White County (Georgia)

administration
White County Courthouse Museum
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Cleveland
Address of the administrative headquarters:	White County Administration 59 South Main Street Suite A Cleveland, Georgia, 30528-1376
Foundation :	December 22, 1857
Made up from:	Habersham County
Area code :	001 706
Demographics
Residents :	27,144 (2010)
Population density :	43.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	627 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : www.whitecounty.net

The White County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Cleveland .

geography

The county is located in northern Georgia, about 25 miles to the north from North Carolina and about 50 miles to the east from South Carolina . It covers an area of 627 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Habersham County , Hall County , Lumpkin County , Union County, and Towns Counties .

history

White County was formed on December 22, 1857 as the 123rd County of Georgia from parts of Habersham County. It was named after David T. White , a future representative of the county.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	3315	-
1870	4606	38.9%
1880	5341	16%
1890	6151	15.2%
1900	5912	-3.9%
1910	5110	-13.6%
1920	6105	19.5%
1930	6056	-0.8%
1940	6417	6%
1950	5951	-7.3%
1960	6935	16.5%
1970	7742	11.6%
1980	10.120	30.7%
1990	13.006	28.5%
2000	19,944	53.3%
2010	27,144	36.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

The Chattahoochee National Forest

The Unicoi State Park

According to the 2010 census, the then 27,144 inhabitants were distributed over 10,646 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.52 people per household. There are a total of 16,062 households.

72.8% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 2.93 persons. Children under the age of 18 lived in 31.4% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 31.6% of all households.

25.6% of the population were younger than 20 years, 21.5% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 24.6% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 42 years. 48.9% of the population were male and 51.1% were female.

95.1% of the population identified themselves as whites, 1.7% as African American , 0.5% as Indians and 0.5% as Asian Americans . 0.8% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.4% to several ethnic groups. 2.4% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 42,264 USD , while 19.3% of the population lived below the poverty line.