Clarkston (Georgia)
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 County and state location
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1882 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Georgia |
| County : | DeKalb County |
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 49 ′ N , 84 ° 14 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 7,554 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 2,797.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 2.7 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 2.7 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 311 m |
| Postal code : | 30021 |
| Area code : | +1 404 678 |
| FIPS : | 13-16544 |
| GNIS ID : | 0331411 |
| Website : | clarkstonga.gov |
| Mayor : | Edward "Ted" Terry |
Clarkston is a city in DeKalb County in the US state of Georgia with 7554 inhabitants (as of 2010).
geography
Clarkston borders directly on the city of Tucker to the north and is about five kilometers northeast of Decatur and about ten kilometers northeast of Atlanta .
history
For a long time Clarkston was only a small, farmer-inhabited place, whose goats earned him the nickname "Goatstown". The railway connection at the end of the 19th century began to grow slowly; the actual city was founded in 1882, the name goes back to a railroad worker. The almost exclusively white middle-class city began to attract immigrants in the 1980s, partly because of the low cost of living, partly because it quickly gained a reputation as a place of tolerance. In the new millennium, Clarkston saw progressive politics in the region; z. B. marijuana has been legalized. The city itself has given itself the motto “Where possibilities grow”.
The city is sometimes called the "Ellis Island of the South" because of its mixed population structure; the city is occasionally visited by international politicians who want to find out why integration and coexistence work so well in Clarkston. The reason is that the city received a strong influx of refugees compared to the size of the city from the 1990s. According to the city's website, over 30% of residents were born outside of the United States.
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census, the then 7554 inhabitants were distributed over 2602 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.90 people per household. There are a total of 2883 households.
64.2% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.53 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 42.6% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 9.1% of all households.
31.9% of the population were younger than 20 years, 38.3% were 20 to 39 years old, 23.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 6.7% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 30 years. 49.3% of the population were male and 50.7% were female.
13.6% of the population identified themselves as white , 58.4% as African-American , 0.2% as Native American and 21.6% as Asian Americans . 2.1% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 4.1% to several ethnic groups. 2.8% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .
The average annual income per household was 35,934 USD , while 33.0% of the population lived below the poverty line.
traffic
Clarkston is affected by Interstate 285 and US Highway 78 . The nearest airport is Atlanta Airport (around 30 km southwest).
Web links
- Website of the city (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.atlantamagazine.com/great-reads/ellis-island-south-welcome-diverse-square-mile-america/
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/24/clarkston-georgia-refugee-resettlement-program
- ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved December 14, 2018.