Wood County, West Virginia

Wood County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 87,986. Its is. Wood County is included in the --, - (part). Wood County was formed in 1798 from the western part of Harrison County and it was named for James Wood, governor of Virginia from 1796 to 1799

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 976 (377 ). 951 km² (367 sq mi) of it is land and 25 km² (10 sq mi) of it (2.56%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 87,986 people, 36,275 households, and 24,884 families residing in the county. The was 92/km² (240/sq mi). There were 39,785 housing units at an average density of 42/km² (108/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.32%, 1.01% or , 0.21% , 0.51% , 0.04% , 0.14% from , and 0.77% from two or more races. 0.58% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 36,275 households out of which 29.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.30% were living together, 10.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.40% were non-families. 27.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the county, the population was spread out with 23.00% under the age of 18, 8.00% from 18 to 24, 27.90% from 25 to 44, 25.60% from 45 to 64, and 15.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 92.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $33,285, and the median income for a family was $40,436. Males had a median income of $34,899 versus $22,109 for females. The for the county was $18,073. About 10.60% of families and 13.90% of the population were below the, including 20.50% of those under age 18 and 8.60% of those age 65 or over.

Unincorporated communities

 * Belleville
 * Bonnivale
 * Cedar Grove
 * Central
 * Dallison
 * Davisville
 * Deerwalk
 * Fort Neal
 * Kanawha
 * New England
 * Pettyville
 * Rockport
 * Slate
 * Volcano
 * Walker
 * It was named for president George Washington.
 * Waverly
 * Volcano
 * Walker
 * It was named for president George Washington.
 * Waverly
 * Waverly