Boone County (West Virginia)

Boone County is a county located in the state of West Virginia in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Madison.

Geography

The County is located in the southwest of West Virginia and has an area of 1303 square kilometers, of which one square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Kanawha County, Raleigh County, Wyoming County, Logan County and Lincoln County.

History

Boone County was formed on March 11, 1847 from parts of Cabell County, Kanawha County and Nicholas County. It was named after Daniel Boone, an American pioneer and frontiersman who explored the so-called Wilderness Trail and the town of Boonesborough in Kentucky founded.

Demographic data

1900-1990

According to the census in 2000 lived in Boone County 25,535 people in 10,291 households and 7,460 families. The population density was 20 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 98.53 percent White, 0.65 percent African American, 0.12 percent Native American, 0.07 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.07 percent from other races groups; 0.54 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.46 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 10,291 households out of which 31.1 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 57.5 percent were married couples living together, 10.5 percent were single mothers, 27.5 percent were non-families, 24.6 percent of all households and 11.0 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.92.

Based on the county the population was spread from 23.2 percent population under 18 years, 9.0 percent between 18 and 24 years, 28.0 percent between 25 and 44 years, 26.3 percent between 45 and 64 years and 13.6 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 95.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.5 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 25,669, and the median income for a family was $ 31,999. Males had a median income of $ 34,931, women $ 19,607. The per capita income was $ 14,453. 18.3 percent of families and 22.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 27.9 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 13.9 percent of those 65 years.