Smyrna, Georgia - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 40,999 people, 18,372 households, and 9,498 families residing in the city. The population density

Population density

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was 2,949.9 people per square mile (1,138.8/km²). There were 19,633 housing units at an average density of 1,412.6 per square mile (545.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 59.4% White, 27.2% African American, 0.4% Native American, 3.9% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 6.6% from other races

Race (United States Census)

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, and 2.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.8% of the population.

There were 18,372 households out of which 22.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.2% were married couples

Marriage

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living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 48.3% were non-families. 37.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.92.

The population was distributed by age as follows: 19.5% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 43.8% from 25 to 44, 17.6% from 45 to 64, and 8.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 95.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.5 males.

Municipal

Max Bacon is the mayor

Mayor

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of Smyrna.

The city operates the Smyrna Public Library

Smyrna Public Library

The Smyrna Public Library is the only independent, city-operated library in the state of Georgia. It is located at 100 Village Green Circle in downtown Smyrna, Georgia...

Past mayors

H.H. Arrington 1933-1937
John Corn 1939-1940
P.M. Brinkley 1941
John Tatum 1942
C.M. Hamby 1943-1944
J.Y. Wootten 1945
Lorena Pruitt 1946-1948
J.M. "Hoot" Gibson 1949-1952
Guy Duncan 1953-1954
James E. Quarles 1955-1957
J.M. "Hoot" Gibson 1958-1959
George Kreeger 1960-1961
J.B. "Jake" Ables 1962-1963
George Kreeger 1964-1969
Harold Smith 1970-1971
John Porterfield 1972-1975
Arthur Bacon 1976-1977
Frank Johnson 1978-1981
Arthur Bacon 1982-1985
Max Bacon 1985–Present

Elections

The city was a longtime stronghold for traditional, small-town, conservative Southern Democrats

Southern Democrats

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. It is now seen as a largely Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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district, located inside a strong Democratic enclave with a growing minority population (South Cobb), located in a predominantly Republican county (Cobb County). As a result, although local officials are nonpartisan, state and federal representation is fairly evenly split between Democrats

Democratic Party (United States)

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and Republicans.

Personal income

The median income for a household in the city was $47,572, and the median income for a family was $53,821. Males had a median income of $38,896 versus $35,465 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

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for the city was $27,637. About 6.7% of families and 8.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.9% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over.

Industry

The Atlanta Bread Company

Atlanta Bread Company

Atlanta Bread Company is a bakery café chain that was originally established in 1993 in the Atlanta suburb of Sandy Springs, Georgia. In 1995, the company began franchising and expanding across the country. As of late 2008, the company has 110 locations in 24 states...

has its headquarters in Smyrna.

Companies with an office include Eaton Corporation

Eaton Corporation

Eaton Corporation is a global diversified power management company with 2010 sales of $13.7 billion. The company is a leading provider of electrical components and systems for power quality, distribution and control; hydraulics components, systems and services for industrial and mobile equipment;...

and IBM

IBM

International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...

. Smyrna was the site of the corporate offices of the now-defunct World Championship Wrestling

World Championship Wrestling

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Top employers

According to the City's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are:

#	Employer	# of Employees
1	UCB UCB (company) UCB is a multinational biopharmaceutical manufacturing company headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.- History :UCB was founded on 18 January 1928 by Emmanuel Janssen, a Belgian businessman...	575
2	IBM IBM International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...	566
3	United Distributors	550
4	Emory-Adventist Hospital at Smyrna Emory Healthcare Emory Healthcare is the clinical portion of Emory University's Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center, and is the largest health care system in the state of Georgia in the United States...	499
5	Ridgeview Institute	440
6	S.P. Richards	423
7	City of Smyrna	384
8	Bake One	350
9	Publix Publix Publix Super Markets, Inc. is an American supermarket chain based in Lakeland, Florida.Founded in 1930 by George W. Jenkins, it is an employee-owned, privately held corporation. Publix is currently ranked No. 86 on Fortune magazine's list of 100 Best Companies to Work For 2010 and was ranked No...	210
10	Glock	209

Urban renewal

Smyrna has rebounded from urban decay in the 1990s to become an affluent area.

