Suwanee (Georgia)

Gwinnett County

13-74936

Suwanee is a city in the U.S. state of Georgia, the area extends to the three counties ( Gwinnett County, Forsyth County and Fulton County). It lies about 32 km north of Atlanta. You can get there via Interstate 85 or the Peachtree Highway.

Demography

The city, which has an area of 25.6 km ², had. According to the census of 2000 a population number of 8,725 However, a strong trend is noticed for immigration, since you already in 2005 predicted a dark figure of 12,553 inhabitants.

35.6 % of residents are 24 years old or younger, only 4.3 %, however, are older than 64 years old; the average age is 34 years. 84.5 % of residents have a white skin color, then come Asians with 6.8 %, followed by African Americans at 6.4%. The rest take a population of other ethnic minority groups.

Only 2.2% of all residents of Suwanee live below the poverty line, the average annual income of the 2,947 households amounts to USD 84 038.

Education

Suwanee has seven elementary schools, one middle school and three high schools.

Sports

Between 1979 and 2001 Suwanee home of the Atlanta Falcons, an American football team.

• Place in Georgia
• Location in North America
• Gwinnett County