Tazewell County, Virginia

Tazewell County is a located in the  portion of the  &mdash; officially, "" &mdash; of. As of the, the population was 44,598. It is part of the Bluefield WV-VA which has a population of 107,578. The micropolitan area is the 350th largest statistical population area and the thirty-third largest micropolitan in the. Its is.

History
Tazewell County was created on,. The land for the county was taken from portions of and  Counties. It was named after, a from Virginia as well as a state legislator and judge. The town of Jeffersonville was renamed Tazewell and became the county seat.

Tazewell was also the town to get an electric street car.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,347 (520 ). 1,346 km² (520 mi²) of it is land and 0 km² (0 mi²) of it (0.03%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

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 * , (West)
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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 44,598 people, 18,277 households, and 13,232 families residing in the county. The was 33/km² (86/mi²). There were 20,390 housing units at an average density of 15/km² (39/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 96.16%, 2.29% or , 0.17% , 0.61% , 0.16% from , and 0.62% from two or more races. 0.51% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 18,277 households out of which 28.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.20% were living together, 10.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.60% were non-families. 25.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.85.

In the county, the population was spread out with 21.40% under the age of 18, 8.40% from 18 to 24, 27.20% from 25 to 44, 27.50% from 45 to 64, and 15.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 92.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $27,304, and the median income for a family was $33,732. Males had a median income of $28,780 versus $19,648 for females. The for the county was $15,282. About 11.70% of families and 15.30% of the population were below the, including 20.30% of those under age 18 and 13.90% of those age 65 or over.

Unincorporated Communities

 * Abbs Valley
 * Baptist Valley
 * Bishop
 * Boissievain
 * Claypool Hill
 * Frog Level
 * Hidden Valley
 * Jewell Ridge
 * Liberty
 * North Tazewell
 * Paintlick
 * Pisgah
 * Pounding Mill
 * Raven
 * Tannersville
 * Tip Top
 * Thompson Valley
 * Wardell
 * Wardell

Colleges

 * , borders Russell County, near
 * , borders Russell County, near

Public High Schools

 * Graham High School,
 * Pocahontas High School,

Professional Sports Teams

 * , minor league baseball team based in