Carroll County, Virginia

Carroll County is a located in the  of the  &mdash; officially, "" &mdash; of. As of the, the population was 29,245. Its is.

History
Carroll County was established in from. The county is named for Charles Carroll, a signer of the, from. Part of was added later.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,237 (478 ). 1,234 km² (476 mi²) of it is land and 3 km² (1 mi²) of it (0.27%) is water.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 29,245 people, 12,186 households, and 8,786 families residing in the county. The was 24/km² (61/mi²). There were 14,680 housing units at an average density of 12/km² (31/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 97.97%, 0.44% or , 0.14% , 0.10% , 0.82% from , and 0.53% from two or more races. 1.64% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 12,186 households out of which 27.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.70% were living together, 8.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.90% were non-families. 25.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.80.

In the county, the population was spread out with 21.10% under the age of 18, 7.20% from 18 to 24, 28.00% from 25 to 44, 26.70% from 45 to 64, and 17.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 97.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,597, and the median income for a family was $36,755. Males had a median income of $25,907 versus $19,697 for females. The for the county was $16,475. About 8.70% of families and 12.50% of the population were below the, including 15.70% of those under age 18 and 14.10% of those age 65 or over.

Public High Schools
, in, serves the county. Home of the Cavaliers, CCHS is a 10-12 comprehensive high school.


 * CCHS Official Site