Bucks County

Bucks County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Pennsylvania
Administrative headquarters :	Doylestown
Address of the administrative headquarters:	55 East Court Street Doylestown, PA 18901
Foundation :	November 1682
Area code :	001 215
Demographics
Residents :	625,249  (2010)
Population density :	397.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1611 km²
Water surface :	38 km²
map
Website : www.buckscounty.org

The Bucks County is a county in the US state of Pennsylvania . At the 2010 census , the county had 625,249 residents and a population density of 397.5 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Doylestown .

Bucks County is part of the Delaware Valley metropolitan area .

geography

The county is located in the northern suburbs of the city of Philadelphia on the Delaware River , which forms the border with New Jersey to the east . Bucks County covers an area of ​​1,611 square kilometers, of which 38 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Lehigh County	Northampton County	Warren County, New Jersey , Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Montgomery County		Mercer County, New Jersey
	Philadelphia	Burlington County, New Jersey

history

W. Penn

Bucks County was founded by William Penn on March 10, 1682 as one of three original Pennsylvania counties and originally named after his home town of Buckinghamshire . Penn lived in the county.

At the Buckingham Friends Meeting House ( Historic American Buildings Survey , after 1933). This Quaker meeting house is one of nine locations in the county with National Historic Landmark status.

Nine locations in the county have National Historic Landmark status . 159 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 20, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1790	25,216		-
1800	27,496		9%
1810	32,371		17.7%
1820	37,842		16.9%
1830	45,745		20.9%
1840	48.107		5.2%
1850	56.091		16.6%
1860	63,578		13.3%
1870	64,336		1.2%
1880	68,656		6.7%
1890	70,615		2.9%
1900	71,190		0.8%
1910	76,530		7.5%
1920	82,476		7.8%
1930	96,727		17.3%
1940	107,715		11.4%
1950	144,620		34.3%
1960	308,567		113.4%
1970	410.056		32.9%
1980	479.211		16.9%
1990	541.174		12.9%
2000	597,635		10.4%
2010	625.249		4.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

As of the 2010 census , Bucks County had 625,249 people in 227,204 households. The population density was 397.5 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 89.2 percent white, 3.6 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 3.8 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 4.3 percent of the population.

Statistically, there were 2.66 people each in the 227,204 households.

22.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.9 percent were between 19 and 64 and 14.4 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household in the 75,895  USD . The per capita income was $ 35,039. 4.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Bucks County map

The municipalities and other settlements in Bucks County have various forms of settlement. In boroughs and typical for Pennsylvania Home Rule Municipalities are self-governing communities. Settlements without self-administration are census  -  designated places and unincorporated communities .

Townships in Bucks County

Bedminster Bensalem Bridgeton Bristol Buckingham Doylestown Durham East Rockhill

If Haycock Hilltown Lower Makefield Lower Southampton Middletown Milford New Britain

Newtown Nockamixon Northampton Plumstead Richland Solebury Springfield Tinicum

Upper Makefield Upper Southampton Warminster Warrington Warwick West Rockhill Wrightstown

Boroughs

Bristol Doylestown Dublin Hulmeville Ivyland Langhorne

Langhorne Manor Morrisville New Britain New Hope Newtown Penndel

Percussion Quakertown Richlandtown Riegelsville Sellersville Silverdale

Telford 1 Trumbauersville Tullytown Yardley

Home Rule Municipality

• Chalfont

Census-designated places (CDP)

Brittany Farms  -  The Highlands Churchville Cornwells Heights  -  Eddington Croydon Fairless Hills

Feasterville  -  Trevose Levittown Newtown Grant Richboro Village Shires

Warminster Heights Woodbourne Woodside

Unincorporated Communities

Erwinna Fallsington Lumberville Southampton

Uhlerstown Upper Black Eddy Mechanicsville Carversville

Gardenville Point Pleasant

^{1 - partially in Montgomery County}

Web links

Commons : Bucks County, Pennsylvania  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Official website
• US Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Bucks County
• Yahoo Image Search - Bucks County
• www.city-data.com - Bucks County

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bucks County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 34 f.
3. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Pennsylvania . National Park Service , accessed July 20, 2018.
4. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 20, 2018.
5. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 28, 2011
6. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
7. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
8. ↑ United States Census 2010.Retrieved August 15, 2011
9. ^ US Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Bucks County. Retrieved August 15, 2011

Coordinates: 40 ° 20 ′  N , 75 ° 7 ′  W