Taylor County (West Virginia)

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

Geography

The County is located in the central north east of West Virginia, is in the north about 50 miles from Pennsylvania to the east approximately 45 miles from Maryland and has an area of 455 square kilometers, of which eight square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Monongalia County, Preston County, Barbour County, Harrison County and Marion County.

History

Taylor County was formed on January 19, 1844 from parts of Barbour County, Harrison County and Marion County. It was named after John Taylor, an American writer, politician and U.S. Senator.

Demographic data

1900-1990

According to the census in 2000 lived in Taylor County 16,089 people in 6,320 households and 4,487 families. The population density was 36 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 98.07 percent White, 0.83 percent African American, 0.19 percent Native American, 0.17 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.06 percent from other races groups; 0.63 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.59 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 6,320 households out of which 30.9 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 56.4 percent were married couples living together, 10.9 percent were single mothers, 29.0 percent were non-families, 25.5 percent of all households and 12.6 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.95 persons.

Based on the county the population was spread from 22.9 percent population under 18 years, 7.9 percent between 18 and 24 years, 28.5 percent between 25 and 44 years, 24.9 percent between 45 and 64 years and 15.8 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 95.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.9 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 27,124, and the median income for a family was $ 32,222. Males have a median income of $ 29,349, women $ 20,116. The per capita income was $ 13,681. 15.3 percent of families and 20.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 27.0 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 16.1 percent of those 65 years.