Gilmer County, Georgia

administration
Gilmer County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Ellijay
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Gilmer County Administration 1 Westside Square Ellijay, Georgia, 30540
Foundation :	December 3, 1832
Made up from:	Cherokee County
Area code :	001 706
Demographics
Residents :	28,292 (2010)
Population density :	25.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1118 km²
Water surface :	13 km²
map

The Gilmer County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Ellijay , named after a neighboring Indian settlement or the Indian expression for "Green Earth".

geography

The county is located in northern Georgia and is about 22 miles from the southern Tennessee border. It covers an area of 1,118 square kilometers, of which 13 square kilometers are water and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Fannin County , Dawson County , Pickens County, and Murray County .

history

G. Gilmer

Gilmer County was formed on December 3, 1832 as the 84th County of Georgia from parts of Cherokee County. It was named after George Rockingham Gilmer , a US Congressman and governor of Georgia.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	2536	-
1850	8440	232.8%
1860	6724	-20.3%
1870	6644	-1.2%
1880	8386	26.2%
1890	9074	8.2%
1900	10.198	12.4%
1910	9237	-9.4%
1920	8406	-9%
1930	7344	-12.6%
1940	9001	22.6%
1950	9963	10.7%
1960	8922	-10.4%
1970	8956	0.4%
1980	11,110	24.1%
1990	13,368	20.3%
2000	23,456	75.5%
2010	28,292	20.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the 28,292 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 11,314 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.58 people per household. There are a total of 16,564 households.

66% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.14 persons. Children under the age of 18 lived in 29.2% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 31.4% of all households.

24.2% of the population were younger than 20 years, 21.6% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.6% were 40 to 59 years old, and 25.6% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 43 years. 50.0% of the population were male and 50.0% were female.

92.3% of the population identified themselves as whites, 0.5% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 5.3% as Asian Americans . 1.3% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.9% to several ethnic groups. 9.5% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 39,581 USD , while 21.4% of the population lived below the poverty line.