Calhoun County, West Virginia

administration
Calhoun County Courthouse
US state :	West Virginia
Administrative headquarters :	Grantsville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 230 Grantsville, WV 26147-0230
Foundation :	March 5, 1856
Made up from:	Gilmer County
Area code :	001 304
Demographics
Residents :	7627 (2010)
Population density :	10.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	727 km²
Water surface :	0 km²
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Calhoun County is a county in the state of West Virginia in the United States . The county seat is Grantsville .

geography

The county is located slightly northwest of the geographic center of West Virginia and covers an area of 727 square kilometers with no significant body of water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Ritchie County , Gilmer County , Braxton County , Clay County , Roane County, and Wirt Counties .

history

Calhoun County was formed on March 5, 1856 from parts of Gilmer County. It was named after John C. Calhoun , the seventh Vice President of the United States from 1825 to 1832 under Presidents John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson and a longtime US Senator .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	2502	-
1870	2939	17.5%
1880	6072	106.6%
1890	8155	34.3%
1900	10,266	25.9%
1910	11,258	9.7%
1920	10,268	-8.8%
1930	10,866	5.8%
1940	12,455	14.6%
1950	10,259	-17.6%
1960	7948	-22.5%
1970	7046	-11.3%
1980	8250	17.1%
1990	7885	-4.4%
2000	7582	-3.8%
2010	7627	0.6%
Before 1900 1900-1990

Calhoun County Age Pyramid

As of the 2000 census , Calhoun County had 7,582 people in 3,071 households and 2,201 families. The population density was 10 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.91 percent white, 0.11 percent African American, 0.30 percent Native American, 0.11 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.13 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.44 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.55 percent of the population.

Of the 3,071 households, 28.9 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 57.0 percent were married couples living together, 10.3 percent were single mothers, 28.3 percent were non-families, 24.9 percent were single households, and 12.3 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.91 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 22.4 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 8.0 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 25.9 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 27.1 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 16.7 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 99.7 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over, there were 98.3 men statistically.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 21,578 , and the median income for a family is $ 26,701. Males had a median income of $ 25,609 versus $ 14,304 for females. The per capita income was $ 11,491. 19.1 percent of families and 25.1 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 29.4 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 24.9 percent were people over 65 years of age.