Summers County, West Virginia

Summers County is a county located in the state of West Virginia in the United States. In 2000, the County had 12,999 inhabitants and a population density of 14 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Hinton.

Geography

The County is located in southern West Virginia, is about 30 km from the border with Virginia and has an area of 952 square kilometers, of which 17 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Greenbrier County, Monroe County, Mercer County, Raleigh County and Fayatte County.

History

Summers County was formed on February 27, 1871 from parts of Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer and Monroe County. It was named after George W. Summers, a US-based lawyers.

Demographic data

1900-1990

According to the census of 2000, there were 12,999 people in Summers County. Of these, 157 people were living in collective centers, the other residents living in 5,530 households and 3,754 families. The population density was 14 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 96.57 percent White, 2.15 percent African American, 0.25 percent Native American, 0.09 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.10 percent from other races groups; 0.79 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.55 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 5,530 households out of which 25.7 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 53.8 percent were married couples living together, 10.0 percent were single mothers, 32.1 percent were non-families, 29.1 percent of all households and 14.4 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.84 persons.

Based on the county the population was spread from 20.5 percent population under 18 years, 7.5 percent between 18 and 24 years, 24.7 percent between 25 and 44 years, 27.3 percent between 45 and 64 years and 19.9 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 95.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.0 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 21,147, and the median income for a family was $ 27,251. Males have a median income of $ 27,485, women $ 18,491. The per capita income was $ 12,419. 24.4 percent of the population and 20.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. This included 34.3 percent of children and adolescents under 18 years and 14.5 percent of the population aged 65 years.