Taylor County, West Virginia

administration
US state :	West Virginia
Administrative headquarters :	Grafton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 214 West Main Street Grafton, WV 26354-1387
Foundation :	January 19, 1844
Made up from:	Barbour County Harrison County Marion County
Area code :	001 304
Demographics
Residents :	16,895 (2010)
Population density :	37.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	455 km²
Water surface :	8 km²
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Taylor County is a county in the state of West Virginia in the United States . The county seat is Grafton .

geography

The county is located in northeastern West Virginia, about 50 km to the north from Pennsylvania , about 45 km to the east from Maryland , and has an area of 455 square kilometers, of which eight square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Monongalia County , Preston County , Barbour County , Harrison County, and Marion County .

history

Taylor County was formed on January 19, 1844 from parts of Barbour County, Harrison County and Marion County. It was named after John Taylor , an American writer, politician and US senator .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	5367	-
1860	7463	39.1%
1870	9367	25.5%
1880	11,455	22.3%
1890	12,147	6%
1900	14,978	23.3%
1910	16,554	10.5%
1920	18,742	13.2%
1930	19,114	2%
1940	19,919	4.2%
1950	18,422	-7.5%
1960	15,010	-18.5%
1970	13,878	-7.5%
1980	16,584	19.5%
1990	15,144	-8.7%
2000	16,089	6.2%
2010	16,895	5%
Before 1900 1900-1990

The Tygart Lake in the Pleasant Creek Wildlife Management Area

Taylor County Age Pyramid

As of the 2000 census , Taylor County had 16,089 people in 6,320 households and 4,487 families. The population density was 36 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.07 percent white, 0.83 percent African American, 0.19 percent Native American, 0.17 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.06 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.63 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.59 percent of the population.

Of the 6,320 households, 30.9 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 56.4 percent were married couples living together, 10.9 percent were single mothers, 29.0 percent were non-families, 25.5 percent were single households and 12.6 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.95.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 22.9 percent of residents under the age of 18, 7.9 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.5 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 24.9 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 15.8 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 95.7 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 92.9 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 27,124 , and the median income for a family is $ 32,222. Males had a median income of $ 29,349 versus $ 20,116 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,681. 15.3 percent of families and 20.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 27.0 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 16.1 percent were people over 65 years of age.