Coweta County

administration
Coweta County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 80001006
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Newnan
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Coweta County Administration 22 East Broad Street Newnan, GA 30263
Foundation :	June 9, 1825
Area code :	001 770
Demographics
Residents :	127,317 (2010)
Population density :	111.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1155 km²
Water surface :	9 km²
map

Website : www.coweta.ga.us

The Coweta County is located in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Newnan , named after Daniel Newnan , a general in the great Indian War of 1812.

geography

Located in the mid-northwest, about 25 miles from Alabama to the west, the county covers 1,155 square kilometers, nine square kilometers of which are water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Fulton County , Fayette County , Spalding County , Meriwether County , Troup County , Heard County, and Carroll County .

The county is part of the metropolitan area of Atlanta .

history

Coweta County was formed as the 67th County of Georgia on June 9, 1825. It was named after the Coweta Indians, a branch of the Creek Indians.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	5003	-
1840	10,364	107.2%
1850	13,635	31.6%
1860	14,703	7.8%
1870	15,875	8th %
1880	21,109	33%
1890	22,354	5.9%
1900	24,980	11.7%
1910	28,800	15.3%
1920	29,047	0.9%
1930	25.127	-13.5%
1940	26,972	7.3%
1950	27,786	3%
1960	28,893	4%
1970	32,310	11.8%
1980	39,268	21.5%
1990	53,853	37.1%
2000	89.215	65.7%
2010	127.317	42.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 127,317 inhabitants were distributed over 45,673 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.77 people per household. There are a total of 50,171 households.

76.1% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.18 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 41.0% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 20.9% of all households.

29.8% of the population were younger than 20 years, 25.5% were 20 to 39 years old, 29.0% were 40 to 59 years old, and 15.9% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 37 years. 48.9% of the population were male and 51.1% were female.

75.9% of the population identified themselves as white, 17.3% as African American , 0.3% as Native American and 1.5% as Asian Americans . 3.0% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.1% to several ethnic groups. 6.7% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 61,662 USD , while 13.0% of the population lived below the poverty line.