Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County Courthouse, listed on the NRHP since 1978 |
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US state : | Pennsylvania |
Administrative headquarters : | Greensburg |
Foundation : | February 26, 1773 |
Made up from: | Bedford County |
Area code : | 001 724 |
Demographics | |
Residents : | 365,169 (2010) |
Population density : | 137.5 inhabitants / km 2 |
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Total area : | 2684 km² |
Water surface : | 28 km² |
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Website : www.co.westmoreland.pa.us |
The Westmoreland County is a county in the US state of Pennsylvania . At the 2010 census , the county had 365,169 people and a population density of 137.5 people per square kilometer. The administrative seat ( county seat ) is Greensburg .
Westmoreland County is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Pittsburgh .
geography
The county is located in southwest Pennsylvania on the Monongahela River and the Allegheny River , the two headwaters of the Ohio River . Westmoreland has an area of 2,684 square kilometers, of which 28 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:
Butler County | Armstrong County | Indiana County |
Allegheny County | Cambria County | |
Washington County | Fayette County | Somerset County |
history
The county was formed on February 26, 1773 from former parts of Bedford County. It was named after the traditional English county of Westmorland and because the county originally comprised all of western Pennsylvania.
Historic Buildings
The historic John Walter Farmstead homestead is located in Washington Township . The property was listed on July 21, 1995 on the National Register of Historic Places with number 95000885.
One place in the county has the status of a National Historic Landmark , the Bushy Run Battlefield , which was the site of the Pontiac uprising . 51 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 25, 2018).
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Westmoreland County had 365,169 people in 151,936 households. The population density was 137.5 inhabitants per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 95.3 percent white, 2.3 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.9 percent of the population.
Statistically, 2.32 people lived in 151,936 households.
19.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.3 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was 47,312 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,344. 10.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Westmoreland County
Population development | |||
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Census | Residents | ± in% | |
1790 | 16,019 | - | |
1800 | 22,726 | 41.9% | |
1810 | 26,392 | 16.1% | |
1820 | 30,540 | 15.7% | |
1830 | 38,400 | 25.7% | |
1840 | 42,699 | 11.2% | |
1850 | 51,726 | 21.1% | |
1860 | 53,736 | 3.9% | |
1870 | 58,719 | 9.3% | |
1880 | 78.036 | 32.9% | |
1890 | 112,819 | 44.6% | |
1900 | 160.175 | 42% | |
1910 | 231,304 | 44.4% | |
1920 | 273,568 | 18.3% | |
1930 | 294.995 | 7.8% | |
1940 | 303.411 | 2.9% | |
1950 | 313.179 | 3.2% | |
1960 | 352,629 | 12.6% | |
1970 | 376.935 | 6.9% | |
1980 | 392.294 | 4.1% | |
1990 | 370.321 | -5.6% | |
2000 | 369.993 | -0.1% | |
2010 | 365.169 | -1.3% | |
before 1900
1900–1990 2000 2010 |
Census-designated places (CDP)
1 - partly in Allegheny County
2 - partly in Fayette County
structure
Westmoreland County is divided into 21 townships :
Personalities
- James Pollard Espy (1785-1860), American meteorologist
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 78002485.Retrieved October 28, 2011
- ↑ Westmoreland County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
- ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 326 .
- ↑ NRIS
- ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Pennsylvania . National Park Service , accessed July 25, 2018.
- ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 25, 2018.
- ^ US Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Westmoreland County. Retrieved October 28, 2011
- ^ University of Virginia Library - Historical Census Browser. Retrieved October 28, 2011
- ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
- ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
- ↑ United States Census 2010.Retrieved October 28, 2011
Web links
- Official website
- US Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Westmoreland County
- Yahoo Image Search - Westmoreland County
- www.city-data.com - Westmoreland County
Coordinates: 40 ° 14 ′ N , 79 ° 28 ′ W