Boone County, West Virginia

Boone County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 25,535. Its is. Boone County was formed in from parts of, , and  Counties and named for , noted  and , whose home was in the Great  from  to.

Boone County is part of the, with a 2004 population estimate of 307,763 people.

Leading industries and chief agricultural products in Boone County include, , , , and.

On, , two fatal mining accidents occurred in the communities of and  in Boone County. These two deaths with the addition of January's and the  caused   to close all of West Virginia's mines in a "mine safety stand-down."

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,303 (503 ). 1,303 km² (503 sq mi) of it is land and 1 km² (0 sq mi) of it (0.04%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 25,535 people, 10,291 households, and 7,460 families residing in the county. The was 20/km² (51/sq mi). There were 11,575 housing units at an average density of 9/km² (23/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.53%, 0.65% or , 0.12% , 0.07% , 0.02% , 0.07% from , and 0.54% from two or more races. 0.46% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 10,291 households out of which 31.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.50% were living together, 10.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.50% were non-families. 24.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.92.

In the county, the population was spread out with 23.20% under the age of 18, 9.00% from 18 to 24, 28.00% from 25 to 44, 26.30% from 45 to 64, and 13.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 95.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $25,669, and the median income for a family was $31,999. Males had a median income of $34,931 versus $19,607 for females. The for the county was $14,453. About 18.30% of families and 22.00% of the population were below the, including 27.90% of those under age 18 and 13.90% of those age 65 or over.

Notable residents

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