Monroe County, West Virginia

Monroe County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 14,583. Its is. Monroe County was created from in  and named for, fifth  of the.

Monroe is the home county of, of fame, who is immortalized in 's classic A Message to Garcia.

The county was also the site of the 1928 discovery of the 34.48 carat (6.896 g) by Grover C. Jones and his son, William "Punch" Jones.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,227 (474 ). 1,226 km² (473 sq mi) of it is land and 1 km² (0 sq mi) of it (0.06%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 14,583 people, 5,447 households, and 3,883 families residing in the county. The was 12/km² (31/sq mi). There were 7,267 housing units at an average density of 6/km² (15/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 92.67%, 5.98% or , 0.23% , 0.16% , 0.01% , 0.03% from , and 0.92% from two or more races. 0.49% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 5,447 households out of which 29.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.80% were living together, 7.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.70% were non-families. 25.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the county, the population was spread out with 20.10% under the age of 18, 8.10% from 18 to 24, 30.30% from 25 to 44, 26.10% from 45 to 64, and 15.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 79.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 73.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $27,575, and the median income for a family was $35,299. Males had a median income of $25,643 versus $22,104 for females. The for the county was $17,435. About 12.60% of families and 16.20% of the population were below the, including 21.30% of those under age 18 and 12.30% of those age 65 or over.

Incorporated towns & cities

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