
Canton, GA 30114
Foundation : December 21, 1830
Made up from: Original County
Area code : 001 678 and 001 770
Demographics
Residents : 214,346  (2010)
Population density : 195.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1124 km²
Water surface : 27 km²
map
Map of Cherokee County within Georgia
Website : www.cherokeega.com

The Cherokee County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Canton .

geography

The county is north-northwest of the geographic center of Georgia, about 100 km to the north from Tennessee and about 80 km to the west from Alabama . It covers an area of ​​1,124 square kilometers, of which 27 square kilometers are water surface and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Pickens County , Dawson County , Forsyth County , Fulton County , Cobb County and Bartow Counties .

The county is part of the metropolitan area of ​​Atlanta .

history

Cherokee County was formed on December 21, 1830 as Original County from the area populated by the Cherokee Indian tribe , after which it was named.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1840 5895 -
1850 12,800 117.1%
1860 11,291 -11.8%
1870 10,399 -7.9%
1880 14,325 37.8%
1890 15,412 7.6%
1900 15,243 -1.1%
1910 16,661 9.3%
1920 18,569 11.5%
1930 20.003 7.7%
1940 20,126 0.6%
1950 20,750 3.1%
1960 23.001 10.8%
1970 31,059 35%
1980 51,699 66.5%
1990 90.204 74.5%
2000 141.903 57.3%
2010 214,346 51.1%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the 214,346 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 75,936 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.80 people per household. There are a total of 82,360 households.

76.2% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.20 people. There were children under the age of 18 in 41.4% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 18.9% of all households.

29.9% of the population were younger than 20 years, 26.5% were 20 to 39 years old, 29.5% were 40 to 59 years old, and 14.4% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 36 years. 49.4% of the population were male and 50.6% were female.

86.6% of the population identified themselves as whites, 5.7% as African-Americans , 0.4% as Indians and 1.7% as Asian Americans . 3.7% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.1% to several ethnic groups. 9.6% of the population was Hispanic or Latino .

The average annual income per household was 67,371 USD , while 10.3% of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Cherokee County

Cherokee County localities with 2010 census population :

Cities :

1992 tornado

Web links

Commons : Cherokee County, Georgia  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. GNIS-ID: 1685718. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  3. Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 14, 2011
  4. Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed March 31, 2012
  5. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved August 25, 2016.

Coordinates: 34 ° 14 ′  N , 84 ° 28 ′  W