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Cobb County Demographics
Cobb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. Its county seat and largest city is Marietta, which is located in the center of the county. The county was named for Thomas Willis Cobb, who in the early 19th century was a United States representative and senator from Georgia. Marietta was named for his wife, Mary Moore Cobb.
Cobb, along with several other counties in the same bill, was created December 3, 1832 by the Georgia General Assembly from the huge Cherokee "county" territory — land northwest of the Chattahoochee River which the state confiscated from the Cherokee Nation and redistributed to settlers via lottery, following the passage of the federal Indian Removal Act.
As of the 2000 census, the population is 607,751. The county's population has continued to grow. The 2009 estimate from the U.S. Census Bureau was 701,355 people. The county is part of the original and core (five-county) Atlanta metropolitan area, which is included in the Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Marietta, Georgia metropolitan statistical area. It includes Acworth, Austell, Kennesaw, Marietta, Smyrna and Woodstock.
The U.S. Census Bureau ranks Cobb County as the most-educated in the State of Georgia and 15th among all counties in the United States. It is consistently ranked among top 100 wealthiest counties in the United States.
| People QuickFacts | Cobb County | Georgia | |
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Population, 2006 estimate | 679,325 | 9,363,941 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 | 11.8% | 14.4% |
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Population, 2000 | 607,751 | 8,186,453 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 | 8.0% | 7.6% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 | 26.1% | 26.0% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 | 8.0% | 9.6% |
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Female persons, percent, 2005 | 50.2% | 50.5% |
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White persons, percent, 2005 (a) | 71.9% | 66.1% |
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Black persons, percent, 2005 (a) | 22.5% | 29.8% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a) | 0.3% | 0.3% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a) | 3.9% | 2.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 | 1.4% | 1.0% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b) | 10.4% | 7.1% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 | 62.2% | 59.6% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over | 43.8% | 49.2% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 | 11.6% | 7.1% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 | 14.7% | 9.9% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 | 88.8% | 78.6% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 | 39.8% | 24.3% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 | 82,986 | 1,456,812 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 | 31.3 | 27.7 |
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Housing units, 2005 | 268,152 | 3,771,466 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 | 68.2% | 67.5% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 | 26.4% | 20.8% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 | $147,600 | $111,200 |
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Households, 2000 | 227,487 | 3,006,369 |
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Persons per household, 2000 | 2.64 | 2.65 |
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Median household income, 2004 | $52,936 | $42,679 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 | $27,863 | $21,154 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 | 9.6% | 13.7% |
| Business QuickFacts | Cobb County | Georgia | |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 | 19,163 | 214,7141 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2004 | 312,292 | 3,452,4511 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 | -0.2% | -0.9%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2004 | 53,969 | 610,966 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 | 61,982 | 674,521 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 | 11.7% | 13.4% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 | 0.8% | 0.7% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 | 4.9% | 4.0% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 | F | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 | 4.5% | 2.7% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 | 30.4% | 29.1% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) | 5,060,448 | 126,156,636 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) | 21,812,823 | 201,091,040 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) | 8,601,411 | 90,098,578 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 | $13,473 | $10,551 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) | 1,072,870 | 12,740,423 |
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Building permits, 2005 | 6,142 | 109,336 |
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Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) | 2,979,573 | 55,152,9111 |
| Geography QuickFacts | Cobb County | Georgia | |
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Land area, 2000 (square miles) | 340.15 | 57,906.14 |
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Persons per square mile, 2000 | 1,787.5 | 141.4 |
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FIPS Code | 067 | 13 |
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Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Metro Area |
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