Dickenson County

Dickenson County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Virginia
Administrative headquarters :	Clintwood
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 1098 Clintwood, VA 24228-1098
Foundation :	1880
Made up from:	Buchanan County Russell County Wise County
Area code :	001 276
Demographics
Residents :	15,903  (2010)
Population density :	18.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	864 km²
Water surface :	5 km²
map
Website : www.dickensonctyva.com

Dickenson County is a county in the state of Virginia in the United States and is Virginia's youngest county. At the 2000 census , the county had 16,395 people and a population density of 19 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Clintwood . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

Dickenson County is located almost in the far west of Virginia, borders Kentucky to the north and has an area of ​​864 square kilometers, of which five square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Buchanan County , Russell County, and Wise County .

history

It was formed in 1880 from parts of Buchanan County, Russell County, and Wise County. It was named after the political leader William J. Dickinson .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1890	5077		-
1900	7747		52.6%
1910	9199		18.7%
1920	13,542		47.2%
1930	16.163		19.4%
1940	21,266		31.6%
1950	23,393		10%
1960	20,211		-13.6%
1970	16,077		-20.5%
1980	19,806		23.2%
1990	17,620		-11%
2000	16,395		-7%
2010	15,903		-3%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

Age pyramid of Dickenson County

According to the 2000 United States Census , Dickenson County had 16,395 people in 6,732 households and 4,887 families. The population density was 19 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.96 percent white, 0.35 percent African American, 0.12 percent Native American, 0.07 percent Asian and 0.05 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.45 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.43 percent of the population.

Of the 6,732 households, 30.4 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 58.0 percent were married couples living together, 10.6 percent were single mothers, 27.4 percent were non-families, 25.3 percent were single households and 11.3 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.88 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 22.1 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 8.9 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 27.6 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 26.9 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 14.5 percent were 65 years of age or over. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 95.7 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 93.6 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 23,431 , and the median income for a family is $ 27,986. Males had a median income of $ 27,281 versus $ 17,695 for females. The per capita income was $ 12,822. 16.9 percent of families and 21.3 percent of the population are below the poverty line. Of these, 26.8 percent were children or adolescents under 18 and 17.3 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Individual evidence

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

Web links

Commons : Dickenson County, Virginia  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Coordinates: 37 ° 7 ′  N , 82 ° 21 ′  W