Page County, Virginia

Page County is a located in the  &mdash; officially, "" &mdash; of. As of the, the population was 23,177. Its is. Page County was formed in 1831 from Shenandoah and Rockingham counties. It was named for, Governor of Virginia from 1802-1805.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 813 (314 ). 806 km² (311 mi²) of it is land and 8 km² (3 mi²) of it (0.95%) is water.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 23,177 people, 9,305 households, and 6,634 families residing in the county. The was 29/km² (74/mi²). There were 10,557 housing units at an average density of 13/km² (34/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 96.26%, 2.16% or , 0.15% , 0.24% , 0.03% , 0.48% from , and 0.68% from two or more races. 1.08% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 9,305 households out of which 29.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.80% were living together, 10.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.70% were non-families. 24.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the county, the population was spread out with 23.00% under the age of 18, 7.70% from 18 to 24, 28.30% from 25 to 44, 25.30% from 45 to 64, and 15.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 96.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $33,359, and the median income for a family was $39,005. Males had a median income of $27,199 versus $19,821 for females. The for the county was $16,321. About 10.10% of families and 12.50% of the population were below the, including 16.00% of those under age 18 and 14.70% of those age 65 or over.

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