Wise County, Virginia

Wise County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Virginia
Administrative headquarters :	Wise
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 570 Wise, VA 24293-0570
Foundation :	1856
Made up from:	Lee County Russell County Scott County
Area code :	001 276
Demographics
Residents :	40,123  (2000)
Population density :	38.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1050 km²
Water surface :	4 km²
map
Website : www.wisecounty.org

Wise County is a county in the state of Virginia in the United States . In 2000, the county had 40,123 residents and a population density of 38 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Wise . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

There are two colleges in Wise County, the four-year University of Virginia's College at Wise and, since 1972, the two-year Mountain Empire Community College in Big Stone Gap .

geography

Wise County is almost in the extreme southwest of Virginia in the Appalachian Mountains . It borders Kentucky to the west , is about 35 km from Tennessee to the south, and has an area of ​​1050 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Dickenson Counties , Russell Counties , Scott Counties , and Lee Counties .

The Powell River and Guest River have their source in northern Wise County . Although initially parallel, the rivers take different directions near the city of Norton. The Powell River turns west while the Guest River flows through the county in an east and southeast direction. It flows into the Clinch River , which forms the southeastern border of Wise County.

Major parts of Wise County are by the large-scale coal - open pit (full removal hilltops, Mountaintop Removal mining ) coined.

history

It was formed in 1856 from parts of Lee County, Russell County, and Scott County. It was named after the governor Henry A. Wise .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1860	4508		-
1870	4785		6.1%
1880	7772		62.4%
1890	9345		20.2%
1900	19,653		110.3%
1910	34,162		73.8%
1920	46,500		36.1%
1930	51,167		10%
1940	52,458		2.5%
1950	56,336		7.4%
1960	43,579		-22.6%
1970	35,947		-17.5%
1980	43,863		22%
1990	39,573		-9.8%
2000	40.123		1.4%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

Wise County's Age Pyramid

According to the 2000 census , Wise County had 40,123 people in 16,013 households and 11,513 families. The population density was 38 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 96.88 percent white, 1.78 percent African American, 0.16 percent Native American, 0.30 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.26 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.61 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.73 percent of the population.

Of the 16,013 households, 31.0 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 56.2 percent were married couples living together, 12.0 percent were single mothers, 28.1 percent were non-families, 25.5 percent were single households, and 11.2 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.91 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 23.0 percent of residents under the age of 18, 10.2 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.0 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 24.8 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 13.9 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.0 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 91.6 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 26,149 , and the median income for a family is $ 32,898. Males had a median income of $ 28,983 versus $ 21,029 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,271. 16.1 percent of families and 20.0 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 27.3 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 12.3 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wise County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ↑ Big Glades. private website, text apparently by Vickie Sturgill Stevens (English; accessed March 18, 2011)
3. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 28, 2011
4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
5. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
6. ^ Wise County, Virginia , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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Coordinates: 36 ° 58 ′  N , 82 ° 37 ′  W