Harrison County, West Virginia

administration
Harrison County Courthouse
US state :	West Virginia
Administrative headquarters :	Clarksburg
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 301 West Main Street Clarksburg, WV 26301-2909
Foundation :	May 3, 1784
Made up from:	Monongalia County
Area code :	001 304
Demographics
Residents :	69,099 (2010)
Population density :	64.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1079 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Website : www.harrisoncountywv.com

Harrison County is a county in the state of West Virginia in the United States . The county seat is Clarksburg .

geography

The county is located in north-central West Virginia and covers an area of 1079 square kilometers, one square kilometer of which is water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Marion County , Taylor County , Upshur County , Lewis County , Doddridge County, and Wetzel County .

history

Harrison County was formed on May 3, 1784 from parts of Monongalia County. It was named after Benjamin Harrison V , a North American plantation owner and one of the leaders of the American independence movement . As a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence , he is one of the Founding Fathers of the United States .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1790	2080	-
1800	4848	133.1%
1810	9958	105.4%
1820	10,932	9.8%
1830	14,722	34.7%
1840	17,669	20%
1850	11,728	-33.6%
1860	13,790	17.6%
1870	16,714	21.2%
1880	20.181	20.7%
1890	21,919	8.6%
1900	27,690	26.3%
1910	48,381	74.7%
1920	74,793	54.6%
1930	78,567	5%
1940	82,911	5.5%
1950	85.296	2.9%
1960	77,856	-8.7%
1970	73,028	-6.2%
1980	77.710	6.4%
1990	69,371	-10.7%
2000	68,652	-1 %
2010	69,099	0.7%
Before 1900 1900-1990

The West Fork River

Harrison County Age Pyramid

As of the 2000 census , Harrison County had 68,652 people in 27,867 households and 19,088 families. The population density was 64 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 96.55 percent white, 1.61 percent African American, 0.15 percent Native American, 0.59 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.21 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.86 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.96 percent of the population.

Of the 27,867 households, 29.7 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 53.3 percent were married couples living together, 11.4 percent were single mothers, 31.5 percent were non-families, 27.7 percent were single households and 13.2 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.94.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 23.1 percent of residents under the age of 18, 8.3 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 27.5 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 24.5 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 16.6 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 91.8 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 88.2 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 30,562 , and the median income for a family is $ 36,870. Males had a median income of $ 30,721 versus $ 22,110 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,810. 13.6 percent of families and 17.2 percent of the population are below the poverty line. Of these, 24.1 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 9.4 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Personalities

Howard Mason Gore (1877–1947), American politician and the 17th Governor of West Virginia from 1925 to 1929

Individual evidence

^ Harrison County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
^ Harrison County, West Virginia , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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39.29 -80.38Coordinates: 39 ° 17 ′ N , 80 ° 23 ′ W

[1] Harrison 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] Harrison County, West Virginia , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .