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AT-A-GLANCE

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At-A-Glance

Quick Facts: Mileage from Pickens County Geography
• Population ................................................ 30,832 • Total area: 233 square miles
• Median Age......................................................44 Knoxville, TN • Highest elevation: the 3,288 foot summit
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• Married Population ............................... 64.2% Chattanooga, TN Charlotte, NC of Mount Oglethorpe, the southernmost
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peak in the Blue Ridge Mountains and, for
• Average Commute Time ............. 29 Minutes 250 a number of years, the southern terminus of
Pickens County
• High School Graduate .......................... 83.4% Pickens County the Appalachian Trail. Other notable peaks:
• Bachelor’s Degree or Higher .............. 25.1% Atlanta Augusta Sharp Top Mountain and Sharp Mountain.
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Source: Sperling’s Best Places, 210 One of the best viewpoints of Sharp Top
Birmingham, AL
U.S. Census Bureau Quickfacts 200 Columbus Mountain is from Grandview Lake Dam on
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Grandview Road.
Source: Pickens County Government website
Population and Demographics
County/City Pop.
• Pickens County ....................................... 30,832
• Jasper (county seat) ...................................3,762
• Nelson ...........................................................1,347
• Talking Rock ....................................................66
• Tate .................................................................1,198
• Marble Hill ......................................................490
Source U.S. Census Bureau 2016,
Sperling’s Best Places 2016

• Median household income, 2015: $54,123
Source U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts (2015)
Major communities: Bent Tree, Big Canoe,
The Sharp Mountain Preserve
Climate:
• Average annual rainfall: 59 in.
• Snowfall: 2 in.
• Days with measurable precipitation:102
• Days with sunshine: 216
• July high temp: 87°F
• January low temp: 31°F
• Pickens County comfort index
(based on humidity during the hot months):
35 out of 100 (higher is more comfortable);
the U.S. average on the comfort index is 44.
Source: Sperling’s Best Places
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