Fayette County, Georgia
![]() Fayette County Courthouse |
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US state : | Georgia |
Administrative headquarters : | Fayetteville |
Address of the administrative headquarters: |
Fayette County Administration 140 Stonewall Avenue W. Fayetteville, Georgia, 30214-1520 |
Foundation : | May 15, 1821 |
Made up from: | Original County |
Area code : | 001 770 |
Demographics | |
Residents : | 106,567 (2010) |
Population density : | 209 inhabitants / km 2 |
geography | |
Total area : | 516 km² |
Water surface : | 6 km² |
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Website : www.fayettecountyga.gov |
The Fayette County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Fayetteville .
geography
The county is located in central northwest Georgia, about 50 miles to the west from Alabama , and covers an area of 516 square kilometers, of which six square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Clayton County , Spalding County , Coweta County, and Fulton County .
The county is part of the metropolitan area of Atlanta .
history
Fayette County was formed on May 15, 1821 as the 49th county in Georgia from parts of the land of the Creek Indians . It was named, like Fayetteville, after Marie-Joseph Motier, Marquis de La Fayette , a commander of George Washington in the American Revolutionary War. The Fayette County Courthouse County Courthouse in Fayetteville was built in 1825, just four years after the county and city were founded, and is the oldest surviving courthouse in Georgia.
Demographic data
growth of population | |||
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Census | Residents | ± in% | |
1830 | 5504 | - | |
1840 | 6191 | 12.5% | |
1850 | 8709 | 40.7% | |
1860 | 7047 | -19.1% | |
1870 | 8221 | 16.7% | |
1880 | 8605 | 4.7% | |
1890 | 8728 | 1.4% | |
1900 | 10.114 | 15.9% | |
1910 | 10,966 | 8.4% | |
1920 | 11,396 | 3.9% | |
1930 | 8665 | -24% | |
1940 | 8170 | -5.7% | |
1950 | 7978 | -2.4% | |
1960 | 8199 | 2.8% | |
1970 | 11,364 | 38.6% | |
1980 | 29,043 | 155.6% | |
1990 | 62,415 | 114.9% | |
2000 | 91,263 | 46.2% | |
2010 | 106,567 | 16.8% | |
Before 1900
1900–1990 2000 + 2010 |
According to the 2010 census, the 106,567 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 38,167 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.78 people per household. There are a total of 40,793 households.
79.4% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.15 people. Children under the age of 18 lived in 2.78% of all households and persons aged at least 65 in 3.15% of all households.
28.9% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 17.5% were 20 to 39 years old, 34.0% were 40 to 59 years old, and 19.4% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 42 years. 48.3% of the population were male and 51.7% were female.
71.1% of the population identified themselves as whites, 20.1% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 3.9% as Asian Americans . 2.4% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.2% to several ethnic groups. 6.3% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .
The average annual income per household was 79,993 USD , while 8.1% of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Fayette County
Fayette County localities with 2010 census population :
Cities :
- Fayetteville ( County Seat ) - 15,945 residents
- Peachtree City - 34,364 residents
Towns :
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ GNIS-ID: 1687740. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
- ↑ Fayette County at georgia.gov . Retrieved February 14, 2011
- ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
- ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 14, 2011
- ↑ Excerpt from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 2, 2012
- ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved October 21, 2016.
Coordinates: 33 ° 25 ′ N , 84 ° 29 ′ W