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The average household size was 1.79 and the average family size was 2.30. In the city, the population was spread out, with 13.6% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 13.6% from 25 to 44, 35.6% from 45 to 64, and 32.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 53 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.4 males.
Norcross is a city located in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States. According to the 2010 census , the population was 9,116, [ 5 ] while in 2020, the population increased to 17,209. [ 6 ] Norcross is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area .
In 1870 Thrasher moved northeast of the city along the Richmond and Danville Railroad and founded the town of Norcross, named after Thrasher's good friend, Jonathan Norcross, the fourth mayor of Atlanta. He was also elected the city's first mayor. [4] Thrasher quickly turned Norcross into a vacation destination with a resort hotel he built.
Georgia's 7th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Georgia.It is currently represented by Republican Rich McCormick.. The district includes portions of the northeast Atlanta metropolitan area, including the cities of Johns Creek, Peachtree Corners, Norcross, Lawrenceville, Duluth, Snellville, Suwanee, and Buford.
The family of a 5-year-old girl sued South-Western City Schools, a principal and nurse after an improper examination of the child for signs of abuse.
Paul Duke, which opened in 2018 with grades 9–11, with 1,390 prospective students as of August 2023, has a STEM focus. [5] Built for $38 million, it relieved Norcross High School; as of 2018 it only takes students in the Norcross High attendance zone, including areas of Peachtree Corners, and therefore is not yet a magnet school.
Less than 1 mile (1.6 km) later is US 19/SR 400 (Hospitality Highway). To the southeast, it crosses over the Chattahoochee River on the Fulton–Gwinnett County border for a short while, before it enters Gwinnett County proper and the city of Peachtree Corners. Just to the west of Norcross, SR 140 meets SR 141 (Peachtree Industrial Boulevard).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.1 square miles (8.0 km 2), all land. Neighborhoods ... Doraville, and Norcross. Most ...