Barrow County, Georgia
People QuickFacts
Population, 2013 estimate
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013
Population, 2010
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013
Female persons, percent, 2013
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 20092013
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013
Housing units, 2013
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013
Households, 2009-2013
Persons per household, 2009-2013
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 20092013
Median household income, 2009-2013
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013
Barrow
Geography QuickFacts
County
Land area in square miles, 2010
160.31
Persons per square mile, 2010
432.7
FIPS Code
013
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area
AtlantaSandy
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2009:
28.0%
Winder:
Whole state: 21.6%
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2009:
9.1%
Winder:
Barrow County
71,453
69,367
3.0%
69,367
7.5%
27.4%
10.9%
50.7%
Georgia
9,992,167
9,687,663
3.1%
9,687,653
6.7%
24.9%
12.0%
51.1%
87.2%
7.3%
12.2%
83.6%
9.7%
13.3%
82.1%
17.1%
26,443
78.2%
6.5%
$127,000
23,413
2.97
84.7%
28.0%
4,109,896
65.1%
20.5%
$151,300
3,518,097
2.71
$21,379
$53,274
13.7%
$25,182
$49,179
18.2%
Georgia
57,513.49
168.4
13
Whole state: 7.3%
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Married-couple family (39.4%)
Male, no wife present (2.1%)
Female, no husband present (58.5%)
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Below poverty level (18.4%)
Above poverty level (81.6%)
Breakdown of poor residents in Winder not in families by work experience
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Worked full-time, year-round (7%)
Worked part-time (28%)
Did not work (66%)
Breakdown of poor married-couple families by work experience
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Both worked full-time (0%)
One full-time, other part-time (12%)
One full-time, other didn't work (17%)
Both worked part-time (0%)
One part-time, other didn't work (13%)
Both didn't work (57%)
Disability rate in this city among poor females (it is 24.7% among residents who are not classified as poor):
Winder: 42.5%
Georgia: 21.4%
Renting rate in this city among poor and not poor residents:
Residents below poverty level: 75.0%
Residents above poverty level: 39.3%
Bedroom community for Atlanta and Athens – about 45 miles from ATL airport
Rapid growth area
6 cities in Barrow County
Winder largest of the 6
Winder was once part of 3 counties – when RR cane through created a new county
Population about 14,000 – Bloomington-Normal abut 140,000 - Ten times larger than Winder
History – Snodon (Revolutionary War era), later called Jug, Later Jug Tavern, has been Winder since RR arrived.