Carroll County (Georgia)
The Carroll County is a county located in the state of Georgia in the United States. Administrative office ( County Seat) is Carrollton.
Geography
The County is located in northwestern Georgia, on the west by Alabama and has an area of 1305 square kilometers, of which 13 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Haralson County, Paulding County, Douglas County, Fulton County, Coweta County and Heard County.
History
Carroll County was formed on June 9, 1825 66 County in Georgia. It was named for Charles Carroll of Maryland, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census of 2000, there were 87,268 people in Carroll County; it was counted 31,568 households, and 23,013 families. The population density was 68 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 80.52 percent White, 16.32 percent Black or African American, 0.27 percent Native American, 0.62 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 1.12 percent from other races groups; 1.14 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.57 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 31,568 households out of which 35.2 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 56.3 percent were married couples living together, 12.3 percent were single mothers and 27.1 percent were non-families. 21.2 percent of all households and 7.6 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.09.
25.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 12.9 percent between 18 to 24, 29.9 percent between 25 and 44, 21.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 10.0 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 95.1 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.5 males.
The median income for a household was $ 38,799, and the median income for a family $ 44,642. Males had a median income of $ 33,102, women $ 22,538. The per capita income was $ 17,656. 10.0 percent of families and 13.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Carroll County
- Abilene
- Banning
- Banning Mills
- Bowdon
- Bowdon Junction
- Bremen
- Burwell
- Byers Crossroads
- Carrollton
- Clem
- Cross Plains
- Farmers high
- Five Points
- Ithaca
- Jake
- Joel
- Jonesville
- Lowell
- Mandeville
- Mount Zion
- Oak Grove
- Oak Mountain
- Roopville
- Sandhill
- Shady Grove
- Starpoint
- Stoney Point
- Temple
- Tyus
- Veal
- Victory
- Villa Rica
- Whitesburg