Fannin County (Georgia)
The Fannin County is a county located in the state of Georgia in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Blue Ridge.
Geography
The County is located in northern Georgia, the southern border of Tennessee and borders with its north-eastern tip of North Carolina. It has an area of 1014 square kilometers, of which 15 square kilometers of water are in Georgia and borders clockwise to the following counties: Union County, Lumpkin County, Gilmer County and Murray County.
History
Fannin County was formed on 21 January 1854 as 106th county in Georgia from parts of Gilmer County and Union County. It was named after Colonel James W. Fannin, who fought with 350 volunteers in the Tex-Mex war for the freedom of Texas.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 in Fannin County lived 19,798 people in 8,369 households and 6,008 families. The population density was 20 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 97.98 percent White, 0.12 percent African American, 0.47 percent Native American, 0.24 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.16 percent from other races groups; 1.03 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.66 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 8,369 households out of which 25.9 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 59.8 percent were married couples living together, 8.9 percent were single mothers and 28.2 percent were non-families. 25.6 percent of all households and 12.8 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.80 persons.
20.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.0 percent between 18 to 24, 24.9 percent between 25 and 44, 28.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 19.0 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 93.5 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.8 males.
The median income for a household was $ 30,612, and the median income for a family $ 35,258. Males had a median income of $ 28,728, women $ 21,246. The per capita income was $ 16,269. 10.2 percent of families and 12.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Fannin County
- Aska
- Ballew Mill
- Blue Ridge
- Brown Mill
- Bryan Mill
- Chestnut Gap
- Colwell
- Cooper Creek
- Curtis
- Cutcane
- Dial
- Elrod Mill
- Epworth
- Forge Mill
- Fry
- Galloway
- Galloway Mill
- Greens Mill
- Hemp
- Higdon
- Hothouse
- Hurst
- Kyle
- Loving
- Madola
- Maple Grove
- Margret
- Mashburn Mill
- Maxwell
- McCaysville
- McCullough
- Mineral Bluff
- Morganton
- Murphy Junction
- Newport
- Oasis
- Padena
- Panter Town
- Pierceville
- Pleasant Hill
- Sparks Mill
- Stewart Mill
- Stock Hill
- Sugar Creek
- Swan
- Sweet Gum
- Three Forks
- Union
- Wilson Mill
- Windy Ridge
- Wright Mill