A county is a share of the core Atlanta metropolitan area.

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Geography
Based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 892 km² (345 mi²). 881 kilometre² (340 mi²) of these are l& and Eleven klick² (Quaternity mi²) of these are a water system. A amount front yard is Single.27% water system.

A county is divided along 2 major watersheds. Virtually all runoff flows into the Chattahoochee River (along the southeastern border), via Sope Creek, Willeo Creek, Rottenwood Creek, and Sweetwater Creek. The ridge from Lost Mountain in the west, to Kennesaw Mountain in the north, to Sweat Mountain in a extreme northeast, divides the far northward-northwest of the county into the Lake Allatoona area, including the north-flowing Noonday Creek.

Demographics
When of the census² of 2000, there are 607,751 people, 227,487 households, and 156,511 families residing in the county. A population density is 690/km² (1,787/mi²). There are 237,522 housing units at an typical density of 270/km² (698/mi²). A racial makeup of the county is 72.40% White, 18.80% Black or African American, 0.26% Native American, 3.06% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 3.58% from other races, and 1.87% from two or more races. Sevener.73% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

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the median income for a personal in the county is $58,289, & the median income for a family is $67,649. Males have a median income of $45,362 versus $33,453 for females. A per capita income for the county is $27,863. Sixer.50% of the people & Quatern.40% of families come beneath a poverty line. Away from a aggregate people, Heptad.10% of victims under a age of 18 & 6.80% of people 65 & older come residing in a image below the poverty level.

Government and elections
Under Georgia's home rule provisiin, county governments have loose reign to legislate on tons matters in a county, provided that such legislation does not conflict by using state or even federal laws or constitutions. Whilst this house rule was enacted per Georgia General Assembly in the early 1960s, Ernest W. Barrett became the first chairman of the new county commission.

Cobb County is presently governed by the 5-member Board of Commissioners, which has two legislative and executive authority within the county. A chairman of the Board is elected county-wide. A more quadruplet commissioners come elected from either individual-member districts; though during 2004, a commission has discussed adding at least 1 member, to keep higher by owning the county's growing people. the Board hires a county manager who oversees day-to-day operations of the county's executive departments.

County residents likewise elect the sheriff, district attorney, probate court judge, clerk of superior court, state court solicitor, chief magistrate judge (who so appoints more justice court judges), superior court judges, state court judges, tax commissioner, surveyor, and the seven-member board of education.

Additionally to a county sheriff, the constitutional main law enforcement officer of the county, Cobb County has a separate police department under the authority of the Board of Commissioners. A sheriff oversees a jail, to which everyone arrested under state law is taken, regardless of a city or even even more metropolitan area of the county in which it happens, or what police force department makes the arrest.

Additionally to the 4% statewide sales tax, Cobb County levies an additional 1% SPLOST for special projects, subject to renewal each pack years by countywide referendum. This funds chiefly transportation and parks. Cobb doesn't levy the 1% revenue enhancement to fund higher homestead exemptions for property taxes. It has too voted does'nt to pay a additional 1% to join MARTA, which has made operating & expanding that rapid transit system difficult potentially in the counties it does work.

Cities and communities

Acworth Austell Kennesaw Marietta Oak Grove Powder Springs Smyrna Unincorporated: Mableton Vinings Fair Oaks Erst incorporated: Chattahoochee Plantation Elizabeth

Existent communities: East Cobb - (E) Sandy Plains - (NE) Blackwells - (North) Noonday - (North) Mt. Bethel - (NE) Due West - (W) Lost Mountain - (W) Mars Hill - (WNW) Macland - (WSW) Westoak - (NE) Modern communities: Town Center Cumberland

A portion of northeastern Cobb is considered unincorporated Roswell, and part of southeastern Cobb (chiefly Vinings) is considered unincorporated Atlanta. Each cities come around neighboring Fulton County.

Neighboring counties
Fulton County (east and southeast) Douglas County (southwest) Paulding County (west) Bartow County (northwest) Cherokee County (north)

Major businesses
The Weather Channel, headquartered in Vinings Home Depot, also headquartered around Vinings Lockheed Martin, next to Dobbins in Marietta Georgia Northeastern Railroad, in Marietta

Transportation
Interstate 75 Interstate 285 Interstate 20 Interstate 575 Cobb County Airport at McCollum Field Dobbins Air Reserve Base (where the U.S. President arrives when visiting Atlanta) Norfolk Southern railyard at Austell CSX Transportation through Smyrna, Marietta, and Kennesaw Cobb Community Transit (CCT)

Recreation
American Adventures (Marietta) Six Flags White Water (Marietta) Six Flags Over Georgia (Austell) Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area Lake Allatoona (near Acworth) Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park (Kennesaw to Marietta) Marietta National Cemetery (Marietta) Marietta Confederate Cemetery (Marietta) Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art (Marietta) Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History (Kennesaw) Mable House (Mableton) Silver Comet Trail (westward from either Smyrna)

Schools
Cobb County Public Schools (all except Marietta) Marietta City Schools Southern Polytechnic State University Kennesaw State University Life University Chattahoochee Technical College

Understand as well: Cobb County Public Library System (CCPLS)