Culpeper County

Culpeper County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Virginia
Administrative headquarters :	Culpeper
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 302 N. Main Street Culpeper, VA 22701-2622
Foundation :	1749
Made up from:	Orange County
Area code :	001 540
Demographics
Residents :	46,689  (2010)
Population density :	47.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	990 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map
Website : www.culpepercounty.gov

Culpeper County is a county in the state of Virginia in the United States and is part of the Washington Metropolitan Area . At the 2000 census , the county had 34,262 people and a population density of 35 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Culpeper .

geography

Culpeper County is north-northeast of the geographic center of Virginia and covers an area of ​​990 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Fauquier County , Stafford County , Spotsylvania County , Orange County , Madison County, and Rappahannock Counties .

history

It was formed in 1749 from parts of Orange County. It was named after Lord Thomas Colepeper . During the American Civil War , the Battle of Cedar Mountain took place here on August 9, 1862 , and the Battle of Brandy Station on June 9, 1863 .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1790	22,105		-
1800	18,100		-18.1%
1810	18,967		4.8%
1820	20,944		10.4%
1830	24,027		14.7%
1840	11,393		-52.6%
1850	12,282		7.8%
1860	12,063		-1.8%
1870	12,227		1.4%
1880	13,408		9.7%
1890	13,233		-1.3%
1900	14,123		6.7%
1910	13,472		-4.6%
1920	13,292		-1.3%
1930	13.306		0.1%
1940	13,365		0.4%
1950	13,242		-0.9%
1960	15,088		13.9%
1970	18,218		20.7%
1980	22,620		24.2%
1990	27,791		22.9%
2000	34,262		23.3%
2010	46,689		36.3%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

According to the 2000 United States Census , Culpeper County had 34,262 people in 12,141 households and 9,045 families. The population density was 35 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 78.27 percent white, 18.15 percent African American, 0.33 percent Native American, 0.66 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.15 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.43 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.50 percent of the population.

Culpeper County Age Pyramid

Of the 12,141 households, 35.0 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 58.5 percent were married couples living together, 11.3 percent were single mothers, 25.5 percent were non-families, 20.6 percent were single households and 7.9 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.08.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.7 percent of residents under the age of 18, 8.1 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 31.1 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 23.3 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 11.9 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 103.3 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 103.2 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 45,290 , and the median income for a family is $ 51,475. Males had a median income of $ 36,621 versus $ 25,985 for females. The per capita income was $ 20,162. 7.0 percent of families and 9.2 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 10.3 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 8.6 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Individual evidence

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

Web links

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Coordinates: 38 ° 29 ′  N , 77 ° 58 ′  W