Putnam County (West Virginia)

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

Geography

The County is located in the west of West Virginia, just 35 km away from the border of Ohio and has an area of 908 square kilometers, of which eleven square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Mason County, Jackson County, Kanawha County, Lincoln County and Cabell County.

History

Putnam County was formed on March 11, 1818 from parts of Cabell County, Kanawha County and Mason County. It was named after Israel Putnam, an American general in the American Revolutionary War and participants of the Battle of Bunker Hill ( 1775).

Demographic data

1900-1990

According to the census in 2000 lived in Putnam County 51 589 people in 20,028 households and 15,281 families. The population density was 58 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 97.97 percent White, 0.56 percent African American, 0.16 percent Native American, 0.58 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.13 percent from other races groups; 0.59 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.51 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 20,028 households out of which 35.4 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 64.2 percent were married couples living together, 8.9 percent were single mothers, 23.7 percent were non-families, 20.6 percent of all households and 7.9 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 2.96.

Based on the county the population was spread from 25.0 percent population under 18 years, 7.6 percent between 18 and 24 years, 30.4 percent between 25 and 44 years, 25.5 percent between 45 and 64 years and 11.6 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 96.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.5 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 41,892, and the median income for a family was $ 48,674. Males have a median income of $ 40,782, women $ 23,532. The per capita income was $ 20,471. 7.1 percent of families and 9.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 11.3 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 7.6 percent of those 65 years.