Clarke County, Georgia

administration
Clarke County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Athens
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Clarke County Administration 301 College Avenue Athens, Georgia, 30601-2770
Foundation :	December 5, 1801
Made up from:	Jackson County
Area code :	001 706
Demographics
Residents :	116,714 (2010)
Population density :	372.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	314 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Website : www.athensclarkecounty.com

The Clarke County is located in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Athens .

geography

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1810	7628	-
1820	8767	14.9%
1830	10.176	16.1%
1840	10,522	3.4%
1850	11,119	5.7%
1860	11,218	0.9%
1870	12,941	15.4%
1880	11,702	-9.6%
1890	15,186	29.8%
1900	17,708	16.6%
1910	23,273	31.4%
1920	26,111	12.2%
1930	25,613	-1.9%
1940	28,398	10.9%
1950	36,550	28.7%
1960	45,363	24.1%
1970	65,177	43.7%
1980	74,498	14.3%
1990	87,594	17.6%
2000	101,489	15.9%
2010	116.714	15%
Before 1900, 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

The county is located in north-central Georgia, 80 km to the northeast from South Carolina and 180 km to the north from Tennessee . It covers an area of 314 square kilometers, one square kilometer of which is water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Madison County , Oglethorpe County , Oconee County , Barrow County, and Jackson County .

The county is part of the Athens – Clarke County metropolitan area .

history

Clarke County was formed on December 5, 1801 from parts of Jackson County. It was named after Elijah Clarke , a hero of the American Revolutionary War.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the 116,714 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 45,414 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.37 people per household. There are a total of 51,068 households.

48.5% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.00 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 24.2% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 16.2% of all households.

25.3% of the population were younger than 20 years, 44.9% were 20 to 39 years old, 17.7% were 40 to 59 years old, and 12.1% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 26 years. 47.5% of the population were male and 52.5% were female.

61.9% of the population identified themselves as whites, 26.6% as African American , 0.2% as Indians and 4.2% as Asian Americans . 5.0% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.2% to several ethnic groups. 10.4% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 33,430 USD , while 35.7% of the population lived below the poverty line.