Cobb County, Georgia

Cobb County is a county in Georgia. The population of the county is 688,078.
Cobb County 	Georgia
Founded 	December 2, 1832
Named for 	Thomas W. Cobb
County seat 	Marietta
Population 	688,078
Habitat 	Urban
Cong. Districts 	6th, 11th, 13th
County Guildmaster	Antonio Covarrubias
Time Zone 	Eastern (UTC -5/-4)
== Major roads ==
Interstate 20
Interstate 75
Interstate 285
Interstate 575
US Route 41
US Route 78
US Route 278
Georgia State Route 3
Georgia State Route 3 Connector
Georgia State Route 5
Georgia State Route 5 Connector
Georgia State Route 6
Georgia State Route 6 Business
Georgia State Route 6 Spur
Georgia State Route 8
Georgia State Route 92
Georgia State Route 120
Georgia State Route 120 Alternate
Georgia State Route 139
Georgia State Route 280
Georgia State Route 360
== Geography ==
=== Adjacent counties ===
Fulton County (east)
Cherokee County (north)
Bartow County (northwest)
Douglas County (south)
Paulding County (west)
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the county is:
54.05% White (371,906)
25.94% Black or African American (178,487)
12.69% Hispanic or Latino (87,317)
4.88% Asian (33,578)
2.44% Other (16,790)
9.5% (65,367) of Cobb County residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Cobb County's theft and murder rates have been increasing over the last 20 years. The county reported 865 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 22.47 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
Due to widespread urbanization, wild Pokemon in Cobb County have unfortunately become very, very rare.
== Communities ==
=== Cities ===
Acworth - 20,425
Austell - 6,581
Kennesaw - 29,783
Marietta - 56,579
Powder Springs - 13,940
Smyrna - 51,271
=== CDPs ===
Fair Oaks - 8,225
Mableton - 37,115
Vinings - 9,734
=== Unincorporated communities ===
Bannister Acres
Chattahoochee Plantation
Clarkdale
Cumberland
East Cobb
Lost Mountain
Noonday
Powers Park
Sandy Plains
Shiloh West
Spring Hill
Town Center
Wesley Station
West Hampton
Wynford Chase
== Climate ==
Stats 	Amount
Average yearly rainfall 	53 inches
Average yearly snowfall 	2 inches
Average yearly sunny days	217
Severe storm risk 	10 (Very High)
Tornado risk 	8 (High)
Blizzard risk 	1 (Very Low)
== Fun facts ==
* The county was a Republican stronghold from 1980 to 2012, before it flipped to Hillary Clinton in 2016.
* The Consulate-General of Costa Rica in Atlanta is located in Suite 100 at 1870 The Exchange in an unincorporated section of Cobb County.
* Rapid population growth of Cobb County began sometime in the 1940s.
* At the beginning of 2006, Cobb became the last county in the state to raise the tax to 6%, which also doubled the tax on food to 2%. The SPLOST barely passed by a 114 vote margin, or less than one-quarter of a percent, in a September 2005 referendum. The revenue was to go to a new county courthouse, expanded jail, various transportation projects, and the purchasing of property for parks and green space. In 2008, the school tax was renewed for a third term, funding the Marietta and Cobb school systems.
* The county is home to Dobbins Air Reserve Base, located south and east of Marietta and bordered by Fair Oaks.
* The Home Depot is headquartered in Vinings.
* The U.S. Census Bureau ranks Cobb County as the most-educated in the state of Georgia and 12th among all counties in the US.
* In October 2017, Cobb was ranked as the "Least Obese County in Georgia".
* In 1993, county commissioners passed a resolution condemning homosexuality and cut off funding for the arts after complaints about a community theater. After protests from gay rights organizations, organizers of the 1996 Summer Olympics pulled events out of Cobb County, including the Olympic Torch Relay. The county's inns were nevertheless filled at 100% of capacity for two months during the event.
Category:Georgia Counties