Habersham County

administration
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Clarkesville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Habersham County Administration 555 Monroe Street Unit 20 Clarkesville, Georgia, 30523
Foundation :	December 15, 1818
Area code :	001 754
Demographics
Residents :	43,041 (2010)
Population density :	59.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	723 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map

Website : www.co.habersham.ga.us

The Habersham County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Clarkesville , named after General John C. Clark .

geography

The county in northern Georgia borders South Carolina in the northeast and is about 25 miles from North Carolina in the north . It covers an area of 723 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water surface, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Stephens County , Banks County , Hall County , White County, and Towns County .

history

Habersham

Habersham County was formed from Indian Land as the 43rd County of Georgia on December 15, 1818. It was named after Major Joseph Habersham , an officer in the American Revolutionary War, Mayor of Savannah and later post director under President George Washington .

During the American Civil War , the county had an iron and steel mill that supplied rifles and cannons to the Confederate States .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	10,671	-
1840	7961	-25.4%
1850	8895	11.7%
1860	5966	-32.9%
1870	6322	6%
1880	8718	37.9%
1890	11,573	32.7%
1900	13,604	17.5%
1910	10.134	-25.5%
1920	10,730	5.9%
1930	12,748	18.8%
1940	14,771	15.9%
1950	16,553	12.1%
1960	18,116	9.4%
1970	20,691	14.2%
1980	25,020	20.9%
1990	27,621	10.4%
2000	35.902	30%
2010	43,041	19.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the 43,041 inhabitants at that time were distributed among 15,472 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.63 people per household. There are a total of 18,146 households.

73.1% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.08 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 34.4% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 30.3% of all households.

26.7% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 25.3% were 20 to 39 years old, 26.6% were 40 to 59 years old, and 21.5% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 39 years. 47.2% of the population were male and 52.8% were female.

85.7% of the population identified themselves as whites, 3.4% as African American , 0.5% as Indians and 2.2% as Asian Americans . 6.5% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.8% to several ethnic groups. 12.4% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 40,689 USD , while 17.8% of the population lived below the poverty line.