Sussex County, Virginia

Sussex County is a located in the  &mdash; officially, "" &mdash; of. As of the, the population was 12,504. Its is. The County is named after Sussex County, England.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,276 (493 ). 1,271 km² (491 mi²) of it is land and 5 km² (2 mi²) of it (0.43%) is water.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 12,504 people, 4,126 households, and 2,809 families residing in the county. The was 10/km² (26/mi²). There were 4,653 housing units at an average density of 4/km² (10/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 36.39%, 62.13% or , 0.13% , 0.12% , 0.02% , 0.54% from , and 0.67% from two or more races. 0.82% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 4,126 households out of which 28.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.00% were living together, 18.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.90% were non-families. 28.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the county, the population was spread out with 19.60% under the age of 18, 9.00% from 18 to 24, 34.40% from 25 to 44, 23.60% from 45 to 64, and 13.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 135.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 142.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,007, and the median income for a family was $36,739. Males had a median income of $29,307 versus $22,001 for females. The for the county was $14,670. About 12.80% of families and 16.10% of the population were below the, including 24.30% of those under age 18 and 19.20% of those age 65 or over.