Hart County, Georgia
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US state : | Georgia |
Administrative headquarters : | Hartwell |
Address of the administrative headquarters: |
Hart County Administration P.O. Box 279 Hartwell, Georgia, 30643-0279 |
Foundation : | December 7, 1853 |
Made up from: |
Elbert County Franklin County Madison County |
Area code : | 001 706 |
Demographics | |
Residents : | 25,213 (2010) |
Population density : | 42 inhabitants / km 2 |
geography | |
Total area : | 664 km² |
Water surface : | 63 km² |
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Website : www.hartcountyga.org |
The Hart County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Hartwell .
geography
The county is located in northeast Georgia, borders South Carolina to the northeast and has an area of 664 square kilometers, of which 63 square kilometers are water surface and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Elbert County , Madison County and Franklin County .
history
Hart County was formed on December 7, 1853 from parts of Elbert County, Franklin County and Madison County. It is the only county in Georgia to be named after a woman: Nancy Hart , who shot and killed five strangers when they attacked her home during the American Civil War . The city of Hartwell was also named after her.
Demographic data
growth of population | |||
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Census | Residents | ± in% | |
1860 | 6137 | - | |
1870 | 6783 | 10.5% | |
1880 | 9094 | 34.1% | |
1890 | 10,887 | 19.7% | |
1900 | 14,492 | 33.1% | |
1910 | 16,216 | 11.9% | |
1920 | 17,944 | 10.7% | |
1930 | 15.174 | -15.4% | |
1940 | 15,512 | 2.2% | |
1950 | 14,495 | -6.6% | |
1960 | 15,229 | 5.1% | |
1970 | 15,814 | 3.8% | |
1980 | 18,585 | 17.5% | |
1990 | 19,712 | 6.1% | |
2000 | 22,997 | 16.7% | |
2010 | 25.213 | 9.6% | |
Before 1900
1900–1990 2000 + 2010 |
According to the 2010 census, the then 25,213 inhabitants were distributed over 10,121 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.43 people per household. There are a total of 13,007 households.
69.1% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 2.94 persons. Children under the age of 18 lived in 30.7% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 32.0% of all households.
24.7% of the population were younger than 20 years, 21.8% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.3% were 40 to 59 years old, and 25.3% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 43 years. 49.4% of the population were male and 50.6% were female.
77.4% of the population identified themselves as whites, 18.7% as African American , 0.1% as Indians and 0.9% as Asian Americans . 1.7% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.3% to several ethnic groups. 3.1% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .
The average annual income per household was 36,867 USD , while 24.6% of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Hart County
Hart County towns with 2010 census residents :
Cities :
- Canon - 804 inhabitants
- Hartwell ( County Seat ) - 4469 residents
- Royston - 2582 inhabitants
Town :
- Bowersville - 465 residents
- Eagle Grove - 164 residents
- Reed Creek - 2604 residents
Web links
- The Hart County at georgia.gov (engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ GNIS-ID: 1687995. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
- ↑ Hart County at georgia.gov . Retrieved February 14, 2011
- ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
- ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 14, 2011
- ↑ Excerpt from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of the original from July 11, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 2, 2012
- ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved November 9, 2016.
Coordinates: 34 ° 21 ′ N , 82 ° 58 ′ W