Dawson County, Georgia

administration
Dawson County Courthouse in Dawsonville, listed on NRHP No. 80001010
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Dawsonville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Dawson County Administration 86 Highway 53 West Suite 01 Dawsonville, GA 30534
Foundation :	December 3, 1857
Made up from:	Lumpkin County Gilmer County Forsyth County
Area code :	001 706
Demographics
Residents :	22,330 (2010)
Population density :	40.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	554 km²
Water surface :	8 km²
map

Website : www.dawsoncounty.org

The Dawson County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Dawsonville .

geography

Located in northern Georgia, about 50 km from the Tennessee border, the county covers 554 square kilometers, eight square kilometers of which is water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Lumpkin County , Hall County , Forsyth County , Cherokee County , Pickens County, and Gilmer County .

The county is part of the metropolitan area of Atlanta .

history

Dawson County was formed on December 3, 1857 as the 118th County in Georgia from parts of Lumpkin County, Gilmer County and Forsyth County. Like Dawsonville, it was named after William Crosby Dawson , a judge and commander of a brigade in the Indian War and a member of Congress.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	3856	-
1870	4360	13.1%
1880	5837	33.9%
1890	5612	-3.9%
1900	5442	-3%
1910	4686	-13.9%
1920	4204	-10.3%
1930	3502	-16.7%
1940	4479	27.9%
1950	3712	-17.1%
1960	3590	-3.3%
1970	3639	1.4%
1980	4774	31.2%
1990	9429	97.5%
2000	15,999	69.7%
2010	22,330	39.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 22,330 inhabitants were distributed over 8,433 inhabited households, which results in an average of 2.61 people per household. There are a total of 10,425 households.

75.8% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 2.97 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 33.0% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 26.3% of all households.

25.0% of the population were younger than 20 years, 24.2% were 20 to 39 years old, 29.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 21.7% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 41 years. 50.0% of the population were male and 50.0% were female.

95.6% of the population identified themselves as whites, 0.5% as African American , 0.4% as Indians and 0.6% as Asian Americans . 1.6% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.4% to several ethnic groups. 4.1% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 54,457 USD , while 15.8% of the population lived below the poverty line.