Wayne County (West Virginia)
Wayne County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Wayne.
Geography
The County is located in southwest West Virginia, adjacent to Ohio where the border is formed by the Ohio River, as well as Kentucky and has an area of 1327 square kilometers, of which 17 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Lawrence County ( Ohio), Cabell County, Lincoln County, Mingo County, Martin County (Kentucky), Lawrence County ( Kentucky) and Boyd County ( Kentucky).
History
Wayne County was formed on January 18, 1842 from parts of Cabell County. It was named after Anthony Wayne, an American General in the Indian Wars and the American Revolutionary War.
Demographic data
1900-1990
According to the census of 2000, there were 42 903 people in Wayne County. Of these, 195 people were living in collective centers, the other inhabitants lived in 17,239 households and 12,653 families. The population density was 33 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 98.79 percent White, 0.13 percent African American, 0.23 percent Native American, 0.20 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.08 percent from other races groups; 0.56 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.47 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 17,239 households out of which 31.2 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 59.2 percent were married couples living together, 10.8 percent were single mothers, 26.6 percent were non-families, 24.1 percent of all households and 11.1 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.92.
Based on the county the population was spread from 23.4 percent population under 18 years, 8.7 percent between 18 and 24 years, 27.7 percent between 25 and 44 years, 25.3 percent between 45 and 64 years and 14.9 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.8 men statistically.
The median income for a household was $ 27,352, and the median income for a family was $ 32,458. Males had a median income of $ 31,554, women $ 20,720. The per capita income was $ 14,906. 16.2 percent of families and 19.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 25.5 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 15.2 percent of those 65 years.