Brunswick County, Virginia

Brunswick County is a located in the  &mdash; officially, "" &mdash; of. As of the, the population was 18,419. Its is.

History
Brunswick County was established in from. In the county received more land from parts of  and  counties. The county is named for the former in Germany, because one of the titles also carried by Britain's  kings was Duke of Brunswick-Lunenburg. Brunswick County is bisected by, and , and is mostly rural with an economy based on lumber, tobacco, and other farm crops. Cotton is grown in the far south. The county contains the small as well as a campus of Southside Virginia Community College. Army National Guard base is partly in the County.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,475 (569 ). 1,466 km² (566 mi²) of it is land and 8 km² (3 mi²) of it (0.57%) is water.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 18,419 people, 6,277 households, and 4,312 families residing in the county. The was 13/km² (32/mi²). There were 7,541 housing units at an average density of 5/km² (13/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 41.99%, 56.85% or , 0.09% , 0.22% , 0.01% , 0.34% from , and 0.51% from two or more races. 1.25% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 6,277 households out of which 27.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.90% were living together, 16.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.30% were non-families. 27.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.30% 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 3.00.

In the county, the population was spread out with 20.50% under the age of 18, 9.90% from 18 to 24, 30.70% from 25 to 44, 24.40% from 45 to 64, and 14.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 113.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 115.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,288, and the median income for a family was $38,354. Males had a median income of $26,924 versus $20,550 for females. The for the county was $14,890. About 13.20% of families and 16.50% of the population were below the, including 20.10% of those under age 18 and 19.50% of those age 65 or over.

Notable residents

 * , born in, militia officer in the
 * See list of other notable residents in article on