Jonesboro, Georgia Jonesboro, Georgia Location in Clayton County and the state of Georgia Location in Clayton County and the state of Georgia Jonesboro is positioned in Metro Atlanta Jonesboro - Jonesboro Location of Jonesboro in Metro Atlanta Jonesboro is a town/city in Clayton County, Georgia, United States.
The town/city is the governmental center of county of Clayton County. During the Civil War, the final skirmish in the Atlanta Campaign was fought here south of Atlanta, cutting off the town/city and forcing the mayor of Atlanta to surrender at Marietta in early September 1864.
Jonesboro is positioned at 33 31 28 N 84 21 15 W (33.524512, -84.354290). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.6 square miles (6.7 km2), of which 2.6 square miles (6.7 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (1.89%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,829 citizens , 1,466 homeholds, and 1,023 families residing in the city.
The populace density was 1,477.4 citizens per square mile (570.8/km ).
There were 1,561 housing units at an average density of 602.3 per square mile (232.7/km ).
The ethnic composition of the town/city was 72.79% African American, 20.63% White, 0.21% Native American, 0.73% Asian, 0.31% Pacific Islander, 3.45% from other competitions, and 1.88% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,466 homeholds out of which 34.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 38.6% were married couples living together, 25.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 30.2% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 29.2% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 19.2% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $31,951, and the median income for a family was $39,143.
The per capita income for the town/city was $16,178.
About 19.2% of families and 20.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 33.9% of those under age 18 and 19.7% of those age 65 or over.
Many of the scenes from the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit were filmed in Jonesboro.
Another 1977 movie, the obscure 'In Hot Pursuit (aka The Polk County Pot Plane), was filmed in and around Jonesboro.
Tara, the fictional plantation in Margaret Mitchell's novel Gone with the Wind was supposed to be positioned approximately five miles outside of Jonesboro, the closest town.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"City History." (Archive) City of Jonesboro.
City of Jonesboro Municipalities and communities of Clayton County, Georgia, United States
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