Cobb County

administration
Cobb County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Marietta
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Cobb County Administration 100 Cherokee Street Marietta, GA 30090
Foundation :	December 2, 1832
Made up from:	Cherokee County
Area code :	001 770
Demographics
Residents :	688,078 (2010)
Population density :	790.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	881.2 km²
Water surface :	11 km²
map

Website : www.cobbcountyga.gov

The Cobb County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Marietta , named after Judge Cobb's wife.

geography

The county is located in central northwest Georgia, about 120 km to the north from Tennessee and about 80 km to the west from Alabama . It covers an area of 892 square kilometers, eleven square kilometers of which are covered by water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Cherokee County , Fulton County , Douglas County , Paulding County, and Bartow Counties .

The county is part of the metropolitan area of Atlanta .

history

Cobb County was founded on December 2, 1832 from parts of Cherokee County and Indian Free Land as the 81st County of Georgia. It was named after Thomas W. Cobb , a member of Congress , US Senator, and Georgia Supreme Court Justice. Over time, Cobb County has been downsized several times by resolutions of the state parliament . In the 19th century, it lost a western border strip to Paulding County and its northeast corner with the establishment of Milton County . In 1932, Cobb County lost the important city of Roswell , which was needed as a connector when Milton County went bankrupt and Fulton County was added.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	7539	-
1850	13,843	83.6%
1860	14,242	2.9%
1870	13,814	-3%
1880	20,748	50.2%
1890	22,286	7.4%
1900	24,664	10.7%
1910	28,397	15.1%
1920	30,437	7.2%
1930	35,408	16.3%
1940	38,272	8.1%
1950	61,830	61.6%
1960	114.174	84.7%
1970	196.793	72.4%
1980	297.718	51.3%
1990	447.745	50.4%
2000	607.751	35.7%
2010	688.078	13.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 688,078 inhabitants were distributed among 260,056 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.61 people per household. There are a total of 286,490 households.

67.4% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.17 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 36.7% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 16.9% of all households.

28.3% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 29.1% were 20 to 39 years old, 29.0% were 40 to 59 years old, and 13.5% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 35 years. 48.6% of the population were male and 51.4% were female.

62.2% of the population identified themselves as whites, 25.0% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 4.5% as Asian Americans . 5.4% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.7% to several ethnic groups. 12.3% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 64,657 USD , while 13.0% of the population lived below the poverty line.

Others

Cobb County offers a variety of parks and recreational facilities to the public. These include 4 public swimming pools, 35 parks, 2 public golf courses and 6 public tennis centers. There are also 2 national parks: the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park and the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area .