Mingo County, West Virginia

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

Geography

The County is located in the southwest of West Virginia, is bordered by Kentucky and has an area of ​​1097 square kilometers, of which three square miles are water. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Lincoln County, Logan County, Wyoming County, McDowell County, Pike County ( Kentucky ), Martin County ( Kentucky) and Wayne County.

History

Mingo County was formed on January 30, 1895 from parts of Logan County. It was named for the Mingo Indians, a branch of the Iroquois.

In the county, the city of Matewan, during which there is a strike by miners to serious discharged by force of arms debate within the United States since the Civil War 1921 is located.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2000 lived in Mingo County 28 253 people in 11,303 households and 8,217 families. The population density was 26 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 96.39 percent White, 2.34 percent African American, 0.24 percent Native American, 0.21 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.06 percent from other races groups; 0.74 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.48 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 11,303 households out of which 33.5 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 56.2 percent were married couples living together, 12.7 percent were single mothers, 27.3 percent were non-families, 25.2 percent of all households and 10.4 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.98.

Based on the county the population was spread from 24.2 percent population under 18 years, 9.2 percent between 18 and 24 years, 29.1 percent between 25 and 44 years, 25.0 percent between 45 and 64 years and 12.4 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 93.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.2 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 21,347, and the median income for a family was $ 26,581. Males have a median income of $ 31,660, women $ 18,038. The per capita income was $ 12,445. 25.9 percent of families and 29.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 38.9 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 18.6 percent of those 65 years.