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65th Fastest Growing County In the Nation Pickens County, Georgia Seat: Jasper Pickens County is the 65th fastest growing county in the US based on rate of growth between January 2000 and July 2006 for all counties that began the century with more than ten thousand residents, according to recent U.S. Census Bureau estimates. Pickens County which was established in 1853, grew in population to 22,983 by the year 2000. In the six years that marked the beginning of the 21st Century, the county increased the number of residents by 29 percent bringing the estimated total population in July 2006 to 29,640. The outstanding growth of the last six years has made Pickens County the thirteenth fastest growing county in the Peach State of Georgia and the 65th fastest in the nation. The median value for a home within the 232 square mile jurisdiction of Pickens County was $113,100 in 2000 but the Bureau had no statistics on home value for 2006. Determining how the rapid growth may have affected the value of homes in the area is difficult but the current auctions that follow should help. |
| Pickens County Land Auctions |
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