Arcade is a city in

Jackson County, Georgia Jackson County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 75,907. The county seat is Jefferson. Jackson County comprises the Jefferson, GA Micropolitan Statistical Ar ...

, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 1,884.

History

Arcade was chartered in 1909. Early plans to erect an arcade-style schoolhouse accounts for the name.

Geography

Arcade is located in southern Jackson County at (34.076951, -83.551147). It is bordered to the north by Jefferson, the

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. U.S. Route 129 passes through the southern side of the city, leading northwest to

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in the northern outskirts of Jefferson, and southeast to

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leads south from Arcade to Winder. According to the

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, Arcade has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.90%, are water. Arcade does not have its own ZIP code, but instead uses neighboring Jefferson's code of 30549.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,643 people, 565 households, and 457 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 609 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 88.37%

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, 7.18%

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, 0.06% Native American, 2.31% Asian, 0.67% from other races, and 1.40% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.70% of the population. There were 565 households, out of which 42.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.5% were

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living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.1% were non-families. 15.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 1.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.91 and the average family size was 3.19. In the city, the population was spread out, with 29.8% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 35.5% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 5.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.4 males. The median income for a household in the city was $37,604, and the median income for a family was $37,750. Males had a median income of $31,914 versus $21,602 for females. The

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for the city was $15,159. About 11.9% of families and 12.4% of the population were below the

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, including 14.8% of those under age 18 and 12.5% of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

City of Arcade official websiteAthens Banner-Herald: As town dries out, it grows
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