Paulding County, Georgia

administration
Paulding County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Dallas
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Paulding County Administration 120 East Memorial Drive Dallas, Georgia, 30132
Foundation :	December 3, 1832
Made up from:	Cherokee County
Area code :	001 770
Demographics
Residents :	142,324 (2010)
Population density :	175.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	816 km²
Water surface :	4 km²
map

Website : www.paulding.gov

The Paulding County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Dallas .

geography

The County is located in northwestern Georgia, in the west about 40 km from Alabama and has an area of 816 square kilometers, are water surface which four square kilometers, and borders clockwise to the following counties: Cobb County , Douglas County , Carroll County , Haralson County , Polk County and Bartow County .

The county is part of the metropolitan area of Atlanta .

history

Paulding County was formed on December 3, 1832 as the 87th County in Georgia from parts of Cherokee County. It was named after John Paulding , a merited soldier in the Revolutionary War.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	2550	-
1850	7039	176%
1860	7038	-0%
1870	7639	8.5%
1880	10,887	42.5%
1890	11,948	9.7%
1900	12,969	8.5%
1910	14,124	8.9%
1920	14,025	-0.7%
1930	12,327	-12.1%
1940	12,832	4.1%
1950	11,752	-8.4%
1960	13.101	11.5%
1970	17,520	33.7%
1980	26,110	49%
1990	41,611	59.4%
2000	81,678	96.3%
2010	142,324	74.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Flood through Sweetwater Creek, 2005

According to the 2010 census, the 142,324 inhabitants at that time were distributed among 48,105 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.94 people per household. There are a total of 52,130 households.

79.2% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.30 persons. Children under the age of 18 lived in 47.7% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 15.8% of all households.

32.9% of the population were younger than 20 years, 27.8% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.0% were 40 to 59 years old, and 11.3% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 34 years. 48.9% of the population were male and 51.1% were female.

77.7% of the population identified themselves as whites, 17.1% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 0.9% as Asian Americans . 1.7% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.3% to several ethnic groups. 5.1% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 60,971 USD , while 10.7% of the population lived below the poverty line.