Nottoway County

Nottoway County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Virginia
Administrative headquarters :	Nottoway
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 92 Nottoway, VA 23955-0092
Foundation :	1789
Made up from:	Amelia County
Area code :	001 434
Demographics
Residents :	15,725  (2000)
Population density :	19.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	819 km²
Water surface :	4 km²
map
Website : www.nottoway.org

Nottoway County is a county in the state of Virginia in the United States . In 2000 , the county had 15,725 people and a population density of 19 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Nottoway .

geography

Nottoway County is located just southeast of the geographic center of Virginia and has an area of ​​819 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Amelia County , Dinwiddie County , Brunswick County , Lunenburg County, and Cumberland County .

history

It was formed in 1789 from parts of Amelia County.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1800	9401		-
1810	9278		-1.3%
1820	9658		4.1%
1830	10.130		4.9%
1840	9719		-4.1%
1850	8437		-13.2%
1860	8836		4.7%
1870	9291		5.1%
1880	11,156		20.1%
1890	11,582		3.8%
1900	12,366		6.8%
1910	13,462		8.9%
1920	14,161		5.2%
1930	14,866		5%
1940	15,556		4.6%
1950	15,479		-0.5%
1960	15,141		-2.2%
1970	14,260		-5.8%
1980	14,666		2.8%
1990	14,993		2.2%
2000	15,725		4.9%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

Age pyramid of Nottoway County

As of the 2000 census , Nottoway County had a population of 15,725. Of these, 1,656 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 5,664 households and 3,885 families. The population density was 19 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 57.16 percent white, 40.56 percent African American, 0.13 percent Native American, 0.39 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.01 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.72 percent were from two or more races. 1.58 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 5,664 households, 29.9 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 48.6 percent were married couples living together, 15.4 percent were single mothers, 31.4 percent were non-families, 27.6 percent were single households and 14.2 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.00.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 22.9 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 8.1 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 29.3 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 22.6 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 17.1 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 106.6 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 106.6 men statistically.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 30,866 , and the median income for a family is $ 39,625. Males had a median income of $ 28,533 versus $ 19,718 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,552. 15.5 percent of families and 20.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 27.7 percent were children or adolescents under the age of 18 and 18.4 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Nottoway County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . 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. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
5. ^ Nottoway County, Virginia , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 37 ° 8 ′  N , 78 ° 3 ′  W