Franklin County, Georgia

administration
Franklin County Courthouse
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
map

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
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.