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DeKalb County was created from Fayette and Gwinnett counties
on Dec. 9, 1822 by an act of the General Assembly.
In 1853, Fulton County was created entirely from DeKalb County.
Portions of DeKalb were used to create Campbell County (1828)
and Cherokee County (1831) and were also transferred to the following
existing counties: Coweta (1826), Gwinnett (1840), Milton (1859),
and Rockdale (1875).
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Useful Census
Links:
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Historical
Census Data Browser
Office of Planning and Budget Census Data Program
Georgia 2000 Information
System (University of Georgia ITOS)
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Census |
Pop. |
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2000 |
665,865 |
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1990 |
545,837 |
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1980 |
483,024 |
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1970 |
415,387 |
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1960 |
256,782 |
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1950 |
136,395 |
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1940 |
86,942 |
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1930 |
70,278 |
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1920 |
44,051 |
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1910 |
27,881 |
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1900 |
21,112 |
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1890 |
17,189 |
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1880 |
14,497 |
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1870 |
10,014 |
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1860 |
7,806 |
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1850 |
14,328 |
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1840 |
10,467 |
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1830 |
10,042 |
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1820 |
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1810 |
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1800 |
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1790 |
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- Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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