Floyd County (Georgia)
The Floyd County is a county located in the state of Georgia in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Rome.
Geography
The County is located in northwestern Georgia, on the west by Alabama and is in the north about 60 miles from Tennessee away. It has an area of 1343 square kilometers, of which 14 square kilometers of water are bordered clockwise to the following counties: Gordon County, Bartow County, Polk County and Chattooga County.
History
Floyd County was formed as the 82nd county in Georgia from parts of Cherokee County on December 3, 1832. It was named after General John Floyd of South Carolina, an officer during the battles Indians and member of the U.S. Congress. The was the county seat until 1834 Livingstone, after that it was Rome.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Floyd County 90 565 people in 34,028 households and 24,227 families. The population density was 68 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 81.34 percent White, 13.31 percent Black or African American, 0.31 percent Native American, 0.93 percent Asian, 0.09 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 2.88 percent from other races groups; 1.14 percent were descended from two or more races. 5.50 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 34,028 households out of which 32.1 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 53.6 percent were married couples living together, 13.0 percent were single mothers and 28.8 percent were non-families. 24.5 percent of all households and 10.8 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.02 persons.
24.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 10.8 percent between 18 to 24, 28.5 percent between 25 and 44, 22.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.9 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 93.8 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.3 males.
The median income for a household was $ 35,615, and the median income for a family $ 42,302. Males have a median income of $ 31,659, women $ 23,244. The per capita income was $ 17,808. 10.8 percent of families and 14.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Floyd County
- Armuchee
- Atlanta Junction
- Benton
- Berwin
- Bone
- Boozeville
- Brice
- Cave Spring
- Chubbtown
- Coosa
- Crystal Springs
- Cunningham
- Everett Springs
- Floyd Springs
- Foster Mills
- Glenwood
- Haney
- Hermitage
- Horseleg Estates
- Huffaker
- Krannert
- Lavender
- Lindale
- Livingston
- Melson
- Mount Berry
- Oreburg
- Orsman
- Pinson
- Radio Springs
- Reese castle
- Relay
- Riverside
- Robinson
- Rome
- Rosedale
- Shannon
- Sherwood Forest
- Silver Creek
- Six Mile
- Vans Valley
- Wax
- West Rome