In 1991, the city began a community redevelopment project known as "Market Village," in order to create a well-defined downtown. Included were a community center and 28000 square feet (2,601.3 m²) public library. A mixed retail and residential district was modeled after a early 1900s city village, including a square with a fountain. This, and other expansions have revitalized the downtown area and acted as a magnet for further redevelopment throughout the city—including thousands of upscale homes - mostly townhouse and condo communities replacing older neighborhoods. As a result of the redevelopment, and Smyrna's key location of a residential suburb in the north west center of metro Atlanta, the population has skyrocketed.

There is additional mixed retail/residential/office redevelopments around the "Market Village". Ground was broken in Jonquil Village, a redevelopment of Jonquil Plaza at the corner of Spring and Atlanta Road across from "Market Village". Less than a 0.5 mile (0.80467 km) down, the city intends to redevelop the Belmont Hills plaza, at the corner of Windy Hill and Atlanta Road in 2011. Both these villages, like "Market Village" in Smyrna, and "Market Square" in Vinings are designed to resemble a city village of yesteryear with fountains and antique street lamps.

Some additional work is being done in Smyrna are streetscape beautification projects, including a linear park on Concord Road. Additional parkland projects are the 12 acres (4.9 ha) Taylor-Brawner Park, Riverview Road trail and Silver Comet Trail

Silver Comet Trail

The Silver Comet Trail is a paved, multi-use, recreational trail in western Georgia.-Route:The Silver Comet Trail is a rail trail and is named for the Silver Comet passenger train that used the same route from 1947 to 1969...

extensions in that area.

Education

Smyrna is served by Cobb County Public Schools. Campbell High School

Campbell High School (Smyrna, Georgia)

Campbell High School is one of sixteen public high schools in the Cobb County School District. Located on its rectangular campus in Smyrna, a suburb of Atlanta, United States, there are currently over 2200 pupils and nearly 250 staff members....

, a magnet school

Magnet school

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for the IB Program, is in the city.

Recreation

Some extensions of the Silver Comet Trail

Silver Comet Trail

have been built further into Smyrna to expand access to the trail.

"Market Village" in the city center often has open-air concerts and festivals. There are also various small parks throughout the city, including public pools, tennis courts and playgrounds and a linear park with walking trail along Spring Road.

Transportation

Several principal arterial roadways, such as I-285

Interstate 285

Interstate 285 is an Interstate Highway loop encircling Atlanta, Georgia, for . I-285 is also known as unsigned State Route 407 and is colloquially referred to as the Perimeter. Suburban sprawl has made it one of the most heavily traveled roadways in the United States, and portions of the highway...

, Cobb Parkway (U.S. Highway 41), Atlanta Road (Old State Highway 3) and South Cobb Drive (State Highway 280

Georgia State Route 280

State Route 280 is a state route located in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area in the U.S. state of Georgia. State Route 280 is a major urban arterial, with portions of the route seeing an Average Annual Daily Traffic of over 30,000 vehicles, especially around Dobbins Air Reserve Base...

), pass through the municipality.

Smyrna is served by Cobb Community Transit

Cobb Community Transit

Cobb Community Transit or CCT is the bus public transit system in Cobb County, Georgia, one of metro Atlanta's three most populous suburban counties...

public buses.

Notables

Notables from the area include U.S. Representative Bob Barr

Bob Barr

Robert Laurence "Bob" Barr, Jr. is a former federal prosecutorand a former member of the United States House of Representatives. He represented Georgia's 7th congressional district as a Republican from 1995 to 2003. Barr attained national prominence as one of the leaders of the impeachment of...

, Atlanta Brave Ron Gant

Ron Gant

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, and actress Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts

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External links

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