Gordon County

administration
Gordon County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Calhoun
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Gordon County Administration P.O. Box 580 Calhoun, Georgia, 30703-0580
Foundation :	February 13, 1850
Made up from:	Bartow County Floyd County
Area code :	001 706
Demographics
Residents :	55,186 (2010)
Population density :	59.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	927 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
map

Website : www.gordoncounty.org

The Gordon County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Calhoun , named after Senator John C. Calhoun .

geography

The county is located in northwest Georgia, about 25 miles to the north from Tennessee and about 45 km to the west from Alabama . It has an area of 927 square kilometers, of which six square kilometers are water surface and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Murray County , Pickens County , Bartow County , Floyd County , Walker County, and Whitfield Counties .

history

Gordon County was formed on February 13, 1850 as the 93rd County of Georgia from parts of Bartow County and Floyd Counties. It was named after William Washington Gordon , president of the Central Railroad and Banking Company and later Central of Georgia Railroad .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	5984	-
1860	10.146	69.6%
1870	9268	-8.7%
1880	11,171	20.5%
1890	12,758	14.2%
1900	14,119	10.7%
1910	15,861	12.3%
1920	17,736	11.8%
1930	16,846	-5%
1940	18,445	9.5%
1950	18,922	2.6%
1960	19,228	1.6%
1970	23,570	22.6%
1980	30,070	27.6%
1990	35,072	16.6%
2000	44,104	25.8%
2010	55.186	25.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

The Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest

According to the 2010 census, the then 55,186 inhabitants were distributed over 19,715 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.77 people per household. There are a total of 22,278 households.

74.3% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.20 people. There were children under the age of 18 in 39.3% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 23.9% of all households.

29.7% of the population were younger than 20 years, 26.0% were 20 to 39 years old, 27.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 17.0% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 36 years. 49.4% of the population were male and 50.6% were female.

85.2% of the population identified themselves as whites, 3.6% as African American , 0.4% as Indians and 1.0% as Asian Americans . 7.8% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.0% to several ethnic groups. 14.0% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 42,414 USD , while 20.4% of the population lived below the poverty line.