Rockdale County, Georgia

Rockdale County is a county in Georgia. The population of the county is 85,215.
Rockdale County 	Georgia
Founded 	October 18, 1870
Named for 	Rockdale Baptist Church
County seat 	Conyers
Population 	85,215
Habitat 	Forest, Urban
Cong. District 	4th
County Guildmaster	Mahlik Morgan
Time Zone 	Eastern (UTC -5/-4)
== Major roads ==
Interstate 20
US Route 278
Georgia State Route 20
Georgia State Route 138
Georgia State Route 155
Georgia State Route 162
Georgia State Route 212
== Geography ==
=== Adjacent counties ===
Newton County (east)
Gwinnett County and Walton County (north)
Henry County (south)
DeKalb County (west)
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the county is:
49.22% Black or African American (41,942)
37.32% White (31,802)
9.93% Hispanic or Latino (8,461)
3.53% Other (3,010)
12.8% (10,907) of Rockdale County residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Rockdale County has above average and increasingly high rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The county reported 89 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 7.16 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
Pokemon 	Location 	Rate
Bulbasaur 	Forest 	1-31%
Ivysaur 	Forest 	1-16%
Venusaur 	Forest 	1%
Charmander 	Forest 	1-20%
Charmeleon 	Forest 	1-5%
Caterpie 	Forest 	1-70%
Metapod 	Forest 	1-65%
Butterfree 	Forest 	1-60%
Weedle 	Forest 	1-60%
Kakuna 	Forest 	1-55%
Beedrill 	Forest 	1-50%
Rattata 	Forest 	1-32%
Raticate 	Forest 	1-17%
Ekans 	Forest 	1-30%
Arbok 	Forest 	1-13%
Pikachu 	Forest 	1-43%
Raichu 	Forest 	1-28%
Sandshrew 	Forest 	1-30%
Sandslash 	Forest 	1-20%
NidoranF/NidoranM	Forest 	1-28%
Nidorina/Nidorino	Forest 	1-13%
Vulpix 	Forest 	1-18%
Ninetales 	Forest 	1-3%
Oddish 	Forest 	1-30%
Gloom 	Forest 	1-15%
Venonat 	Forest 	1-58%
Venomoth 	Forest 	1-43%
Psyduck 	Forest (Fishing)	1-20%
Poliwag 	Forest (Fishing)	1-30%
Poliwhirl 	Forest (Fishing)	1-15%
Poliwrath 	Forest (Fishing)	1%
Bellsprout 	Forest 	1-5%
Electabuzz 	Forest 	1-14%
Magikarp 	Forest (Fishing)	1-70%
Eevee 	Forest 	1-15%
Vaporeon 	Forest 	1-5%
Vaporeon 	Forest (Fishing)	1-10%
Jolteon 	Forest 	1-14%
Flareon 	Forest 	1-5%
Dratini 	Forest 	1-17%
Dragonair 	Forest 	1-2%
Chikorita 	Forest 	1-32%
Bayleef 	Forest 	1-17%
Meganium 	Forest 	1-2%
Cyndaquil 	Forest 	1-35%
Quilava 	Forest 	1-21%
Typhlosion 	Forest 	1-3%
Sentret 	Forest 	1-53%
Furret 	Forest 	1-36%
Ledyba 	Forest 	1-55%
Ledian 	Forest 	1-38%
Spinarak 	Forest 	1-37%
Ariados 	Forest 	1-18%
Pichu 	Forest 	1-36%
Mareep 	Forest 	1-39%
Flaaffy 	Forest 	1-29%
Ampharos 	Forest 	1-16%
Marill 	Forest 	1-38%
Azumarill 	Forest 	1-24%
Politoed 	Forest (Fishing)	1%
Hoppip 	Forest 	1-52%
Skiploom 	Forest 	1-38%
Jumpluff 	Forest 	1-25%
Sunkern 	Forest 	1-30%
Sunflora 	Forest 	1-15%
Wooper 	Forest (Fishing)	1-30%
Quagsire 	Forest (Fishing)	1-15%
Espeon 	Forest 	1-5%
Umbreon 	Forest 	1-5%
Heracross 	Forest 	1-30%
Stantler 	Forest 	1-31%
Elekid 	Forest 	1-38%
Treecko 	Forest 	1-30%
Grovyle 	Forest 	1-15%
Sceptile 	Forest 	1%
Mudkip 	Forest (Fishing)	1-30%
Marshtomp 	Forest (Fishing)	1-15%
Swampert 	Forest (Fishing)	1%
Zigzagoon 	Forest 	1-52%
Linoone 	Forest 	1-37%
Wurmple 	Forest 	1-75%
Silcoon/Cascoon 	Forest 	1-69%
Beautifly/Dustox 	Forest 	1-63%
Seedot 	Forest 	1-2%
Ralts 	Forest 	1-40%
Kirlia 	Forest 	1-25%
Gardevoir/Gallade	Forest 	1-10%
Surskit 	Forest 	1-35%
Masquerain 	Forest 	1-20%
Shroomish 	Forest 	1-41%
Breloom 	Forest 	1-22%
Nincada 	Forest 	1-3%
Azurill 	Forest 	1-31%
Electrike 	Forest 	1-42%
Manectric 	Forest 	1-27%
Minun/Plusle 	Forest 	1-41%
Zangoose 	Forest 	1-30%
Seviper 	Forest 	1-20%
Turtwig 	Forest 	1-27%
Grotle 	Forest 	1-12%
Chimchar 	Forest 	1-21%
Monferno 	Forest 	1-11%
Kricketot 	Forest 	1-63%
Kricketune 	Forest 	1-50%
Shinx 	Forest 	1-44%
Luxio 	Forest 	1-32%
Luxray 	Forest 	1-19%
Burmy 	Forest 	1-25%
Wormadam/Mothim 	Forest 	1-5%
Pachirisu 	Forest 	1-40%
Buizel 	Forest (Fishing)	1-37%
Floatzel 	Forest (Fishing)	1-17%
Riolu 	Forest 	1-25%
Lucario 	Forest 	1-10%
Leafeon 	Forest 	1-5%
Glaceon 	Forest 	1-5%
Snivy 	Forest 	1-40%
Servine 	Forest 	1-27%
Serperior 	Forest 	1-14%
Tepig 	Forest 	1-20%
Pignite 	Forest 	1-10%
Patrat 	Forest 	1-17%
Watchog 	Forest 	1-4%
Tympole 	Forest (Fishing)	1-51%
