Scott County (Virginia)

administration
Scott County Courthouse
US state :	Virginia
Administrative headquarters :	Gate City
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 112 Water Street Gate City, VA 24251-0000
Foundation :	1814
Made up from:	Lee County Russell County Washington County
Area code :	001 276
Demographics
Residents :	23,403 (2000)
Population density :	16.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1395 km²
Water surface :	5 km²
map

Website : www.scottcountyva.com

Scott County is a county in the state of Virginia in the United States . In 2000 , the county had 23,403 residents and a population density of 17 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Gate City . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

Scott County is located almost in the extreme southwest of Virginia, borders Tennessee to the south , is about 20 km from Kentucky in the northwest and has an area of 1,395 square kilometers, of which five square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Russell County , Washington County , Lee County, and Wise County .

history

It was formed in 1814 from parts of Lee County, Russell County, and Washington County. It is named after General Winfield Scott .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1820	4263	-
1830	5724	34.3%
1840	7303	27.6%
1850	9829	34.6%
1860	12,072	22.8%
1870	13,036	8th %
1880	17,233	32.2%
1890	21,694	25.9%
1900	22,694	4.6%
1910	23,814	4.9%
1920	24,776	4%
1930	24,181	-2.4%
1940	26,989	11.6%
1950	27,640	2.4%
1960	25,813	-6.6%
1970	24,376	-5.6%
1980	25,068	2.8%
1990	23.204	-7.4%
2000	23,403	0.9%
2010	23,177	-1 %
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

The clinch river

Scott County Age Pyramid

Scott County had a population of 23,403 as of the 2000 census . 343 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 9,795 households and 7,023 families. The population density was 17 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.51 percent white, 0.59 percent African American, 0.14 percent Native American, 0.07 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.15 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.52 percent were from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.42 percent of the population.

Of the 9,795 households, 27.6 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 59.4 percent were married couples living together, 9.0 percent were single mothers, 28.3 percent were non-families, 26.1 percent were single households and 13.1 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.82 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 20.6 percent of residents under the age of 18, 7.5 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 27.3 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 26.8 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 17.8 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 93.3 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 90.7 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 27,339 , and the median income for a family is $ 33,163. Males had a median income of $ 28,328 versus $ 20,553 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,073. 13.0 percent of families and 16.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. These included 20.1 percent of children and adolescents under the age of 18 and 20.5 percent of residents aged 65 or over.

Individual evidence

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

Web links

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36.72 -82.6Coordinates: 36 ° 43 ′ N , 82 ° 36 ′ W

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