Fauquier County
Fauquier County Courthouse |
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US state : | Virginia |
Administrative headquarters : | Warrenton |
Address of the administrative headquarters: |
County Courthouse 40 Culpeper Street Warrenton, VA 20186-3206 |
Foundation : | 1759 |
Made up from: | Prince William County |
Area code : | 001 540 |
Demographics | |
Residents : | 65,203 (2010) |
Population density : | 38.7 inhabitants / km 2 |
geography | |
Total area : | 1687 km² |
Water surface : | 4 km² |
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Website : www.co.fauquier.va.us |
Fauquier County is a county in the state of Virginia in the United States . At the 2000 census , the county had 55,139 people and a population density of 33 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Warrenton .
geography
Fauquier County is north-northeast of the geographic center of Virginia, about 35 km to the north and east of Maryland , and has an area of 1,687 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Loudoun County , Prince William County , Stafford County , Culpeper County , Rappahannock County , Warren County, and Clarke Counties .
history
It was formed in 1759 from parts of Prince William County. It was named after Francis Fauquier , a lieutenant governor of Virginia at the time.
Demographic data
Population development | |||
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Census | Residents | ± in% | |
1790 | 17,892 | - | |
1800 | 21,329 | 19.2% | |
1810 | 22,689 | 6.4% | |
1820 | 23,103 | 1.8% | |
1830 | 26,086 | 12.9% | |
1840 | 21,897 | -16.1% | |
1850 | 20,868 | -4.7% | |
1860 | 21,706 | 4% | |
1870 | 19,690 | -9.3% | |
1880 | 22,993 | 16.8% | |
1890 | 22,590 | -1.8% | |
1900 | 23,374 | 3.5% | |
1910 | 22,526 | -3.6% | |
1920 | 21,869 | -2.9% | |
1930 | 21,071 | -3.6% | |
1940 | 21,039 | -0.2% | |
1950 | 21,248 | 1 % | |
1960 | 24,066 | 13.3% | |
1970 | 26,375 | 9.6% | |
1980 | 35,889 | 36.1% | |
1990 | 48,741 | 35.8% | |
2000 | 55.139 | 13.1% | |
2010 | 65.203 | 18.3% | |
Before 1900
1900-1990 2000 |
According to the 2000 United States Census , Fauquier County had 55,139 people in 19,842 households and 15,139 families. The population density was 33 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 88.39 percent white, 8.79 percent African American, 0.26 percent Native American, 0.59 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.60 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.33 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.02 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 19,842 households, 36.1 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 63.8 percent were married couples living together, 8.6 percent were single mothers, 23.7 percent were non-families, 18.7 percent were single households and 6.2 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.14.
For the entire county, the population was composed of 26.8 percent of residents under the age of 18, 6.4 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 30.3 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 26.0 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 10.5 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 97.7 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 95.4 men.
The median income for a household in the county is $ 61,999 , and the median income for a family is $ 69,507. Males had a median income of $ 45,484 versus $ 31,738 for females. The per capita income was $ 28,757. 3.7 percent of families and 5.4 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 4.7 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 8.7 percent were people over 65 years of age.
Individual evidence
- ^ Fauquier County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
- ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 28, 2011
- ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
- ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
- ^ Fauquier County, Virginia , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .
Web links
Coordinates: 38 ° 44 ′ N , 77 ° 49 ′ W