Floyd County, Georgia

Floyd County Courthouse in Rome, listed on NRHP No. 80001067
administration
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Rome
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Floyd County Administration P.O. Box 946 Rome, Georgia, 30162-0946
Foundation :	December 3, 1832
Made up from:	Cherokee County
Area code :	001 706
Demographics
Residents :	96,317  (2010)
Population density :	72.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1343 km²
Water surface :	14 km²
map
Website : www.floydcountyga.org

The Floyd County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Rome .

geography

The county is located in northwest Georgia, borders Alabama to the west and is approximately 60 km from Tennessee to the north . It has an area of ​​1,343 square kilometers, of which 14 square kilometers are water and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Gordon County , Bartow County , Polk County and Chattooga County .

The county is known as the Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area by the Office of Management and Budget for statistical purposes .

history

Floyd County was formed on December 3, 1832 as the 82nd County in Georgia from parts of Cherokee County. It was named after General John Floyd of South Carolina , an officer during the Indian fighting and a member of the US Congress. The county seat was Livingstone until 1834, when it became Rome.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1840	4441		-
1850	8205		84.8%
1860	15,195		85.2%
1870	17,230		13.4%
1880	24,418		41.7%
1890	28,391		16.3%
1900	33.113		16.6%
1910	36,736		10.9%
1920	39,841		8.5%
1930	48,667		22.2%
1940	56.141		15.4%
1950	62,899		12%
1960	69,130		9.9%
1970	73,742		6.7%
1980	79,800		8.2%
1990	81,251		1.8%
2000	90,565		11.5%
2010	96,317		6.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the 96,317 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 35,930 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.58 people per household. There are a total of 40,551 households.

69.3% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.09 persons. Children under the age of 18 lived in 34.4% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 27.5% of all households.

27.9% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 25.3% were 20 to 39 years old, 26.8% were 40 to 59 years old, and 19.8% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 38 years. 48.4% of the population were male and 51.6% were female.

76.9% of the population identified themselves as white, 14.2% as African American , 0.4% as Native American and 1.3% as Asian Americans . 5.4% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.9% to several ethnic groups. 9.3% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 41,046 USD , while 21.4% of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Floyd County

Floyd County towns with 2010 census residents :

Cities :

• Cave Spring - 1200 inhabitants
• Rome ( County Seat ) - 36,303 inhabitants

Census-designated places :

• Lindale - 4,191 residents
• Shannon - 1,862 inhabitants

Web links

Commons : Floyd County, Georgia  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• The Floyd County at georgia.gov (engl.)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
2. ↑ GNIS-ID: 353665. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
3. ↑ Floyd County at georgia.gov . Retrieved February 14, 2011
4. ↑ CPH-T-5. Population Change for Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2000 to 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2018 . 
5. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
6. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 14, 2011
7. ↑ 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 
8. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved October 21, 2016.

Coordinates: 34 ° 16 ′  N , 85 ° 13 ′  W