Greenbrier County, West Virginia

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

Geography

The County is located in southeastern West Virginia, bordering Virginia, and has an area of ​​2653 square kilometers, of which eight square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Webster County, Pocahontas County, Bath County (Virginia ) Alleghany County ( Virginia), Monroe County, Summers County, Fayatte County and Nicholas County.

History

Greenbrier County was formed on 20 October 1777 Original County of free territory. It was named after the Greenbrier River.

Demographic data

1900-1990

According to the census in 2000, lived in Greenbrier County 34 453 people in 14,571 households and 9,922 families. The population density was 13 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 95.23 percent White, 3.04 percent African American, 0.34 percent Native American, 0.19 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.15 percent from other races groups; 1.04 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.68 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 14,571 households out of which 27.6 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 54.2 percent were married couples living together, 10.7 percent were single mothers, 31.9 percent were non-families, 28.6 percent of all households and 13.4 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.83.

Based on the county the population was spread from 21.6 percent population under 18 years, 7.7 percent between 18 and 24 years, 26.1 percent between 25 and 44 years, 26.9 percent between 45 and 64 years and 17.7 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 92.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.8 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 26,927, and the median income for a family was $ 33,292. Males had a median income of $ 26,157, women $ 19,620. The per capita income was $ 16,247. 14.5 percent of families and 18.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 23.7 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 16.0 percent of those 65 years.