Tucker County, West Virginia



Tucker County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 7,321. Its is. Tucker County was created in 1856 from a part of, then part of. In 1871 a small part of was transferred to Tucker County. The county was named after, a and  from , Virginia.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,091 (421 ). 1,085 km² (419 sq mi) of it is land and 6 km² (2 sq mi) of it (0.53%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 7,321 people, 3,052 households, and 2,121 families residing in the county. The was 7/km² (18/sq mi). There were 4,634 housing units at an average density of 4/km² (11/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.85%, 0.07% or , 0.19% , 0.01% , 0.12% , 0.10% from , and 0.66% from two or more races. 0.25% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 3,052 households out of which 27.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.00% were living together, 7.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.50% were non-families. 27.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.84.

In the county, the population was spread out with 21.30% under the age of 18, 6.70% from 18 to 24, 26.40% from 25 to 44, 27.70% from 45 to 64, and 17.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 95.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $26,250, and the median income for a family was $32,574. Males had a median income of $24,149 versus $17,642 for females. The for the county was $16,349. About 14.90% of families and 18.10% of the population were below the, including 24.30% of those under age 18 and 15.50% of those age 65 or over.

Federal Lands

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 * U.S. Department of Agriculture web site
 * U.S. Forest Service web site
 * U.S. Forest Service web site