Troup County

administration
Troup County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 95000721
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	LaGrange
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Troup County Administration 900 Dallis Street LaGrange, Georgia, 30240
Foundation :	June 8, 1825
Area code :	001 706
Demographics
Residents :	67,044 (2010)
Population density :	62.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1155 km²
Water surface :	83 km²
map

Website : www.troupcountyga.org

The Troup County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is LaGrange .

geography

The county is located in western Georgia and borders Alabama . It has an area of 1,155 square kilometers, of which 83 square kilometers are water surface and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Heard County , Coweta County , Meriwether County and Harris County .

history

Troup County was formed from Land of the Creek Indians on June 8, 1825 as the 70th county of Georgia. It was named after Governor George Troup .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	5700	-
1840	15,733	176%
1850	16,879	7.3%
1860	16,262	-3.7%
1870	17,632	8.4%
1880	20,565	16.6%
1890	20,728	0.8%
1900	24.002	15.8%
1910	26,228	9.3%
1920	36.097	37.6%
1930	36,752	1.8%
1940	43,879	19.4%
1950	49,841	13.6%
1960	47,189	-5.3%
1970	44,466	-5.8%
1980	50.003	12.5%
1990	55,536	11.1%
2000	58,779	5.8%
2010	67,044	14.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 67,044 inhabitants were distributed over 24,828 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.62 people per household. There are a total of 28,046 households.

70.4% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.12 people. There were children under the age of 18 in 37.9% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 24.5% of all households.

29.6% of the population were younger than 20 years, 25.4% were 20 to 39 years old, 27.3% were 40 to 59 years old, and 17.9% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 36 years. 48.1% of the population were male and 51.9% were female.

61.5% of the population identified themselves as whites, 33.4% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 1.6% as Asian Americans . 1.8% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.5% to several ethnic groups. 3.2% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 42,545 USD , while 21.3% of the population lived below the poverty line.