Fannin County, Georgia

administration
Fannin County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Blue Ridge
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Fannin County Administration 171 Church Street Blue Ridge, Georgia, 30513
Foundation :	January 21, 1854
Made up from:	Gilmer County Union County
Area code :	001 706
Demographics
Residents :	23,682 (2010)
Population density :	23.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1014 km²
Water surface :	15 km²
map

Website : www.fannincountyga.org

The Fannin County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Blue Ridge .

geography

The county is located in northern Georgia, on the southern border of Tennessee and borders North Carolina at its northeasternmost tip . It has an area of 1,014 square kilometers, of which 15 square kilometers are water and is bordered clockwise in Georgia by the following counties: Union County , Lumpkin County , Gilmer County, and Murray County .

history

Fannin County was formed on January 21, 1854 as the 106th County in Georgia from parts of Gilmer County and Union County. It was named after Colonel James Fannin , who fought for the freedom of Texas with 350 volunteers in the Texas-Mexican War .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	5139	-
1870	5429	5.6%
1880	7245	33.4%
1890	8724	20.4%
1900	11,214	28.5%
1910	12,574	12.1%
1920	12,103	-3.7%
1930	12,969	7.2%
1940	14,752	13.7%
1950	15.192	3%
1960	13,620	-10.3%
1970	13,357	-1.9%
1980	14,748	10.4%
1990	15,992	8.4%
2000	19,798	23.8%
2010	23,682	19.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the 23,682 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 10,187 inhabited households, which results in an average of 2.31 people per household. There are a total of 16,207 households.

68.9% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 2.77 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 25.1% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 36.6% of all households.

21.1% of the population were younger than 20 years, 18.5% were 20 to 39 years old, 29.8% were 40 to 59 years old, and 30.9% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 48 years. 48.8% of the population were male and 51.2% were female.

97.1% of the population identified themselves as whites, 0.4% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 0.3% as Asian Americans . 0.7% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.2% to several ethnic groups. 1.8% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 35,441 USD , while 22.6% of the population lived below the poverty line.