Farmington (West Virginia)

Marion County

54-26932

Farmington is a city in Marion County, West Virginia, in the United States of America. Currently Farmington has about 390 inhabitants.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.1 km2, all land surface.

Demography

According to the census of 2000, there were 387 people, 163 households, and 108 families residing in the city. The population density is 355.8 inhabitants per km ². There are 194 houses which corresponds to a density of 178.3 houses per km ². 96.90 % of the population are White, 1.81% African American and 2.02 % mixed race.

Of the 163 households 26.4 % have children under 18 years. 42.9 % are married couples living together, 17.2% are single mothers, 33.7 % are non-families, 30.1 % consists of single-person households and 19.0% in people older than 65, the average household size is 2, 37, the average family size is 2.93.

23.5 % of the population are under the age of 18, 7.0 % from 18 to 24, 27.4 % from 25 to 44, 23.0% between 45 and 64, 19.1% older than 65 is the average age 37 years. The ratio of women to men is 100:85,2, for people older than 18 years, the ratio 100:81,6.

The median household income is $ 29,375, and the median income for a family $ 39,688. Males have a median income of $ 31,250, women $ 18,750. The per capita income for the city is $ 15,990. 9.0 % of the population and 5.9 % of families are below the poverty line, including 17.3 % have children younger than 18 years and 1.3 % of people older than 65

Personalities

• Frank Gatski, American football player,
• Joe Manchin, U.S. Senator and former governor,
• Benjamin F. Martin, U.S. politicians
• Sam Huff, American football player.