Preston County

administration
Preston County Courthouse
US state :	West Virginia
Administrative headquarters :	Kingwood
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 101 West Main Street Kingwood, WV 26537-1121
Foundation :	January 19, 1818
Made up from:	Monongalia County
Area code :	001 304
Demographics
Residents :	33,520 (2010)
Population density :	20 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1687 km²
Water surface :	8 km²
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Preston County is a county in the state of West Virginia in the United States . At the 2010 census , the county had 33,520 residents and a population density of 20 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Kingwood .

geography

The county is located in northeast West Virginia, borders Maryland to the east, Pennsylvania to the north and has an area of 1,687 square kilometers, of which eight square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Garrett County, Maryland, Grant County , Tucker County , Barbour County , Taylor County, and Monongalia Counties .

history

Preston County was formed on January 19, 1818 from parts of Monongalia County. It was named after James Patton Preston , a governor of Virginia .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1820	3422	-
1830	5144	50.3%
1840	6866	33.5%
1850	11,708	70.5%
1860	13,312	13.7%
1870	14,555	9.3%
1880	19.091	31.2%
1890	20,355	6.6%
1900	22,727	11.7%
1910	26,341	15.9%
1920	27,996	6.3%
1930	29,043	3.7%
1940	30,416	4.7%
1950	31,399	3.2%
1960	27,233	-13.3%
1970	25,455	-6.5%
1980	30,460	19.7%
1990	29,037	-4.7%
2000	29,334	1 %
2010	33,520	14.3%
Before 1900 1900-1990

The Coopers Rock State Forest

Preston County Age Pyramid

According to the 2000 census , there were 29,334 people in Preston County. Of these, 429 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 11,544 households and 8,357 families. The population density was 17 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.84 percent white, 0.29 percent African American, 0.11 percent Native American, 0.15 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.05 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.54 percent were from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.57 percent of the population.

Of the 11,544 households, 31.5 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 59.4 percent were married couples living together, 9.1 percent were single mothers, 27.6 percent were non-families, 23.7 percent were single households, and 11.7 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.94.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 23.7 percent of residents under the age of 18, 8.0 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 27.8 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 25.6 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 15.0 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 98.2 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 95.9 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 27,927 , and the median income for a family is $ 32,904. Males had a median income of $ 26,440 versus $ 17,905 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,596. 14.7 percent of families and 18.3 percent of the population were below the poverty line. This included 24.4 percent of children and adolescents under 18 years of age and 14.5 percent of residents aged 65 and over.