Editing Lake City, Georgia

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'''Lake City''' is a city in [[Clayton County, Georgia|Clayton County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. The population was 2,952 in 2020.

==History==
The [[Georgia General Assembly]] incorporated Lake City in 1951.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/counties/clayton/city/lake-city | title=City of Lake City | publisher=georgiainfo | accessdate=24 February 2019}}</ref> The community was named for a lake which once was located at the town site, but since has been filled in.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/l.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=128 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>

==Geography==
Lake City is located in northern Clayton County at {{coord|33|36|29|N|84|20|26|W|type:city}} (33.608109, -84.340481).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is bordered to the south by [[Morrow, Georgia|Morrow]] and to the west and north by [[Forest Park, Georgia|Forest Park]]. [[Fort Gillem]] is directly to the north, within the Forest Park city limits. Downtown [[Atlanta]] is {{convert|11|mi}} to the north.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Lake City has a total area of {{convert|4.8|km2|disp=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Lake City city, Georgia |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1344508 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212182711/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1344508 |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |accessdate=July 28, 2014 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1960= 1042
|1970= 2306
|1980= 2963
|1990= 2733
|2000= 2886
|2010= 2612
|2020= 2952
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
|+Lake City racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1344508&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-13|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|483
|16.36%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|1,169
|39.6%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|11
|0.37%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|522
|17.68%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|1
|0.03%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|89
|3.01%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|677
|22.93%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 2,952 people, 597 households, and 410 families residing in the city.

==Education==
[[Clayton County Public Schools]] operates public schools.

==Infrastructure==

===Transit systems===
[[Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority|MARTA]] serves the city.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.lakecityga.net/ Lake City official website]

{{Clayton County, Georgia}}

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[[Category:Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Cities in Clayton County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Cities in the Atlanta metropolitan area]]