Gainesville (Georgia)

Hall County

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Gainesville is a city in Hall County in the U.S. state of Georgia and is located on the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It is also the county seat. Their population was 33,340 in 2006 according to official estimates, with a population density of 474.9 inhabitants per km ².

Demography

According to the census in 2000 had 25,578 inhabitants Gainesville. An estimated but not official census of 2005 already goes from a value of 32 444 inhabitants, which would result in an increase of 26.8 % within five years. The city covers an area of 75.4 km ².

Due to the numerous chicken farms in Gainesville and surrounding areas, which are a key economic factor, it is often affectionately called chicken capital of the world.

Most residents, 45.2% have white skin color, second coming Latinos at 33.2 %, the third largest take African American with 15.8% a.

40.1 % of residents of Gainesville are 24 years old or younger, only 12.5 % are over 65 years old. Gainesville is a poor compared to other U.S. cities city. The median income for a household is $ 36 605. 21.8 % of residents live below the poverty line, 28.9 % of whom are younger than 18 years old.

Amtrak, which makes a stop in Gainesville, connects the city with New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, DC, Greensboro, Charlotte, Atlanta, Birmingham and New Orleans.

On the small square in Gainesville Lake Lanier, the rowing and canoe racing competitions of the Olympic Games were held in 1996 in Atlanta. With approximately 100 km to the Olympic Village, it was one of the most distant competition sites.

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