Beaver County, Pennsylvania

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Beaver County Courthouse
Beaver County Courthouse
administration
US state : Pennsylvania
Administrative headquarters : Beaver
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Courthouse
821 Third Street
Beaver, PA 15009
Foundation : March 12, 1800
Made up from: Allegheny County
Washington County
Area code : 001 724
Demographics
Residents : 170,539  (2010 estimate)
Population density : 151.6 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1150 km²
Water surface : 25 km²
map
Map of Beaver County within Pennsylvania
Website : www.beavercountypa.gov

The Beaver County is a county in the US state of Pennsylvania . At the 2010 census , the county had 170,539 people and a population density of 151.6 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Beaver . "Beaver" is the English name for the beaver .

Beaver County is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Pittsburgh .

geography

Beaver River

The county is located in the southwest of Pennsylvania and is traversed by the Beaver River in a southerly direction before it flows into the Ohio River in the center of the county .

Beaver County, which borders the states of West Virginia and Ohio to the west, has an area of ​​1,150 square kilometers, of which 25 square kilometers are water.

The following counties border Beaver County:





Columbiana County
(Ohio) 		Lawrence County
Compass map / wind rose with German names of the wind directions Butler County
Hancock County,
West Virginia 		Washington County Allegheny County

history

The county was formed on March 12, 1800 from former parts of Allegheny and Washington Counties. It was named after the Beaver River .

Three locations in the county have National Historic Landmark status , the Old Economy Museum Village , Matthew S. Quay House, and the Beginning Point of the US Public Land Survey . 19 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%
1800 5776 -
1810 12,168 110.7%
1820 15,340 26.1%
1830 24,183 57.6%
1840 29,368 21.4%
1850 26,689 -9.1%
1860 29,140 9.2%
1870 36,148 24%
1880 39,605 9.6%
1890 50,077 26.4%
1900 56,432 12.7%
1910 78,253 38.7%
1920 111,621 42.6%
1930 149.062 33.5%
1940 156.754 5.2%
1950 175.192 11.8%
1960 206,948 18.1%
1970 208,418 0.7%
1980 204,441 -1.9%
1990 186.093 -9%
2000 181.412 -2.5%
2010 170,539 -6%
before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Beaver County had 170,539 people in 71,632 households. The population density was 151.6 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 91.2 percent white, 6.3 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.2 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.36 people lived in the 71,632 households.

20.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.6 percent were 65 years or older. 51.8 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 44,557  USD . The per capita income was $ 23,681. 11.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Communities

Beaver County map

Cities (city)

Boroughs

Townships

*at the same time also a census-designated place

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Beaver County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.Retrieved February 22, 2011
  2. ^ National Association of Counties.Retrieved October 29, 2011
  3. ↑ 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. 19 .
  4. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Pennsylvania . National Park Service , accessed July 20, 2018.
  5. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 20, 2018.
  6. ^ University of Virginia Library - Historical Census Browser. Retrieved October 29, 2011
  7. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
  8. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
  9. ↑ United States Census 2010.Retrieved October 29, 2011
  10. ^ US Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Beaver County. Retrieved October 29, 2011

Web links

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Coordinates: 40 ° 41 ′  N , 80 ° 21 ′  W