The City of Smyrna posted the following announcement to its website about a document shredding event sponsored by Keep Smyrna Beautiful:
Document Shredding Event
Document Shredding Event
Safe and Secure Document Shredding
Date:
03/18/2023 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location:
Aline Wolfe Adult Recreation Center
884 Church Street SE
Smyrna, Georgia 30080
Safely shred documents at Keep Smyrna Beautiful’s spring shredding event!
Paper only- remove binders, clips, etc.
Up to 5 copy paper sized boxes
Open to everyone- Smyrna & non-Smyrna residents
Event is free but donations accepted on-site for the 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, Keep Smyrna Beautiful
Participants should stay in their vehicles- volunteers will remove all documents
For more information, visit: www.keepsmyrnabeautiful.com/shred-fest
Safe and Secure Document Shredding
- Date:03/18/2023 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Location:Aline Wolfe Adult Recreation Center
884 Church Street SE
Smyrna, Georgia 30080
Safely shred documents at Keep Smyrna Beautiful’s spring shredding event!
- Paper only- remove binders, clips, etc.
- Up to 5 copy paper sized boxes
- Open to everyone- Smyrna & non-Smyrna residents
- Event is free but donations accepted on-site for the 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, Keep Smyrna Beautiful
- Participants should stay in their vehicles- volunteers will remove all documents
For more information, visit: www.keepsmyrnabeautiful.com/shred-fest
About the City of Smyrna
Smyrna is the third-largest city in Cobb County, after newly incorporated Mableton, and county seat Marietta.
Smyrna was incorporated by an act of the Georgia legislature in 1872. To see a copy of the original incorporation legislation, follow this link.
The U.S. Census Bureau gives the latest quick facts about Smyrna:
| Smyrna city, Georgia | |
| Population Estimates, July 1 2021, (V2021) | 55,685 |
| PeoplePopulation | |
| Population Estimates, July 1 2021, (V2021) | 55,685 |
| Population estimates base, April 1, 2020, (V2021) | 55,689 |
| Population, percent change – April 1, 2020 (estimates base) to July 1, 2021, (V2021) | 0.0% |
| Population, Census, April 1, 2020 | 55663 |
| Population, Census, April 1, 2010 | 51271 |
| Age and Sex | |
| Persons under 5 years, percent | 7.8% |
| Persons under 18 years, percent | 23.2% |
| Persons 65 years and over, percent | 9.3% |
| Female persons, percent | 53.0% |
| Race and Hispanic Origin | |
| White alone, percent | 46.8% |
| Black or African American alone, percent(a) | 33.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent(a) | 0.3% |
| Asian alone, percent(a) | 8.2% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent(a) | 0.3% |
| Two or More Races, percent | 4.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino, percent(b) | 13.6% |
| White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent | 42.9% |
| Population Characteristics | |
| Veterans, 2016-2020 | 2352 |
| Foreign born persons, percent, 2016-2020 | 16.5% |
| Housing | |
| Housing units, July 1, 2021, (V2021) | X |
| Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2016-2020 | 55.5% |
| Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2016-2020 | $309,000 |
| Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2016-2020 | $1,871 |
| Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2016-2020 | $471 |
| Median gross rent, 2016-2020 | $1,326 |
| Building permits, 2021 | X |
| Families & Living Arrangements | |
| Households, 2016-2020 | 24760 |
| Persons per household, 2016-2020 | 2.27 |
| Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2016-2020 | 81.1% |
| Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2016-2020 | 21.1% |
| Computer and Internet Use | |
| Households with a computer, percent, 2016-2020 | 97.9% |
| Households with a broadband Internet subscription, percent, 2016-2020 | 95.6% |
| Education | |
| High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2016-2020 | 94.0% |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2016-2020 | 55.7% |
| Health | |
| With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2016-2020 | 6.2% |
| Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent | 13.8% |
| Economy | |
| In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2016-2020 | 77.8% |
| In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2016-2020 | 72.9% |
| Total accommodation and food services sales, 2012 ($1,000)(c) | 152259 |
| Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2012 ($1,000)(c) | 293700 |
| Total manufacturers shipments, 2012 ($1,000)(c) | 208663 |
| Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000)(c) | 1028830 |
| Total retail sales per capita, 2012(c) | $19,541 |
| Transportation | |
| Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2016-2020 | 29 |
| Income & Poverty | |
| Median household income (in 2020 dollars), 2016-2020 | $77,713 |
| Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2020 dollars), 2016-2020 | $48,063 |
| Persons in poverty, percent | 8.2% |
| BusinessesBusinesses | |
| Total employer establishments, 2020 | X |
| Total employment, 2020 | X |
| Total annual payroll, 2020 ($1,000) | X |
| Total employment, percent change, 2019-2020 | X |
| Total nonemployer establishments, 2018 | X |
| All firms, 2012 | 6575 |
| Men-owned firms, 2012 | 3108 |
| Women-owned firms, 2012 | 2808 |
| Minority-owned firms, 2012 | 2970 |
| Nonminority-owned firms, 2012 | 3230 |
| Veteran-owned firms, 2012 | 687 |
| Nonveteran-owned firms, 2012 | 5483 |
| Geography | |
| Population per square mile, 2010 | 3339.5 |
| Land area in square miles, 2010 | 15.35 |