Amelia County

Amelia County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Virginia
Administrative headquarters :	Amelia Courthouse
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box A Amelia Court House, VA 23002-0066
Foundation :	1734
Made up from:	Brunswick County Prince George County
Area code :	001 804
Demographics
Residents :	12,690  (2010)
Population density :	13.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	929 km²
Water surface :	5 km²
map

Amelia County is a county in the state of Virginia in the United States . At the 2000 census , the county had 11,400 people and a population density of 12 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Amelia Courthouse .

geography

Amelia County is located just east of the geographic center of Virginia and covers an area of ​​929 square kilometers, of which 5 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Powhatan County , Chesterfield County , Dinwiddie County , Nottoway County , Prince Edward County, and Cumberland County .

history

It was formed in 1734 from parts of Brunswick County and Prince George County. It was named after Princess Amalia Sophia of Great Britain. During the Civil War , General Robert E. Lee and his army spent April 4th and 5th, 1865 in Amelia prior to their encounter with General Ulysses S. Grant and the surrender at Appomattox Court House on April 9th, 1865.

The county is named after the British Princess Amelie Sophie , daughter of George II .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1790	18.097		-
1800	9432		-47.9%
1810	10,594		12.3%
1820	11,104		4.8%
1830	11,036		-0.6%
1840	10,320		-6.5%
1850	9770		-5.3%
1860	10,741		9.9%
1870	9878		-8th %
1880	10,377		5.1%
1890	9068		-12.6%
1900	9037		-0.3%
1910	8720		-3.5%
1920	9800		12.4%
1930	8799		-10.2%
1940	8495		-3.5%
1950	7908		-6.9%
1960	7815		-1.2%
1970	7592		-2.9%
1980	8405		10.7%
1990	8787		4.5%
2000	11,400		29.7%
2010	12,690		11.3%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

Amelia County had a population of 11,400 as of the 2000 census . Of these, 106 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 4,240 households and 3,175 families. The population density was 12 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 70.57 percent white, 28.05 percent African American, 0.28 percent Native American, 0.17 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.25 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.67 percent were from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.80 percent of the population.

Amelia County Age Pyramid

Of the 4,240 households, 32.8 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 59.1 percent were married couples living together, 11.4 percent were single mothers, 25.1 percent were non-families, 20.7 percent were single households and 8.1 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.07.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.3 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 6.7 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 29.2 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 25.4 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 13.3 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 97.3 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over, there were 94.2 men statistically.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 40,252 , and the median income for a family is $ 47,157. Males had a median income of $ 32,315 versus $ 23,102 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,858. 8.4 percent of the population and 6.7 percent of families are below the poverty line. These included 7.1 percent of children and adolescents under the age of 18 and 11.7 percent of seniors aged 65 and over.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Amelia County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 28, 2011
3. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
4. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
5. ↑ Amelia County, Virginia , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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Coordinates: 37 ° 20 ′  N , 77 ° 59 ′  W