Caroline County (Virginia)

Caroline County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Virginia
Administrative headquarters :	Bowling green
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 447 Bowling Green, VA 22427-0447
Foundation :	1728
Made up from:	Essex County King and Queen County King William County
Area code :	001 804
Demographics
Residents :	28,545  (2010)
Population density :	20.9 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1379 km²
Water surface :	16 km²
map
Website : www.co.caroline.va.us

Caroline County is a county in the state of Virginia in the United States . At the 2000 census , the county had 22,121 people and a population density of 16 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Bowling Green .

geography

Caroline County is located in northeast Virginia, about 20 km from Maryland and has an area of ​​1,379 square kilometers, of which 16 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: King George County , Essex County , King and Queen Counties , King William County , Hanover County , Spotsylvania County, and Stafford County .

history

It was formed in 1728 from parts of Essex County, King and Queen County, and King William County. It was named after Caroline von Ansbach , the wife of George II and thus Queen of Great Britain from 1727. During the Civil War in 1864 Union forces fought with the Confederates near Milford. General Thomas Jonathan Stonewall Jackson died in Guinea after he had been accidentally shot by his own troops at the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 2nd and 5th, 1863. John Wilkes Booth , the assassin on President Abraham Lincoln , was allegedly shot and killed by US troops here. In 2011, the county declared Loving Day a public holiday .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1790	17,489		-
1800	17,438		-0.3%
1810	17,544		0.6%
1820	18.008		2.6%
1830	17,760		-1.4%
1840	17,813		0.3%
1850	18,456		3.6%
1860	18,464		0%
1870	15,128		-18.1%
1880	17,243		14%
1890	16,681		-3.3%
1900	16,709		0.2%
1910	16,596		-0.7%
1920	15,954		-3.9%
1930	15,263		-4.3%
1940	13,945		-8.6%
1950	12,471		-10.6%
1960	12,725		2%
1970	13,925		9.4%
1980	17,904		28.6%
1990	19,217		7.3%
2000	22,121		15.1%
2010	28,545		29%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

Plaque commemorating the invasion of the Confederate Army, 1862

Caroline County Age Pyramid

According to the 2000 United States Census , Caroline County had 22,121 people in 8,021 households and 6,007 families. The population density was 16 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 62.57 percent white, 34.37 percent African American, 0.78 percent Native American, 0.36 percent Asian, 0.03 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.52 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.37 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.33 percent of the population.

Of the 8,021 households, 31.7 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 56.3 percent were married couples living together, 13.2 percent were single mothers, 25.1 percent were non-families, 20.5 percent were single households, and 8.2 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.08.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 24.8 percent of residents under the age of 18, 7.4 percent between the ages of 18 and 24, 29.9 percent between the ages of 25 and 44, and 25.0 percent between the ages of 45 and 64 12.9 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 99.1 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 97.5 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 39,845 , and the median income for a family is $ 43,533. Males had a median income of $ 31,701 versus $ 22,455 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,342. 7.2 percent of families and 9.4 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 12.0 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 11.7 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Caroline County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ↑ Resolution 16/11 of Caroline County ( Memento of October 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
3. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 28, 2011
4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
5. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
6. ↑ Caroline County, Virginia , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Caroline County, Virginia  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 38 ° 2 ′  N , 77 ° 21 ′  W