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Palmetto, Georgia

Field	Value
official_name	Palmetto, Georgia
settlement_type	City
image_skyline	U.S. Route 29 in Palmetto, Georgia.JPG
image_caption	Downtown Palmetto
image_seal	PalmettoGAseal.png
seal_size	90px
image_map	Fulton County Georgia Municipalities Map Palmetto Highlighted.svg
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location in Fulton County and the state of Georgia
pushpin_map
pushpin_label_position
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Georgia
subdivision_type2	Counties
subdivision_name2	Fulton, Coweta
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Teresa Thomas-Smith
established_title
established_title2
established_title3
unit_pref	Imperial
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	31.19
area_land_km2	30.71
area_water_km2	0.49
area_total_sq_mi	12.04
area_land_sq_mi	11.86
area_water_sq_mi	0.19
population_as_of	2020
population_total	5071
population_density_km2	165.14
population_density_sq_mi	427.72
timezone	Eastern (EST)
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_ft	1020
postal_code_type	ZIP code
postal_code	30268
area_code	770
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	13-58884
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	2404466
website

Palmetto is a city located mostly in Fulton County (originally Campbell County) and now partly in Coweta County in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population was 5,071 at the 2020 census.

History

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Palmetto as a town in 1854. The community was named after the Palmetto Regiment of the Mexican–American War. In 2023, Palmetto elected its first female and African American mayor when Teresa Thomas-Smith won the election by 84 votes.

Demographics

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2020 census

Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Palmetto city, Georgia	url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US1358884&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004	website=United States Census Bureau	access-date= }}	title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Palmetto city, Georgia	url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1358884&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2
White alone (NH)	1,443	1,209	1,203	42.44%	26.94%	23.72%
Black or African American alone (NH)	1,490	2,552	2,949	43.82%	56.86%	58.15%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	13	5	9	0.38%	0.11%	0.18%
Asian alone (NH)	1	33	43	0.03%	0.74%	0.85%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)	1	1	1	0.03%	0.02%	0.02%
Other race alone (NH)	8	5	25	0.24%	0.11%	0.49%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)	49	113	180	1.44%	2.52%	3.55%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	395	570	661	11.62%	12.70%	13.03%
Total	3,400	4,488	5,071	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 5,071 people, 1,950 households, and 1,200 families residing in the city.

References

"2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau.
"U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].
{{GNIS. 2404466
(1854). "Acts Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia". J. Johnston.
Krakow, Kenneth K.. (1975). "Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins". Winship Press.
Proctor, Aungelique. (10 November 2023). "Palmetto elects its first female and African American mayor". Fox 5 News.
"Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decade". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(1870). "1870 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(1880). "1880 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(1910). "1910 Census of Population - Georgia". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(1930). "1930 Census of Population - Georgia". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(1940). "1940 Census of Population - Georgia". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(1950). "1950 Census of Population - Georgia". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(1960). "1960 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(1970). "1970 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(1980). "1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(1990). "1990 Census of Population - Summary Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics - Georgia". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(2000). "2000 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(2010). "2010 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia". [[United States Census Bureau]].
"P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Palmetto city, Georgia".
"P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Palmetto city, Georgia".
"P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Palmetto city, Georgia".

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