Rabun County

administration
Rabun County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Clayton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Rabun County Administration 25 Courthouse Square Box 8 Clayton, Georgia, 30525-4114
Foundation :	December 21, 1819
Area code :	001 706
Demographics
Residents :	16,276 (2010)
Population density :	16.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	976 km²
Water surface :	15 km²
map

The Rabun County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Clayton , named after Judge Augustin S. Clayton , a prominent lawyer and member of Congress.

geography

The county is located in the far north of Georgia, bordered by North Carolina to the north and South Carolina to the east . It has an area of 976 square kilometers, of which 15 square kilometers are water surface and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Habersham County and Towns County .

history

Rabun County was founded on December 21, 1819 as the 47th county of Georgia from land of Cherokee Indian Territory. It was named after William Rabun , the 31st governor of Georgia.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1820	524	-
1830	2176	315.3%
1840	1912	-12.1%
1850	2448	28%
1860	3271	33.6%
1870	3250	-0.6%
1880	4634	42.6%
1890	5606	21%
1900	6285	12.1%
1910	5562	-11.5%
1920	5746	3.3%
1930	6331	10.2%
1940	7821	23.5%
1950	7424	-5.1%
1960	7456	0.4%
1970	8327	11.7%
1980	10,466	25.7%
1990	11,648	11.3%
2000	15,050	29.2%
2010	16,276	8.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

The Chattooga River

According to the 2010 census, the then 16,276 inhabitants were distributed over 6,780 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.34 people per household. There are a total of 12,313 households.

66.8% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 2.85 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 26.6% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 36.7% of all households.

23.3% of the population were younger than 20 years, 20.1% were 20 to 39 years old, 26.9% were 40 to 59 years old, and 29.5% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 46 years. 49.3% of the population were male and 50.7% were female.

93.3% of the population identified themselves as whites, 1.0% as African American , 0.4% as Indians and 0.7% as Asian Americans . 3.0% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.5% to several ethnic groups. 8.0% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 38,277 USD , while 21.8% of the population lived below the poverty line.