Henry County (Georgia)
The Henry County is a county located in the state of Georgia in the United States. Administrative office ( County Seat) is McDonough, which was named after Captain Thomas Macdonough, the victor over the British on Lake Champlain in the British -American War of 1812.
Geography
The County is located in the central northwestern Georgia and has an area of 840 square kilometers, of which five square kilometers of water surface are bordered clockwise to the following counties: Rockdale County, Newton County, Butts County, Spalding County, Clayton County and DeKalb County.
History
Henry County was formed on 15 May 1821 as the 50th County of Georgia from the land of the Creek Indians. It was named after Patrick Henry.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census of 2000, there were 119 341 people in Henry County. Of these, 755 people were living in collective centers, the other inhabitants lived in 41.373 households and 33 305 families. The population density was 143 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 81.38 percent White, 14.68 percent Black or African American, 0.23 percent Native American, 1.76 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.79 percent from other races groups; 1.13 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.26 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 41 373 households out of which 42.9 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 66.4 percent were married couples living together, 10.3 percent were single mothers and 19.5 percent were non-families. 15.4 percent of all households and 4.0 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.87 and the average family size was 3.19 persons.
29.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.4 percent between 18 to 24, 34.9 percent between 25 and 44, 21.0 percent between 45 and 64 and 7.4 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 97.3 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.8 males.
The median income for a household was $ 57,309, and the median income for a family $ 61,607. Males have a median income of $ 41,449, women $ 29,211. The per capita income was $ 22,945. 3.7 percent of families and 4.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Henry County
- Blackville
- Flippen
- Greenwood
- Hampton
- Kelleytown
- Lake Talmadge
- Locust Grove
- Luella
- McDonough
- Millers Mill
- Ola
- Panola
- Pinehurst
- Scarbrough Cross Roads
- Steeles Mill
- Stockbridge
- Swan Lake
- White House