Chesterfield County, Virginia

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Chesterfield County Courthouse
Chesterfield County Courthouse
administration
US state : Virginia
Administrative headquarters : Chesterfield
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P.O. Box 40
Chesterfield, VA 23832-0040
Foundation : May 25, 1749
Made up from: Henrico County
Area code : 001 804
Demographics
Residents : 316,236  (2010)
Population density : 286.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1132 km²
Water surface : 29 km²
map
Map of Chesterfield County within Virginia
Website : www.co.chesterfield.va.us

Chesterfield County is a county in the state of Virginia in the United States . At the 2000 census , the county had 259,903 people and a population density of 236 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Chesterfield .

geography

Chesterfield County is located in east-east Virginia and covers an area of ​​1,132 square kilometers, of which 29 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Henrico County , Charles City County , Prince George County , Dinwiddie County , Amelia County , Powhatan County, and Goochland County .

history

4th Earl of Chesterfield

In 1634 the King of England ordered the Virginia colony to be divided into 8 shires. One of them was Henrico County. On May 25, 1749, the county was formed from parts of Henrico County. It was named after Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield . In 1831 the first railway line, the Chesterfield Railroad, was built. The Chesterfield cigarette brand was named after this county because it was formerly a center of tobacco growing.

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1790 14.214 -
1800 14,488 1.9%
1810 9979 -31.1%
1820 18.003 80.4%
1830 18,637 3.5%
1840 17,148 -8th %
1850 17,489 2%
1860 19,016 8.7%
1870 18,470 -2.9%
1880 25,085 35.8%
1890 26,211 4.5%
1900 18,804 -28.3%
1910 21,299 13.3%
1920 20,496 -3.8%
1930 26,049 27.1%
1940 31,183 19.7%
1950 40,400 29.6%
1960 71.197 76.2%
1970 76,855 7.9%
1980 141,372 83.9%
1990 209.274 48%
2000 259.903 24.2%
2010 316.236 21.7%
Before 1900

1900-1990 2000

Looks at the James River from Drewry's Bluff
Chesterfield County Age Pyramid

According to the 2000 United States Census , Chesterfield County had 259,903 people in 93,772 households and 72,110 families. The population density was 236 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 76.74 percent white, 17.77 percent African American, 0.33 percent Native American, 2.37 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.34 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.41 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.93 percent of the population.

Of the 93,772 households, 40.7 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 62.2 percent were married couples living together, 11.2 percent were single mothers, 23.1 percent were non-families, 18.5 percent were single households, and 4.8 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.11.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 28.3 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 7.7 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 31.2 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 24.9 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 8.1 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 95.0 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 91.3 men statistically.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 58,537 , and the median income for a family is $ 65,058. Males had a median income of $ 43,030 versus $ 30,518 for females. The per capita income was $ 25,286. 3.3 percent of families and 4.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 5.6 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 3.4 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chesterfield 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. ↑ Chesterfield County, Virginia , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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Coordinates: 37 ° 23 ′  N , 77 ° 35 ′  W