Chatham County is located in eastern Georgia. The County Seat is Savannah and the largest city is Savannah. The Official Web Site is located at http://www.chathamcounty.org/. The 2014 population estimate is 283,379 and the 2010 census population was 265,133. The land area is 426.44 square miles and there are 621.7 persons per square mile.
54.6% of the population is White, 40.2% is Black or African American, 5.9% is Hispanic or Latino, 2.7% is Asian, 0.3% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.1% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 2.1% is two or more races. 88.7% have a high school degree or higher, and 31.3% have a Bachelor degree or higher.
The median home value is $174,500, there are 102,484 households, an average of 2.55 persons per household. The per capita income is $25,093, the median household income is $45,794, and 19.1% of the persons in Chatham County are considered below poverty level.
The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 23,990. Retail sales (in $1000) were $4,004,232, and sales per capita were $16,107. The percentage of black-owned firms is 23.5%, and the percentage of women-owned firms is 33%.
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| Chatham County Home Page Use the Chatham County Home Page to find county codes, government departments, contacts, agencies, permits, news, events, and services. Old Courthouse, 124 Bull St., Savannah GA 31401. |
| Court | Citations Search for and pay Chatham County criminal and traffic fines. |
| Courts | Cases and Dockets Chatham County State Court, Magistrate Court, and Superior court case records and dockets. |
| Inmates Chatham County Sheriff's Office inmate search. |
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| Inmates | Cash Bonds Find a Chatham County inmate and pay the cash bond online. |
| Obituaries Search this Live Oak Public Libraries (Savannah, Georgia) database by name, city, and/or date for Savannah Morning News Obituaries. Covers 1913-1926 and records published between 1987 and 1996 (1989 and 1990 are incomplete). |
| Permits Use this service from the Chatham County Department of Building Safety and Regulatory Services to search status of your building permit by permit number or address. |
| Plat Images Find Plat Images in Chatham County. Register to search; fee for images. |
| Property & Recorded Documents (Deeds) Find property records and other recorded documents from Chatham County. Set up a free account and search the Georgia Consolidated Real Estate Index, which includes affidavits, assignments, deeds, easements, leases, liens, power of attorney filings, quit claim deeds, tax sale deeds, releases, title transfers, and more. Fee for document views. |
| Property - Assessor Search the Chatham County Board of Assessors Property Cards for property records in Chatham County, Georgia by city, address, pin number, or name. |
| Property Sales Search for property sales since January 1, 2005 within Chatham County by address, date, property id number, land use code, neighborhood code, or qualification code. |
| Property Tax Search the Chatham County, property tax records by tax number, name or property id. |
| Property | GIS Interactive map property search for the City of Savannah and Chatham County. |
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