Walton County, Georgia

administration
Walton County Government Building
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Monroe
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Walton County Administration P.O. Box 585 Monroe, Georgia, 30655-0585
Foundation :	1818
Area code :	001 770
Demographics
Residents :	83,768 (2010)
Population density :	98.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	855 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : www.waltoncountyga.org

The Walton County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Monroe .

geography

The county is located in north-central Georgia and covers an area of 855 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water surface, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Oconee County , Morgan County , Newton County , Rockdale County , Gwinnett County, and Barrow County .

The county is part of the metropolitan area of Atlanta .

history

Walton County was formed in 1818 as the 46th County of Georgia. It was named after George Walton , a signer of the Declaration of Independence and later Governor of Georgia and US Senator.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1810	1026	-
1820	4192	308.6%
1830	10,929	160.7%
1840	10,209	-6.6%
1850	10,821	6%
1860	11,074	2.3%
1870	11,038	-0.3%
1880	15,622	41.5%
1890	17,467	11.8%
1900	20,942	19.9%
1910	25,393	21.3%
1920	24,216	-4.6%
1930	21,118	-12.8%
1940	20,777	-1.6%
1950	20,230	-2.6%
1960	20,481	1.2%
1970	23,404	14.3%
1980	31,211	33.4%
1990	38,586	23.6%
2000	60,687	57.3%
2010	83,768	38%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Former Walton County Courthouse

According to the 2010 census, the then 83,768 inhabitants were distributed over 29,583 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.81 people per household. There are a total of 32,435 households.

77.5% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.19 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 40.7% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 24.7% of all households.

29.4% of the population were younger than 20 years, 24.4% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.5% were 40 to 59 years old, and 17.7% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 37 years. 48.7% of the population were male and 51.3% were female.

80.1% of the population identified themselves as whites, 15.6% as African-Americans , 0.3% as Indians, and 1.1% as Asian Americans . 1.5% 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 54,459 USD , while 13.2% of the population lived below the poverty line.