Editing Reed Creek, Georgia

{{short description|Unincorporated community in Georgia, U.S.}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
'''Reed Creek''' is an [[unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Hart County, Georgia|Hart County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. The population was 2,724 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]], up from 2,604 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1364288
| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Reed Creek CDP, Georgia| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=May 18, 2017}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Geography==

Reed Creek is located in northeastern Hart County at {{coord|34|26|31|N|82|54|51|W|type:city}} (34.441880, -82.914186).<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 north and east by [[Lake Hartwell]] on the [[Savannah River]], which separates the community from the state of [[South Carolina]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|88.8|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|61.3|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|27.5|km2|order=flip}}, or 31.01%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010"/> The main primary highway in Reed Creek is Georgia State Route 51 which runs north out of Hartwell, Georgia to Reed Creek.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1980= 
|1990= 1796
|2000= 2148
|2010= 2604
|2020= 2724
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decade|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 1850-1870<ref name=1870CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1870 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1870|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1870-1880<ref name=1880CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1880 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-09.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref><br> 1890-1910<ref name=1910CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1910|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1920-1930<ref name=1930CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|pages=251–256}}</ref><br> 1940<ref name=1940CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1950<ref name=1950CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1950|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1960<ref name=1960CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1960 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1960|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-12-c.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 1970<ref name=1970CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1970 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1970|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ga-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1990<ref name=1990CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1990 Census of Population - Summary Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics - Georgia |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1990|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cph-5/cph-5-12.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 2000<ref name=2000CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 2000 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 2010 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 2010|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-12.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

Reed Creek first appeared as a [[census designated place]] in the [[1990 U.S. Census]].<ref name=1990CensusGA/>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Reed Creek CDP, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Reed Creek CDP, Georgia |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US1364288&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Reed Creek CDP, Georgia |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1364288&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Reed Creek CDP, Georgia |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1364288&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|2,095
|2,422
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,474
|97.53%
|93.01%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |90.82%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|32
|108
|style='background: #ffffe6; |95
|1.49%
|4.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.49%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|3
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7
|0.14%
|0.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.26%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|5
|19
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14
|0.23%
|0.73%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.51%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|0
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14
|0.00%
|0.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.51%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|12
|26
|style='background: #ffffe6; |90
|0.56%
|1.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.30%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|1
|27
|style='background: #ffffe6; |30
|0.05%
|1.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.10%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''2,148'''
|'''2,604'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''2,724'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 2,148 people, 965 households, and 711 families residing in the CDP.  The population density was {{convert|92.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,705 housing units at an average density of {{convert|73.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.58% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.49% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.14% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.23% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 0.56% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.05% of the population.

There were 965 households, out of which 19.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.3% were non-families. 23.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.59.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 16.9% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 22.0% from 25 to 44, 30.3% from 45 to 64, and 26.2% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 50 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.3 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.0 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $41,125, and the median income for a family was $47,321. Males had a median income of $29,141 versus $19,815 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $23,640.  About 7.4% of families and 12.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 27.8% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.

==Attraction==
[[Lake Hartwell]], which covers approximately 56,000 square acres.

==References==
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{{Hart County, Georgia}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Hart County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Georgia (U.S. state)]]