Palpitoad 	Forest (Fishing)	1-33%
Seismitoad 	Forest (Fishing)	1-8%
Sewaddle 	Forest 	1-74%
Swadloon 	Forest 	1-57%
Leavanny 	Forest 	1-37%
Venipede 	Forest 	1-40%
Whirlipede 	Forest 	1-25%
Scolipede 	Forest 	1%
Minccino 	Forest 	1-46%
Cinccino 	Forest 	1-31%
Zorua 	Forest 	1-24%
Zoroark 	Forest 	1-8%
Deerling 	Forest 	1-70%
Sawsbuck 	Forest 	1-50%
Emolga 	Forest 	1-42%
Joltik 	Forest 	1-22%
Galvantula 	Forest 	1-7%
Chespin 	Forest 	1-22%
Quilladin 	Forest 	1-10%
Fennekin 	Forest 	1-20%
Braixen 	Forest 	1-10%
Scatterbug 	Forest 	1-85%
Spewpa 	Forest 	1-80%
Vivillon 	Forest 	1-72%
Helioptile 	Forest 	1-43%
Heliolisk 	Forest 	1-28%
Sylveon 	Forest 	1-5%
Dedenne 	Forest 	1-40%
Rowlet 	Forest 	1-30%
Dartrix 	Forest 	1-15%
Decidueye 	Forest 	1%
Yungoos 	Forest 	1-25%
Gumshoos 	Forest 	1-10%
Bounsweet 	Forest 	1-36%
Steenee 	Forest 	1-21%
Tsareena 	Forest 	1-6%
Togedemaru 	Forest 	1-45%
== Communities ==
=== Cities ===
Conyers - 15,195
=== CDPs ===
Lakeview Estates - 2,695
=== Unincorporated communities ===
Lake Capri
Zingara
== Climate ==
Stats 	Amount
Average yearly rainfall 	49 inches
Average yearly snowfall 	1 inch
Average yearly sunny days	217
Severe storm risk 	10 (Very High)
Tornado risk 	7 (High)
Blizzard risk 	0 (Nonexistant)
== Fun facts ==
* Once solidly Republican from 1980 to 2004, Rockdale County has become a Democrat stronghold in recent years.
* Lakeview Estates was developed as a family community in the 1970s consisting of modular homes wrapping around the hills above Lake Sunrise and Lake Rockaway. A community club house, water processing plant, community store, and church were built in addition to the community. It is not a trailer park, as much of the land is privately owned, or owned by multiple landlords, and all of the roads are owned and maintained by the county. The original idea for the community was not a success. The affordable real estate was bought out by families and by landlords. In addition, the water processing plant was privately owned. In the early 1980s, the community felt a decline, as crime rose and the income level of the average family decreased. In addition, one landlord, Martha Ann Bailey, purchased the water processing facility and gouged prices.
** In the 1980s and 1990s the Community Action Committee, headed by Ed Conway, a longtime resident of Lakeview, began a revitalization of the community. Invoking the help of the community, the two local churches, and the surrounding Rockdale County residents, the Community Action Committee held protests and brought Bailey to court to try to have the water facilities removed from her, due to the price of water, which was the highest in the country. Since the residents of Lakeview Estates could only get water from Ms. Bailey's facilities, the State ruled her business to be a monopoly. By the end of the 1990s, it had been brought under the jurisdiction of Rockdale County. 
** The Community Action Committee continued its plan of revitalization and helped establish Lakeview's own free health clinic (though as of fall 2006, the clinic is in dire need of funds, staff, and supplies), and brought a police precinct with bicycle mounted policemen to help lower the crime. Saint Pius X Catholic Church, a local church in Rockdale, ministered to the growing Mexican-American population in the community. Although the crime continues to decrease, Lakeview Estates still holds a stigma in Rockdale County for its poverty stricken residents and supposed high crime.
* During the heyday of textile manufacturing in the South, Rockdale County was a prosperous place with several mill towns. The decline of those mills signaled the drastic reduction—often the disappearance—of the communities surrounding them. However, the construction of Interstate 20 in the 1960s enabled the county to grow and thrive once more. Today the county is a bedroom community for many who are employed in the metropolitan Atlanta area, and the historic district, "Olde Town Conyers," draws visitors to shop in its boutiques and visit its museums and gardens.
* Panola Mountain State Park is in the southwestern part of the county.
* Big Haynes Creek is located near Zingara.
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