Franklin County, Georgia
Franklin County Courthouse |
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US state : | Georgia |
Administrative headquarters : | Carnesville |
Address of the administrative headquarters: |
Franklin County Administration 165 Athens Street Carnesville, Georgia, 30521 |
Foundation : | February 25, 1784 |
Made up from: | Original County |
Area code : | 001 706 |
Demographics | |
Residents : | 22,084 (2010) |
Population density : | 32.4 inhabitants / km 2 |
geography | |
Total area : | 690 km² |
Water surface : | 8 km² |
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Website : www.franklin-county.com |
The Franklin County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Carnesville .
geography
The county is located in northern Georgia, borders South Carolina to the northeast and has an area of 690 square kilometers, of which eight square kilometers are water surface and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Hart County , Madison County , Banks County and Stephens County .
history
Franklin County was formed as the 9th County in Georgia as Original County on February 25, 1784. It was named after Benjamin Franklin . Franklin County later became: Banks County , Barrow County , Clarke County , Jackson County , Oconee County , Stephens County and parts of Gwinnett County , Hall County , Hart County and Madison County .
Demographic data
growth of population | |||
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Census | Residents | ± in% | |
1790 | 1041 | - | |
1800 | 6859 | 558.9% | |
1810 | 10,815 | 57.7% | |
1820 | 9040 | -16.4% | |
1830 | 10,107 | 11.8% | |
1840 | 9886 | -2.2% | |
1850 | 11,513 | 16.5% | |
1860 | 7393 | -35.8% | |
1870 | 7893 | 6.8% | |
1880 | 11,453 | 45.1% | |
1890 | 14,670 | 28.1% | |
1900 | 17,700 | 20.7% | |
1910 | 17,894 | 1.1% | |
1920 | 19,957 | 11.5% | |
1930 | 15,902 | -20.3% | |
1940 | 15,612 | -1.8% | |
1950 | 14,446 | -7.5% | |
1960 | 13,274 | -8.1% | |
1970 | 12,784 | -3.7% | |
1980 | 15,185 | 18.8% | |
1990 | 16,650 | 9.6% | |
2000 | 20,285 | 21.8% | |
2010 | 22,084 | 8.9% | |
Before 1900
1900–1990 2000 + 2010 |
According to the 2010 census, the then 22,084 inhabitants were distributed over 8,540 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.51 people per household. There are a total of 10,553 households.
70.0% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.00 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 31.8% of all households and people aged 65 or over in 31.6% of all households.
25.5% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 23.3% were 20 to 39 years old, 27.8% were 40 to 59 years old, and 23.3% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 40 years. 50.6% of the population were male and 49.4% were female.
87.3% of the population identified themselves as whites, 8.4% as African American , 0.2% as Indians and 0.5% as Asian Americans . 1.9% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.7% to several ethnic groups. 3.9% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .
The average annual income per household was 35,878 USD , while 20.8% of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Franklin County
Franklin County towns with 2010 census residents :
Cities :
- Canon - 804 inhabitants
- Carnesville ( County Seat ) - 577 residents
- Franklin Springs - 952 residents
- Lavonia - 2156 inhabitants
- Royston - 2582 inhabitants
Town :
- Martin - 381 inhabitants
- Gumlog - 2146 inhabitants
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ GNIS-ID: 349324. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
- ↑ Franklin 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 22, 2016.
Coordinates: 34 ° 22 ′ N , 83 ° 14 ′ W