Gwinnett County, Georgia
| Gwinnett County, Georgia | |
 Gwinnett County courthouse in Lawrenceville, Georgia
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 Location in the state of Georgia |
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 Georgia's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1818 |
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| Named for | Button Gwinnett |
| Seat | Lawrencville |
| Largest city | Peachtree Corners |
| Area - Total - Land - Water |
487.25 sq mi (1,262 km²) 111.97 sq mi (290 km²) 3.99 sq mi (10 km²), 0.91% |
| Population - (2010) - Density |
805,321 1,360/sq mi (525/km²) |
| Time zone | Pacific: UTC-8/-7 |
| Website | www.co.gwinnett.ga.us |
Gwinnett County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia, named for Button Gwinnett, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The county is the Atlanta metropolitan area's north-eastern link to Interstate 85, and is the second most populous county in the state, after Fulton County.[1] As of the 2010 census, its population was 805,321.[2]
Its county seat is Lawrenceville.[3]
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[edit] Geography
Located along the Eastern Continental Divide; according to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of 436.72 square miles (1,131.1 square kilometers), of which 432.73 square miles (1,120.8 square kilometers) (or 99.09%) is land and 3.99 square miles (10.3 square kilometers) (or 0.91%) is water.[4]
A portion of the county to the northwest is a part of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area chain.
The regional reservoir, Lake Lanier, at the extreme north of the county, is the central cause to the Tri-state water dispute.
[edit] Transportation
[edit] Airport
The county maintains a regional airport under the name Gwinnett County Airport, formerly, Briscoe Field.
[edit] Major highways
Interstate 85
Interstate 985
U.S. Route 23
U.S. Route 29
U.S. Route 78
State Route 8
State Route 10
State Route 13
State Route 20
State Route 84
State Route 120
State Route 124
State Route 140
State Route 141
State Route 264
State Route 316
State Route 317
State Route 324
State Route 347
State Route 365
State Route 378
State Route 403
State Route 419
[edit] Ronald Reagan Parkway
(Main Article: Ronald Reagan Parkway)
[edit] Demographics
| Historical populations | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1820 | 4,589 |
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| 1830 | 13,289 | 189.6% | |
| 1840 | 10,804 | −18.7% | |
| 1850 | 11,257 | 4.2% | |
| 1860 | 12,940 | 15.0% | |
| 1870 | 12,431 | −3.9% | |
| 1880 | 19,531 | 57.1% | |
| 1890 | 19,899 | 1.9% | |
| 1900 | 25,585 | 28.6% | |
| 1910 | 28,824 | 12.7% | |
| 1920 | 30,327 | 5.2% | |
| 1930 | 27,853 | −8.2% | |
| 1940 | 29,087 | 4.4% | |
| 1950 | 32,320 | 11.1% | |
| 1960 | 43,541 | 34.7% | |
| 1970 | 72,349 | 66.2% | |
| 1980 | 166,903 | 130.7% | |
| 1990 | 352,910 | 111.4% | |
| 2000 | 588,448 | 66.7% | |
| 2010 | 805,321 | 36.9% | |
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The county is part of the Atlanta Metropolitan Area (Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area). The average commute time is 30.8 minutes, ranking it the highest in the metropolitan Atlanta area and the 18th highest nationwide (2003 census).
As of 2010[update], Gwinnett County had a population of 805,321. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 53.3% white (44.0% non-Hispanic white), 23.6% black (22.9% non-Hispanic black), 2.7% Korean, 2.6% Asian Indian, 2.0% Vietnamese, 3.3% other Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 8.8% some other race (0.3% non-Hispanic of some other race) and 3.1% from two or more races. 20.1% of the population was Hispanic or Latino with 10.7% of the total population, being Mexican.[5]
There were 202,317 households out of which 42.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.20% were married couples living together, 10.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.70% were non-families. 18.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. Self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households account for 0.61% of all households. The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size was 3.28.
In the county the population was spread out with 28.20% under the age of 18, 8.70% from 18 to 24, 37.50% from 25 to 44, 20.30% from 45 to 64, and 5.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 101.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.10 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $60,537, and the median income for a family was $66,693. Males had a median income of $42,343 versus $31,772 for females. The per capita income for the county was $25,006. About 3.80% of families and 5.70% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.90% of those under age 18 and 5.50% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Economy
- American Megatrends is headquartered in Building 200, at 5555 Oakbrook Parkway, in unincorporated Gwinnett County, near the city of Norcross.[6]
- NCR Corporation has its headquarters in unincorporated Gwinnett County, near Duluth.[7][8]
- Primerica Financial Services is headquartered in an unincorporated area.[9]
- Waffle House is headquartered in unincorporated Gwinnett County,[10] near Norcross.[11]
- Yerkes National Primate Research Center, the CDC's primate research center located on the campus of Emory University near Atlanta, maintains its Yerkes field station inside the county.
[edit] Type of Government and Elections in Gwinnett County, Georgia
(Main Article: Type of Government and Elections in Gwinnett County, Georgia)
[edit] Hospitals
- Gwinnett Medical Center (Lawrenceville)
- Gwinnett Medical Center – Duluth and Emory Eastside Medical Center.
- GMC (the operative of Gwinnett Medical Center – Duluth) is the largest healthcare provider in the county, being a non-profit, 500-bed healthcare facility network. GMC consists of two hospitals, plus several supporting medical facilities, maintaining more than 4,300 employees and more than 800 affiliated physicians (in 2007, GMC provided medical services care to more than 400,000 patients). [1]
[edit] Education
[edit] Primary and secondary schools
Gwinnett County Public Schools operates the public schools (outside of the private sectors).
