Brooke County

administration
US state :	West Virginia
Administrative headquarters :	Wellsburg
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 632 Main Street Wellsburg, WV 26070-1743
Foundation :	November 30, 1796
Made up from:	Ohio County
Area code :	001 304
Demographics
Residents :	24,069 (2010)
Population density :	104.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	239 km²
Water surface :	9 km²
map

Website : www.brookewv.org

The Brooke County is a county in the US state of West Virginia . At the 2010 census , the county had 24,069 people and a population density of 104.6 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Wellsburg .

geography

The county is located almost in the far north of West Virginia in the Northern Panhandle , borders Pennsylvania to the east and Ohio to the west , the border being formed by the Ohio River . It has an area of 239 square kilometers, of which nine square kilometers are water. The following counties border Brooke County:

	Hancock County
Jefferson County (Ohio)		Washington County, Pennsylvania
	Ohio County

history

Brooke County was formed on November 30, 1796 from parts of Ohio County. It was named after Robert Brooke (approx. 1761–1800), a former governor of Virginia (1794–1796).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1800	4706	-
1810	5843	24.2%
1820	6631	13.5%
1830	7041	6.2%
1840	7948	12.9%
1850	5054	-36.4%
1860	5494	8.7%
1870	5464	-0.5%
1880	6013	10%
1890	6660	10.8%
1900	7219	8.4%
1910	11,098	53.7%
1920	16,527	48.9%
1930	24,663	49.2%
1940	25,513	3.4%
1950	26,904	5.5%
1960	28,940	7.6%
1970	29,685	2.6%
1980	31,117	4.8%
1990	26,992	-13.3%
2000	25,447	-5.7%
2010	24,069	-5.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Castleman Run Lake

According to the 2010 census , Brooke County had 24,069 people in 10,006 households. The population density was 104.6 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 97.0 percent white, 1.2 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.7 percent of the population.

Statistically, there were 2.30 people each in the 10,006 households.

19.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.1 percent were 65 years or older. 51.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 38,624 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,425. 13.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.