Gilmer County, West Virginia

administration
Gilmer County Courthouse
US state :	West Virginia
Administrative headquarters :	Glenville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 10 Howard Street Glenville, WV 26351-1246
Foundation :	February 3, 1845
Made up from:	Kanawha County Lewis County
Area code :	001 304
Demographics
Residents :	6950 (2005)
Population density :	7.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	881 km²
Water surface :	0 km²
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Gilmer County is a county in the state of West Virginia in the United States . The county seat is Glenville .

geography

The county is located north of the geographic center of West Virginia and covers an area of 881 square kilometers with no significant body of water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Doddridge County , Lewis County , Braxton County , Calhoun County, and Ritchie County .

history

Gilmer County was formed on February 3, 1845 from parts of Kanawha County and Lewis County. It was named after Thomas Walker Gilmer , a member of the US Congress , Secretary of the Navy and Governor of Virginia .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	3475	-
1860	3759	8.2%
1870	4338	15.4%
1880	7108	63.9%
1890	9746	37.1%
1900	11,762	20.7%
1910	11,379	-3.3%
1920	10,668	-6.2%
1930	10,641	-0.3%
1940	12,046	13.2%
1950	9746	-19.1%
1960	8050	-17.4%
1970	7782	-3.3%
1980	8334	7.1%
1990	7669	-8th %
2000	7160	-6.6%
Before 1900 1900-1990

Gilmer County's Pyramid of Age

According to the 2000 census , Gilmer County had 7,160 people in 2,768 households and 1,862 families. The population density was 8 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.33 percent white, 0.91 percent African American, 0.20 percent Native American, 0.57 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.10 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.88 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.70 percent of the population.

Of the 2,768 households, 28.2 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 54.4 percent were married couples living together, 8.6 percent were single mothers, 32.7 percent were non-families, 25.5 percent were single households, and 12.3 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.92 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 20.3 percent of residents under the age of 18, 16.4 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 24.5 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 23.5 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 15.3 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 101.1 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 101.4 men statistically.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 22,857 , and the median income for a family is $ 28,685. Males had a median income of $ 25,497 versus $ 15,353 for females. The per capita income was $ 12,498. 20.2 percent of families and 25.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 27.7 percent were children or adolescents under the age of 18 and 8.9 percent were people over 65 years of age.