Smyth County, Virginia

Smyth County is a located in the  &mdash; officially, "" &mdash; of. As of the, the population was 33,081. Its is.

History
Smyth County was formed on, from  and  counties. The county is named after, a during the  who was elected to the  and , and was a  to the.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,171 (452 ). 1,171 km² (452 mi²) of it is land and 1 km² (0 mi²) of it (0.05%) is water.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 33,081 people, 13,493 households, and 9,607 families residing in the county. The was 28/km² (73/mi²). There were 15,111 housing units at an average density of 13/km² (33/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 96.86%, 1.87% or , 0.15% , 0.18% , 0.32% from , and 0.60% from two or more races. 0.86% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 13,493 households out of which 29.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.70% were living together, 11.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.80% were non-families. 26.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.83.

In the county, the population was spread out with 21.60% under the age of 18, 8.00% from 18 to 24, 28.10% from 25 to 44, 26.00% from 45 to 64, and 16.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 93.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,083, and the median income for a family was $36,392. Males had a median income of $26,698 versus $19,712 for females. The for the county was $16,105. About 9.90% of families and 13.30% of the population were below the, including 15.20% of those under age 18 and 14.00% of those age 65 or over.

Public High Schools

 * Chilhowie High School,
 * Marion Senior High School,
 * Northwood High School,