[edit] Private education
The Seigakuin Atlanta International School, a private Japanese education system elementary and middle school, is located in unincorporated Gwinnett County.[12][13] The school moved from property at Oglethorpe University to its current address, former property of the Romanian First Baptist Church, in 2003.[14]
[edit] Sports
Minor-league affiliates of the NHL Buffalo Sabres, the Phoenix Coyotes, and the MLB Atlanta Braves play home games and talent scout in the area.
[edit] Cities
- Auburn (located partly in Barrow County)
- Berkeley Lake
- Braselton (located partly in Jackson County, Hall County, and Barrow County)
- Buford (located partly in Hall County)
- Centerville (unincorporated)
- Dacula
- Duluth
- Five Forks (unincorporated)
- Grayson
- Lawrenceville
- Lilburn
- Loganville (located partly in Walton County)
- Mountain Park (also a Census-designated place (CDP)) (unincorporated)
- Norcross
- Peachtree Corners (As of July 1, 2012)
- Rest Haven (located partly in Hall County)
- Snellville
- Sugar Hill
- Suwanee
- Certain Tucker addresses are in Gwinnett County although Tucker (a CDP) is located in neighboring DeKalb County.
- Although Hoschton and Stone Mountain are actually located in neighboring counties, some addresses marked as being in those cities are actually in Gwinnett County.
[edit] Other
- In December 1968, Emory University coed Barbara Jane Mackle, one of the history of the FBI's most notorious kidnapping cases, was abducted, taken to, and buried alive inside of a box in a shallow trench with directions on where to find her sent to the FBI, by the accused Gary Steven Krist. The box was buried in a densely wooded area inside of the county's northwestern bounds.[15]
- On March 6, 1978, both Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt and his local lawyer, Gene Reeves, Jr., were shot by a gunman in Lawrenceville, Georgia, after walking back from a cafeteria near to a courthouse while on trial.
- In 1997 (June 12–15), the county became one of less than half-a-dozen U.S. locations in Bilderberg history to ever host a Bilderberg Conference meeting, at the former (demolished) Renaissance Pine Isle Resort & Golf Club at Lake Lanier, in Buford, Georgia.[16]
- Late CNN reporter John Holliman (October 23, 1948–September 12, 1998) was a resident of the county.[17]
- In Feb. 2001, Mohamed Atta and Marwan al-Shehhi, accused terrorists in the 9/11 attacks, stayed in Norcross, Georgia, and trained at an airport in Lawrenceville, Georgia, used by the Gwinnett County Sheriffs Department.[18][19][20]
[edit] See also
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[edit] References
- ^ http://www.census.gov/popest/counties/files/ CO-EST2009-ALLDATA.csv
- ^ United States Census Bureau. "2010 Census Data". United States Census Bureau. http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ "Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Counties". United States Census. http://www.census.gov/tiger/tms/gazetteer/county2k.txt. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
- ^ 2010 general profile of population and housing characteristics of Gwinett County from the US Census]
- ^ "Contact Us." American Megatrends. Retrieved on May 6, 2009.
- ^ "Contact NCR." NCR Corporation. Retrieved on November 29, 2009.
- ^ "OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF NORCROSS." City of Norcross. Retrieved on May 29, 2011.
- ^ "Contact Us." Primerica. Retrieved on January 5, 2010.
- ^ "Contact Us." Waffle House.that doesent make sense Retrieved on May 19, 2009.
- ^ Woods, Mark. "If this is what it gets to, it's bad." The Florida Times-Union. May 3, 2009. Retrieved on May 19, 2009.
- ^ "Map" (Map). Seigakuin Atlanta International School. Retrieved on January 11, 2012. "5505 Winters Chapel Road , Atlanta , GA 30360 USA"
- ^ "Relocating school has Japan ties." Atlanta Journal-Constitution. September 29, 2002. JJ1. Retrieved on January 11, 2012.
- ^ "History." Seigakuin Atlanta International School. Retrieved on January 11, 2012.
- ^ http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/gangsters_outlaws/outlaws/gary_krist/5.html
- ^ http://www.enotes.com/topic/Lake_Lanier
- ^ http://articles.cnn.com/1998-09-12/us/9809_12_holliman.obit.02_1_cnn-news-group-cnn-interactive-peter-arnett?_s=PM:US
- ^ http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/profiles/generate_tracking _event.php?id=Atta and Shehhi in Norcross
- ^ http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/ profiles/generate_tracking_event.php?id=Atta and Shehhi in Lawrenceville
- ^ {{...Returning to the United States later that month, on January 25, 2001, Atta and al-Shehhi moved temporarily to Norcross, Georgia, where Atta visited the Advanced Aviation Flight Training School in Lawrenceville, Georgia. The two perfomed flight checks at the Advanced Aviation on January 31, and February 6, 2001. It is believed that Atta and al-Shebhi remained in the Atlanta, Georgia, area through February and March 2001. It is during this time period that a crop duster pilot in Belle Glade, Florida, identified Atta as having inquired about the purchase and operation of crop dusters....}} http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2002_hr/092602mueller.html
[edit] External links
- Official Web site of Gwinnett County Government
- Official site of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
- Official site of Partnerhship Gwinnett
- Official site of Gwinnett Economic Development
- Web site of the Sheriff of Gwinnett County
- Web site of the Courts of Gwinnett County
- Gwinnett County Transit web site (public transportation agency)
- Gwinnett County Public Library
- Web site of Gwinnett College
- Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation
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