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Norcorss Information The City of Norcross is Gwinnett County's second oldest city and has played many roles in local history and development. It was founded as a resort town for wealthy Atlantans by J. J. Thrasher, who named the city for his good friend Jonathan Norcross, a former Mayor of Atlanta. Arriving by train at the Norcross depot, visitors often stayed at the Brunswick luxury hotel located across from Thrasher Park, a pleasant green space cooled by a grove of tall oaks and magnolias. As the town quickly grew, its charming central business district was soon surrounded by traditional Southern homes. In the 1980s, when the Atlanta area boomed, Norcross shared in the prosperity. The population of the small area swelled from 3,500 to 6,000. Yet through the boom times, the Mayor and City Council sought to preserve the city's charm. It has been said that those who live in Norcross have the best of both worlds, as it maintains a quiet, picturesque downtown district while along its fringes are corporations doing millions of dollars of business on a daily basis. Norcross has the distinction of being the only location in Gwinnett County to have a district listed in the U.S. Register of Historic Places. The district comprises 112 acres and is located along South Peachtree Street, North Peachtree Street, and Lawrenceville Street including the downtown area. To enhance the Historic District and character it provides the city, City Council dedicated about $250,000 of Hotel/Motel tax to the renovation of the downtown area in 1987. Turn-of-the-century street lighting now welcomes visitors and residents alike to beautiful shade-tree lined brick sidewalks throughout the downtown area. Downtown is currently undergoing a second round of revitalization through the Norcross Livable Centers Intiative Town Center Study, which the Downtown Development Authority has been charged with implementing in addition to other projects that will enhance downtown. All sections of the city are connected to the downtown core by a network of sidewalks. At any time of the day, you will find walkers and joggers, mothers and fathers strolling with their small children, and even older citizens utilizing this community asset. The sidewalk network leads to or through our parks: Thrasher, Rossie Brundage, Lions Club, and Betty Mauldin. These amenities lend a restful, unique flavor to the city by providing a relaxed atmosphere for family and community outings. Norcross feels very positive about its future. Many times, we hear the expression that Norcross is "an island in the midst of intense commercial development". That expression aptly describes Norcross; it is indeed a quiet, green, primarily residential area, in the midst of high quality high tech industry. Its future is driven by its vision Demographics As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 8,410 people, 2,644 households, and 1,768 families residing in the city. The population density was 792.0/km² (2,050.4/mi²). There were 2,750 housing units at an average density of 259.0/km² (670.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 53.50% White, 20.82% African American, 0.54% Native American, 6.10% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 15.39% from other races, and 3.63% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 40.93% of the population. There were 2,644 households out of which 33.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.3% were married couples living together, 13.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.1% were non-families. 22.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.04 and the average family size was 3.35. In the city the population was spread out with 22.7% under the age of 18, 14.8% from 18 to 24, 40.9% from 25 to 44, 15.5% from 45 to 64, and 6.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 130.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 134.8 males. The median income for a household in the city was $44,728, and the median income for a family was $42,893. Males had a median income of $26,485 versus $27,347 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,573. About 11.8% of families and 17.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.0% of those under age 18 and 17.2% of those age 65 or over. Source Wikipedia
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