Polk County (Georgia)

administration
Polk County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Cedartown
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Polk County Administration P.O. Box 268 Cedartown, Georgia, 30125-0268
Foundation :	December 20, 1851
Made up from:	Floyd County Paulding County
Area code :	001 770
Demographics
Residents :	41,475 (2010)
Population density :	51.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	808 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map

Website : www.polkcountygeorgia.us

The Polk County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Cedartown .

geography

The county is located in northwest Georgia, borders Alabama to the west and has an area of 808 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Floyd County , Bartow County , Paulding County, and Haralson Counties .

history

Polk County was formed on December 20, 1851 from parts of Floyd County and Paulding County. It was named after James K. Polk , the 11th President of the United States.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	6295	-
1870	7822	24.3%
1880	11,952	52.8%
1890	14,945	25%
1900	17,856	19.5%
1910	20,203	13.1%
1920	20,357	0.8%
1930	25.141	23.5%
1940	28,467	13.2%
1950	30,976	8.8%
1960	28,015	-9.6%
1970	29,656	5.9%
1980	32,386	9.2%
1990	33,815	4.4%
2000	38.127	12.8%
2010	41,475	8.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Notice board for the foundation of the county

According to the 2010 census, the 41,475 inhabitants at that time were distributed among 15,092 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.72 people per household. There are a total of 16,908 households.

72.3% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.20 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 38.3% of all households and persons aged at least 65 in 27.1% of all households.

29.3% of the population were younger than 20 years, 25.6% were 20 to 39 years old, 26.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 18.9% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 36 years. 49.5% of the population were male and 50.5% were female.

77.1% of the population identified themselves as whites, 12.5% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 0.7% as Asian Americans . 7.6% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.8% to several ethnic groups. 11.8% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 39,356 USD , while 20.1% of the population lived below the poverty line.