Pulaski County, Virginia

Pulaski County is a located in the  &mdash; officially, "" &mdash; of. As of the, the population was 35,127. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 854 (330 ). 830 km² (321 mi²) of it is land and 23 km² (9 mi²) of it (2.74%) is water.

Pulaski County is the site of, which is located on , a 4,500 acre, 21-mile long man made on the  created for a  project of Appalachian Power Company. It is named for (1886-1971) of, a vice president of Appalachian Power and supervised construction of the  and creation of the lake.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 35,127 people, 14,643 households, and 10,147 families residing in the county. The was 42/km² (110/mi²). There were 16,325 housing units at an average density of 20/km² (51/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 92.60%, 5.57% or , 0.15% , 0.32% , 0.04% , 0.37% from , and 0.94% from two or more races. 0.96% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 14,643 households out of which 26.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.90% were living together, 10.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.70% were non-families. 27.00% 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 2.32 and the average family size was 2.80.

In the county, the population was spread out with 20.60% under the age of 18, 7.30% from 18 to 24, 29.20% from 25 to 44, 27.70% from 45 to 64, and 15.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 97.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $33,873, and the median income for a family was $42,251. Males had a median income of $30,712 versus $21,596 for females. The for the county was $18,973. About 10.60% of families and 13.10% of the population were below the, including 18.90% of those under age 18 and 11.50% of those age 65 or over.