Hancock County, West Virginia

administration
US state :	West Virginia
Administrative headquarters :	New Cumberland
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 485 New Cumberland, WV 26047-0485
Foundation :	January 15, 1848
Made up from:	Brooke County
Area code :	001 304
Demographics
Residents :	30,676 (2010)
Population density :	142.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	229 km²
Water surface :	14 km²
map

Website : www.hancockcountywv.org

Ds Hancock County is a county in the US state of West Virginia . At the 2010 census , the county had 30,676 people and a population density of 142.7 people per square kilometer. The county seat is in New Cumberland .

geography

Hancock County is located in the Northern Panhandle and is the northernmost county of West Virginia, borders Pennsylvania to the east and Ohio to the west , the border being formed by the Ohio River , and has an area of 229 square kilometers, of which 14 square kilometers are water . It borders on the following counties:

Columbiana County (Ohio)
Jefferson County (Ohio)		Beaver County, Pennsylvania
	Brooke County	Washington County, Pennsylvania

history

J. Hancock

Hancock County was formed on January 15, 1848 from parts of Brooke County. It was named after John Hancock (1737-1793), president of the second continental congress and co-signer of the American Declaration of Independence and first governor of Massachusetts .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	4050	-
1860	4445	9.8%
1870	4363	-1.8%
1880	4882	11.9%
1890	6414	31.4%
1900	6693	4.3%
1910	10,465	56.4%
1920	19,975	90.9%
1930	28,511	42.7%
1940	31,572	10.7%
1950	34,388	8.9%
1960	39,615	15.2%
1970	39,749	0.3%
1980	40,418	1.7%
1990	35,233	-12.8%
2000	32,667	-7.3%
2010	30,676	-6.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2010

According to the 2010 census , Hancock County had 30,676 people in 13,429 households. The population density was 142.7 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 95.7 percent white, 2.3 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.0 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.21 people lived in each of the 13,429 households.

20.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.8 percent were 65 years or older. 51.6 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 39,779 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,287. 14.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.