York County, Virginia

The York County Courthouse in Yorktown
administration
US state :	Virginia
Administrative headquarters :	Yorktown
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 532 Yorktown, VA 23690-0532
Foundation :	1634
Made up from:	Original County
Area code :	001 757
Demographics
Residents :	65,464  (2010)
Population density :	239.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	558 km²
Water surface :	285 km²
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York County is a county in the state of Virginia in the United States . At the 2000 census , the county had 56,297 people and a population density of 206 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Yorktown .

geography

The county is located in eastern Virginia, bounded to the east by Chesapeake Bay and has an area of ​​558 square kilometers, of which 285 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Gloucester County and James City Counties .

history

It was formed in 1634 as Charles River Shire , one of the eight original counties. During the English Civil War (1642–1649) Charles River County, which was named after King Charles I of England , was renamed York County.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1790	5233		-
1800	3231		-38.3%
1810	5187		60.5%
1820	4384		-15.5%
1830	5354		22.1%
1840	4720		-11.8%
1850	4460		-5.5%
1860	4949		11%
1870	7198		45.4%
1880	7349		2.1%
1890	7596		3.4%
1900	7482		-1.5%
1910	7757		3.7%
1920	8046		3.7%
1930	7615		-5.4%
1940	8857		16.3%
1950	11,750		32.7%
1960	21,583		83.7%
1970	33,203		53.8%
1980	35,463		6.8%
1990	42,422		19.6%
2000	56,297		32.7%
2010	65,464		16.3%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

Chesapeake Bay area map

York County Age Pyramid

York County had a population of 56,297 people as of the 2000 census . 627 of them lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 20,000 households and 15,880 families. The population density was 206 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 80.00 percent white, 13.38 percent African American, 0.35 percent Native American, 3.25 percent Asian, 0.12 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.90 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.00 percent were from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.68 percent of the population.

Of the 20,000 households, 42.2 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 67.3 percent were married couples living together, 9.4 percent were single mothers, 20.6 percent were non-families, 16.7 percent were single households and 5.4 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.15.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 29.1 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 6.6 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 30.7 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 24.4 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 9.1 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 96.5 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 93.5 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 57,956 , and the median income for a family is $ 64,892. Males had a median income of $ 42,948 versus $ 28,713 for females. The per capita income was $ 24,560. 2.7 percent of families and 3.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. 3.9 percent of these were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 3.8 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Individual evidence

1. ^ York County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 28, 2011
3. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
4. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
5. ↑ York County, Virginia , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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Coordinates: 37 ° 13 ′  N , 76 ° 26 ′  W