Walker County (Georgia)
Geography
The County is located almost in the extreme northwest of Georgia, bordered to the north and Tennessee to the west by Alabama. It has an area of 1158 square kilometers, of which one square kilometers of water surface, and borders clockwise to the following counties: Catoosa County, Whitfield County, Gordon County and Chattooga County.
History
Walker County was formed on December 18, 1833 as 99th County of Georgia from parts of Cherokee County. It was named after Major Freeman Walker, a lawyer and U.S. senator.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census of 2000, there were 61 053 people in Walker County. Of these, 1,005 people lived in collective centers, the other inhabitants lived in 23,605 households and 17,467 families. The population density was 53 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 94.43 percent White, 3.78 percent African American, 0.29 percent Native American, 0.28 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.36 percent from other races groups; 0.84 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.93 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 23,605 households out of which 32.6 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 57.8 percent were married couples living together, 12.0 percent were single mothers and 26.0 percent were non-families. 22.9 percent of all households and 10.4 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 2.98.
24.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.7 percent between 18 to 24, 28.8 percent between 25 and 44, 23.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.8 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 94.4 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.9 males.
The median income for a household was $ 32,406, and the median income for a family $ 39,034. Males have a median income of $ 29,448, women $ 21,583. The per capita income was $ 15,867. 10.0 percent of families and 12.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in County
- Beverly Hills
- Blaylock Mill
- Blowing Spring
- Bronco
- Cassandra
- Catlett
- Cedar Grove
- Cenchat
- Center post
- Chattanooga Valley
- Chickamauga
- Cooper Heights
- Davis Crossroads
- Durham
- Eagle Cliff
- East Armuchee
- Estelle
- Fairview
- Fantasy Hills
- Flintstone
- Fort Oglethorpe
- Hall Mill
- Harrisburg
- Hawkins
- Haysville
- High Point
- Hinkle
- Kensington
- Lakeview
- Linwood
- Lookout Mountain
- Lytle
- Martindale
- Masseyville
- Moons
- Mount Carmel
- Mountain View
- Naomi
- Noble
- Oakton
- Orchard Hills
- Park City
- Pond Spring
- Reo
- Robertsville
- Rock Spring
- Rossville
- South Rossville
- Spencer Hills
- Suttles Mill
- Thompsonville
- Valley View
- Villanow
- Wallace Ville
- Walnut Grove
- Warren Terrace
- Woodland Hills