Webster County, West Virginia

administration
Webster County Courthouse
US state :	West Virginia
Administrative headquarters :	Webster Springs
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 2 Court Square Webster Springs, WV 26288-1049
Foundation :	January 10, 1860
Made up from:	Braxton County Nicholas County Randolph County
Area code :	001 304
Demographics
Residents :	9154 (2010)
Population density :	6.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1440 km²
Water surface :	0 km²
map

Website : www.websterwv.com

Webster County is a county in the state of West Virginia in the United States . The county seat is Webster Springs .

geography

The county is located in east central West Virginia and covers an area of 1,440 square kilometers with no significant water surface. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Lewis County , Upshur County , Randolph County , Pocahontas County , Greenbrier County , Nicholas County, and Braxton Counties .

history

Webster County was formed on January 10, 1860 from parts of Braxton County, Nicholas County and Randolph County. It was named after Daniel Webster , a US politician , US senator and secretary of state .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	1555	-
1870	1730	11.3%
1880	3207	85.4%
1890	4783	49.1%
1900	8862	85.3%
1910	9680	9.2%
1920	11,562	19.4%
1930	14,216	23%
1940	18,080	27.2%
1950	17,888	-1.1%
1960	13,719	-23.3%
1970	9809	-28.5%
1980	12,245	24.8%
1990	10,729	-12.4%
2000	9719	-9.4%
2010	9154	-5.8%
Before 1900 1900-1990

Webster County Age Pyramid

As of the 2000 census , Webster County had 9,719 people in 4,010 households and 2,815 families. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 99.18 percent white, 0.01 percent African American, 0.07 percent Native American, 0.06 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.01 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.66 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.37 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 4,010 households, 29.8 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 55.4 percent were married couples living together, 10.6 percent were single mothers, 29.8 percent were non-families, 26.5 percent were single households and 12.4 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 23.0 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 8.0 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 26.7 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 27.1 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 15.2 percent were 65 years of age or over. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 96.9 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over, there were 94.3 men statistically.

The median income for a household in the 21,055 USD , and the median income for a family was 25,049 USD. Males had a median income of $ 25,362 versus $ 15,381 for females. The per capita income was $ 12,284. 26.6 percent of families and 31.8 percent of the population are below the poverty line. Of these, 45.4 percent were children or adolescents under the age of 18 and 21.0 percent were people over 65 years of age.