Douglas County, Georgia

administration
Douglas County Courthouse in Douglasville, listed on NRHP No. 02001216
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Douglasville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Douglas County Administration 8700 Hospital Drive Douglasville, GA 30134
Foundation :	October 17, 1870
Made up from:	Carroll County Cherokee County
Area code :	001 770
Demographics
Residents :	132,403 (2010)
Population density :	256.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	519 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : www.co.douglas.ga.us

The Douglas County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Douglasville .

geography

The county is located in northwest Georgia, about 25 miles to the west from the eastern border of Alabama , covers an area of 519 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Cobb County , Fulton County , Carroll County and Paulding County .

The county is part of the metropolitan area of Atlanta .

history

Douglas County was formed on October 17, 1870 from parts of Carroll County and a small part of Cherokee County. It was named, like Douglasville, after Stephen A. Douglas , a member of Congress and rival of Abraham Lincoln during the presidential candidacy.

economy

One of the world's largest data centers owned by Google is located in Douglas County .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	6934	-
1890	7794	12.4%
1900	8745	12.2%
1910	8953	2.4%
1920	10,477	17%
1930	9461	-9.7%
1940	10,053	6.3%
1950	12.173	21.1%
1960	16,741	37.5%
1970	28,659	71.2%
1980	54,573	90.4%
1990	71.120	30.3%
2000	92.174	29.6%
2010	132.403	43.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the 132,403 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 46,624 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.81 people per household. There are a total of 51,672 households.

73.8% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.27 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 42.6% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 17.8% of all households.

31.1% of the population were younger than 20 years, 27.2% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.5% were 40 to 59 years old, and 13.1% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 35 years. 48.2% of the population were male and 51.8% were female.

52.5% of the population identified themselves as whites, 39.5% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 1.4% as Asian Americans . 3.9% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.4% to several ethnic groups. 8.4% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 52,997 USD , while 16.2% of the population lived below the poverty line.