Jackson County, Georgia

administration
Jackson County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 80001096
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Jefferson
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Jackson County Administration 67 Athens Street Jefferson, Georgia 30549-1401
Foundation :	February 11, 1796
Made up from:	Franklin County
Area code :	001 706
Demographics
Residents :	60,485 (2010)
Population density :	68.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	888 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : www.jacksoncountygov.com

The Jackson County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Jefferson , named after President Thomas Jefferson .

geography

Located in north-central Georgia, about 70 km to the northeast from South Carolina , the county has 888 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Banks County , Madison County , Clarke County , Barrow County and Hall County .

history

Jackson

Jackson County was formed on February 11, 1796 as the 22nd County in Georgia from parts of Franklin County. It was named after James Jackson , a General in the Revolutionary War, member of Congress and Senator.

The Jackson County Courthouse was built in 1879 and is an example of neoclassical architecture at the time. The clock tower was added in 1906. In 1978 the building was completely renovated.

In March 2019, Jackson County got into the media because the county paid $ 400,000 to hackers , presumably from Russia , who had crippled the county's PC systems with ransomware (blackmail software). After paying the requested amount, the circle received the decryption code and the network could be activated. It takes two and a half weeks to fix all of the damage.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1800	7736	-
1810	10,569	36.6%
1820	8355	-20.9%
1830	9004	7.8%
1840	8522	-5.4%
1850	9768	14.6%
1860	10,605	8.6%
1870	11,181	5.4%
1880	16,297	45.8%
1890	19,176	17.7%
1900	24,039	25.4%
1910	30,169	25.5%
1920	24,654	-18.3%
1930	21,609	-12.4%
1940	20,089	-7%
1950	18,997	-5.4%
1960	18,499	-2.6%
1970	21.093	14%
1980	25,343	20.1%
1990	30.005	18.4%
2000	41,589	38.6%
2010	60,485	45.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 60,485 inhabitants were distributed over 21,343 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.80 people per household. There are a total of 23,752 households.

77.2% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.18 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 40.2% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 24.0% of all households.

29.0% of the population were younger than 20 years, 25.6% were 20 to 39 years old, 27.9% were 40 to 59 years old, and 17.5% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 37 years. 49.6% of the population were male and 50.4% were female.

86.8% of the population identified themselves as whites, 6.8% as African American , 0.2% as Indians and 1.7% as Asian Americans . 2.7% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.8% to several ethnic groups. 6.2% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 53,379 USD , while 13.7% of the population lived below the poverty line.