Yorkville, Georgia facts for kids
Yorkville is a community in Paulding County, Georgia, United States. It is not an official city or town with its own local government. Yorkville is located near the meeting point of Highway 113 and Gold Mine Road. It sits about 1,362 feet (415 meters) above sea level.
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Where is Yorkville Located?
Yorkville is found in the state of Georgia. You can locate it on a map using its coordinates: 33.924°N latitude and 84.995°W longitude.
Yorkville's Size
Experts from the United States government have measured the area of Yorkville. The community covers about 95.86 square miles in total. Most of this area, about 95.494 square miles, is land. A smaller part, about 0.371 square miles, is water.
To give you an idea of its size, Paulding County, where Yorkville is located, has a total land area of about 313.43 square miles. This means Yorkville makes up about one-third of Paulding County's land.
Who Lives in Yorkville?
Demographics is a word that describes the people who live in a place. It tells us about their age, race, and how they live.
Yorkville's Population
In 2018, government studies showed that about 18,158 people lived in Yorkville. These people lived in about 6,186 homes, and 4,450 of these were families.
There were about 6,544 housing units in total. This includes houses and apartments. About 4,477 of these homes were owned by the people living in them. The other 1,709 homes were rented.
Diversity in Yorkville
The people living in Yorkville come from many different backgrounds. In 2018, the population included:
- 76.7% White
- 17.1% African American
- 3.4% people of two or more races
- 1.2% Asian
- 1.6% from other races
Also, about 7% of the people in Yorkville were of Hispanic or Latino background.
Education in Yorkville
Education is very important in Yorkville. For people aged 25 and older, there were 11,032 individuals.
- Most adults, about 91.07% (or 10,047 people), had finished high school or earned a similar diploma.
- A smaller group, about 8.93% (or 985 people), had not yet earned a high school diploma.
