Rockdale County

administration
Rockdale County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Conyers
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Rockdale County Administration P.O. Box 289 Conyers, Georgia, 30012
Foundation :	October 18, 1870
Made up from:	Henry County Newton County
Area code :	001 770
Demographics
Residents :	85,215 (2010)
Population density :	252.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	342 km²
Water surface :	4 km²
map

Website : www.rockdalecounty.org

The Rockdale County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Conyers .

geography

The county is located in north-central Georgia and covers an area of 342 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers are water surface, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Walton County , Newton County , Henry County , DeKalb County, and Gwinnett County .

The county is part of the metropolitan area of Atlanta .

history

Rockdale County was formed on October 18, 1870 as the 133rd County in Georgia from parts of Henry County and Newton County. It was named after the Rockdale Church.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	6838	-
1890	6813	-0.4%
1900	7515	10.3%
1910	8916	18.6%
1920	9521	6.8%
1930	7247	-23.9%
1940	7724	6.6%
1950	8464	9.6%
1960	10,572	24.9%
1970	18,152	71.7%
1980	36,747	102.4%
1990	54.091	47.2%
2000	70.111	29.6%
2010	85.215	21.5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 85,215 inhabitants were distributed over 30,027 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.81 people per household. There are a total of 33,272 households.

75.0% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.23 persons. Children under the age of 18 lived in 40.5% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 22.0% of all households.

29.9% of the population were younger than 20 years, 24.6% were 20 to 39 years old, 29.4% were 40 to 59 years old, and 16.2% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 37 years. 47.6% of the population were male and 52.4% were female.

44.8% of the population identified themselves as whites, 46.4% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 1.8% as Asian Americans . 4.6% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.1% to several ethnic groups. 9.5% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 51,072 USD , while 17.2% of the population lived below the poverty line.