Tyler County, West Virginia

administration
Tyler County Courthouse, listed on the NRHP since 1980
US state :	West Virginia
Administrative headquarters :	Middlebourne
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 121 Main Street Middlebourne, WV 26149-0066
Foundation :	December 6, 1814
Made up from:	Ohio County
Area code :	001 304
Demographics
Residents :	9208 (2010)
Population density :	13.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	675 km²
Water surface :	8 km²
map

The Tyler County is a county in the US state of West Virginia . At the 2010 census , the county had 9,208 residents and a population density of 13.8 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Middlebourne .

geography

The county is located in northern West Virginia, borders Ohio to the northwest , the border being formed by the Ohio River , and has an area of 675 square kilometers, of which eight square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Monroe County (Ohio)		Wetzel County
Washington County (Ohio) Pleasants County
Ritchie County		Doddridge County

history

John Tyler

Tyler County was formed on December 6, 1814 from parts of Ohio County. It was named after John Tyler senior (1747-1813), the 15th governor of Virginia (1808-1811) and father of John Tyler , the tenth President of the United States.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1820	2314	-
1830	4104	77.4%
1840	6954	69.4%
1850	5498	-20.9%
1860	6517	18.5%
1870	7832	20.2%
1880	11,073	41.4%
1890	11,962	8th %
1900	18,252	52.6%
1910	16,211	-11.2%
1920	14,186	-12.5%
1930	12,785	-9.9%
1940	12,559	-1.8%
1950	10,535	-16.1%
1960	10,026	-4.8%
1970	9929	-1 %
1980	11,320	14%
1990	9796	-13.5%
2000	9592	-2.1%
2010	9208	-4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

As of the 2010 census , Tyler County had 9,208 people in 3,789 households. The population density was 13.8 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 99.0 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 0.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Statistically, 2.33 people lived in the 3,789 households.

20.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.5 percent were 65 years or older. 51.0 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 36,549 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,399. 17.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.