Cobb County, Georgia
The Cobb County is a county located in the state of Georgia in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Marietta, which was named after the wife of Judge Cobb.
Geography
The County is located in the central northwestern Georgia, is in the north about 120 miles from Tennessee to the west and about 80 miles from Alabama away. It has an area of 892 square kilometers, of which eleven square kilometers are covered with water, and borders clockwise to the following counties: Cherokee County, Fulton County, Douglas County, Paulding County and Bartow County.
History
Cobb County was established on December 2, 1832 from parts of Cherokee County and out of free Indian land as 81 County of Georgia. It was named for Thomas W. Cobb, a Congress Member, U.S. Senator and Judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Over time, Cobb County has been repeatedly reduced by orders of the State Parliament. In the 19th century it lost a western border strip to Paulding County and its northeast corner at the creation of Milton County. 1932 Cobb County lost the important city of Roswell, which was necessary as a connecting piece, as Milton County went bankrupt and Fulton County has been added.
Others
Cobb County offers the public a variety of parks and recreational facilities. These include four public swimming facilities, 35 parks, 2 public golf courses and 6 public tennis centers. There are two national parks: The Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park and the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census of 2000, there were 607 751 people in Cobb County. Of these, 7,294 people lived in collective centers, the other inhabitants living in 227 487 households and 156 579 families. The population density was 690 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 72.40 percent White, 18.80 percent Black or African American, 0.26 percent Native American, 3.06 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 3.58 percent from other races groups; 1.87 percent were descended from two or more races. 7.73 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 227 487 households out of which 35.8 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 54.3 percent were married couples living together, 6.5 percent were single mothers and 31.2 percent were non-families. 23.2 percent of all households and 4.1 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size 3.14.
26.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.0 percent between 18 to 24, 36.5 percent between 25 and 44, 21.5 percent between 45 and 64 and 6.9 percent were 65 years or older. The average age (median) was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 98.5 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.9 males.
The median income for a household was $ 58,289, and the median income for a family $ 67,649. Males had a median income of $ 45,362, women $ 33,453. The per capita income was $ 27,863. 4.4 percent of families and 6.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Cobb County
- Acworth
- Austell
- Blackwells
- Chattahoochee Plantation
- Clarkdale
- Davis Crossroads
- Elizabeth
- Fair Oaks
- Floyd
- Furniture City
- Gilmore
- Kennesaw
- Leland
- Mableton
- Macland
- Marietta
- Mars Hill
- Mount Bethel
- Noonday
- Oakdale
- Pebble Brook Estates
- Powder Springs
- Red Rock
- Sandy Plains
- Smyrna
- Vinings
- Westoak