Marion County, West Virginia

Marion County is a located in the  of. Its is. Marion County was created in from parts of  and  Counties, and named in honor of General, of  fame, known in history as "The Swamp Fox."

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 807 (311 ). 802 km² (310 sq mi) of it is land and 5 km² (2 sq mi) of it (0.58%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 56,598 people, 23,652 households, and 15,515 families residing in the county. The was 71/km² (183/sq mi). There were 26,660 housing units at an average density of 33/km² (86/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 95.10%, 3.22% or , 0.20% , 0.41% , 0.01% , 0.13% from , and 0.93% from two or more races. 0.70% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 23,652 households out of which 26.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.40% were living together, 10.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.40% were non-families. 28.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the county, the population was spread out with 20.60% under the age of 18, 10.50% from 18 to 24, 26.40% from 25 to 44, 24.70% from 45 to 64, and 17.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 90.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $28,626, and the median income for a family was $37,182. Males had a median income of $29,005 versus $21,100 for females. The for the county was $16,246. About 11.70% of families and 16.30% of the population were below the, including 21.30% of those under age 18 and 8.70% of those age 65 or over.