Greene County, Pennsylvania

administration
Greene County Courthouse
US state :	Pennsylvania
Administrative headquarters :	Waynesburg
Address of the administrative headquarters:	93 East High Street Waynesburg, PA 15370
Foundation :	February 9, 1796
Made up from:	Washington County
Area code :	001 724
Demographics
Residents :	38,686 (2010)
Population density :	25.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1497 km²
Water surface :	5 km²
map

Website : www.co.greene.pa.us

The Greene County is a county in the US state of Pennsylvania . At the 2010 census , the county had 38,686 people and a population density of 25.9 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Waynesburg .

geography

The county is located in the extreme southwest of Pennsylvania on the west bank of the Monongahela River , one of the headwaters of the Ohio River ; to the west and south it is bordered by West Virginia , the southern boundary being formed by the extension of the Mason-Dixon Line . It has an area of 1,497 square kilometers, of which 5 square kilometers are water. The following counties border Greene County:

	Washington County
Marshall County, West Virginia		Fayette County
Wetzel County, West Virginia	Monongalia County, West Virginia

history

N. Greene

Greene County was formed from Washington County on February 9, 1796 . It was named after Nathanael Greene (1742–1786), a general in the Continental Army in the American War of Independence .

One place in the county has National Historic Landmark status , the WA Young and Sons Foundry and Machine Shop . 41 structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 23, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1800	8605	-
1810	12,544	45.8%
1820	15,554	24%
1830	18,028	15.9%
1840	19,147	6.2%
1850	22,136	15.6%
1860	24,343	10%
1870	25,887	6.3%
1880	28,273	9.2%
1890	28,935	2.3%
1900	28,281	-2.3%
1910	28,882	2.1%
1920	30,804	6.7%
1930	41,767	35.6%
1940	44,671	7%
1950	45.394	1.6%
1960	39,457	-13.1%
1970	39,108	-0.9%
1980	42,253	8th %
1990	44.164	4.5%
2000	40,672	-7.9%
2010	38,686	-4.9%
before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Greene County had 38,686 people in 14,530 households. The population density was 25.9 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 94.6 percent white, 3.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.2 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.52 people lived in each of the 14,530 households.

19.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.3 percent were 65 years or older. 48.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 38.233 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,832. 17.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.