Haralson County

administration
Haralson County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 74000688
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Buchanan
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Haralson County Administration P.O. Box 489 Buchanan, Georgia, 30113
Foundation :	January 26, 1856
Made up from:	Carroll County Polk County
Area code :	001 770
Demographics
Residents :	28,780 (2010)
Population density :	39.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	733 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
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The Haralson County is a county in the US state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Buchanan , named after President James Buchanan .

geography

The county is located in northwest Georgia, borders Alabama to the west and has an area of 733 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Polk County , Paulding County and Carroll County .

history

Haralson County was formed on January 26, 1856 as the 112th County in Georgia from parts of Carroll County and Polk Counties. It was named after General Hugh A. Haralson , a member of Congress and an officer in the state militia.

The county is part of the metropolitan area of Atlanta .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1890	11,922	-
1900	13,514	13.4%
1910	13,143	-2.7%
1920	14,440	9.9%
1930	13,263	-8.2%
1940	14,377	8.4%
1950	14,663	2%
1960	14,543	-0.8%
1970	15,927	9.5%
1980	18,422	15.7%
1990	21,966	19.2%
2000	25,690	17%
2010	28,780	12%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the 28,780 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 10,757 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.64 people per household. There are a total of 12,287 households.

72.7% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.09 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 36.6% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 27.0% of all households.

27.8% of the population were younger than 20 years, 24.2% were 20 to 39 years old, 27.9% were 40 to 59 years old, and 19.8% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 39 years. 48.9% of the population were male and 51.1% were female.

92.8% of the population identified themselves as whites, 4.7% as African American , 0.2% as Indians and 0.5% as Asian Americans . 0.4% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.4% to several ethnic groups. 1.1% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 41,482 USD , while 20.9% of the population lived below the poverty line.