Randolph County, West Virginia

administration
Randolph County Courthouse
US state :	West Virginia
Administrative headquarters :	Elkins
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 2092 Elkins, WV 26241-2092
Foundation :	October 16, 1786
Made up from:	Harrison County
Area code :	001 304
Demographics
Residents :	29,405 (2010)
Population density :	10.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2693 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Website : www.randolphcountywv.com

Randolph County is a county in the state of West Virginia in the United States . The county seat is Elkins .

geography

The county is located in northeast West Virginia, about 6 miles to the southeast from the Virginia border, and covers an area of 2,693 square kilometers, one square kilometer of which is water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Tucker County , Pendleton County , Pocahontas County , Webster County , Upshur County, and Barbour Counties .

history

Randolph County was formed on October 16, 1786 from parts of Harrison County. It was named after Edmund Randolph , a US prosecutor, governor of Virginia , US secretary of state, and the first US attorney general.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1790	951	-
1800	1826	92%
1810	2854	56.3%
1820	3357	17.6%
1830	5000	48.9%
1840	6208	24.2%
1850	5243	-15.5%
1860	4990	-4.8%
1870	5563	11.5%
1880	8102	45.6%
1890	11,633	43.6%
1900	17,670	51.9%
1910	26,028	47.3%
1920	26,084	0.2%
1930	25,049	-4%
1940	30,259	20.8%
1950	30,558	1 %
1960	26,349	-13.8%
1970	24,596	-6.7%
1980	28,734	16.8%
1990	27,803	-3.2%
2000	28,262	1.7%
2010	29,405	4%
Before 1900 1900-1990

Bowden Fish Hatchery (fish farming)

Randolph County's Pyramid of Age

According to the 2000 census , Randolph County had 28,262 people in 11,072 households and 7,661 families. The population density was 10 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.69 percent white, 1.07 percent African American, 0.16 percent Native American, 0.38 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.16 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.53 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.68 percent of the population.

Of the 11,072 households, 29.8 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 54.7 percent were married couples living together, 9.8 percent were single mothers, 30.8 percent were non-families, 26.3 percent were single households, and 11.9 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.89 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 22.3 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 8.7 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.5 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 25.4 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 15.1 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 101.3 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 99.7 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 27,299 , and the median income for a family is $ 32,632. Males had a median income of $ 24,751 versus $ 17,819 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,918. 13.4 percent of families and 18.0 percent of the population are below the poverty line. Of these, 24.3 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 12.9 percent were people over 65 years of age.