Upshur County, West Virginia

Upshur County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 23,404. Its is the City of. Upshur County was formed in from, , and  Counties and named for , a distinguished  and  of. Upshur served as and  under.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 919 (355 ). 919 km² (355 sq mi) of it is land and 0 km² (0 sq mi) of it (0.03%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 23,404 people, 8,972 households, and 6,352 families residing in the county. The was 25/km² (66/sq mi). There were 10,751 housing units at an average density of 12/km² (30/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.19%, 0.62% or , 0.17% , 0.31% , 0.01% , 0.13% from , and 0.58% from two or more races. 0.59% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 8,972 households out of which 31.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.20% were living together, 9.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.20% were non-families. 25.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.92.

In the county, the population was spread out with 22.60% under the age of 18, 12.60% from 18 to 24, 25.70% from 25 to 44, 24.50% from 45 to 64, and 14.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 94.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $26,973, and the median income for a family was $32,399. Males had a median income of $29,020 versus $18,087 for females. The for the county was $13,559. About 16.00% of families and 20.00% of the population were below the, including 27.30% of those under age 18 and 10.50% of those age 65 or over.