Forsyth County, Georgia

administration
Forsyth County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Cumming
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Forsyth County Administration 110 East Main Street Cumming, Georgia, 30040
Foundation :	December 3, 1832
Made up from:	Cherokee County
Area code :	001 770
Demographics
Residents :	175,511 (2010)
Population density :	300 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	641 km²
Water surface :	56 km²
map

Website : www.forsythco.com

The Forsyth County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Cumming .

geography

The county is located in north-central Georgia, about 120 km to the west from Alabama , about 100 km to the north-northwest from Tennessee , about 90 km to the north from North Carolina, and about 80 km to the northeast from South Carolina . It has an area of 641 square kilometers, of which 56 square kilometers are water surface and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Hall County , Gwinnett County , Fulton County , Cherokee County and Dawson County .

The county is part of the metropolitan area of Atlanta .

history

Forsyth County was formed on December 3, 1832 from parts of Cherokee County. It was named after John Forsyth , a Georgia governor and US Secretary of State under Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	5619	-
1850	8850	57.5%
1860	7749	-12.4%
1870	7983	3%
1880	10,559	32.3%
1890	11,155	5.6%
1900	11,550	3.5%
1910	11,940	3.4%
1920	11,755	-1.5%
1930	10,624	-9.6%
1940	11,322	6.6%
1950	11.005	-2.8%
1960	12,170	10.6%
1970	16,928	39.1%
1980	27,958	65.2%
1990	44,083	57.7%
2000	98,407	123.2%
2010	175,511	78.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the 175,511 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 47,623 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.94 people per household. There are a total of 59,433 households.

80.1% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.29 persons. Children under the age of 18 lived in 46.9% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 18.6% of all households.

32.3% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 23.6% were 20 to 39 years old, 30.5% were 40 to 59 years old, and 13.6% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 37 years. 49.7% of the population were male and 50.3% were female.

85.4% of the population identified themselves as whites, 2.6% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 6.2% as Asian Americans . 3.8% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.6% to several ethnic groups. 9.4% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 87,657 USD , while 7.1% of the population lived below the poverty line.