Geography
Crab Orchard is placed at 37°44'Xxvii" North, 81°13'46" West (37.740792, -81.229307).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the CDP has the sum region of Phoebe.Ennead km² (2.3 mi²). Quintet.Ix kilometre² (Two.Tierce mi²) of these are l& and none of the locality is covered by owning fluids.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 2,761 people, 1,120 house, & 807 families living in the CDP. A population density is 469.6/km² (1,217.2/mi²). There are 1,219 housing units at an typical density of 207.3/km² (537.4/mi²). A racial makeup of the CDP is 98.19% White, 0.91% African American, 0.07% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.18% from other races, and 0.51% from two or more races. Zero.62% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 1,120 menage away from which 31.7% develop kids under a age of Xviii swallow the two, 57.1% come married couples living together, 11.2% have a female homeowner by using there are no hubby present, & Xxvii.9% come non-families. Twenty-four.5% of 100% menage come mass produced higher of souls & Xi.3% use at times somebody residing alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical menage size is Ii.47 & a typical personal size is Ii.92.

In a CDP the people is spread retired by having Twenty-three.1% under a age of Xviii, Nine.4% from either 18 to Two dozen, Twenty-nine.0% from either 25 to 44, Twenty-four.6% from either 45 to 64, & Thirteen.9% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 37 years. For each One c females there are Ninety.Zero males. For each C females age Xviii & complete, there are 88.Trio males.

the median income for a menage in the CDP is $29,932, & the median income for a personal is $35,172. Males have a median income of $30,455 versus $19,574 for females. A per capita income for the CDP is $22,021. Long dozen.2% of the people & Nina from carolina.7% of families come in a image below the poverty line. Away from a number people, Xxiv.2% of victims under a age of 18 & 11.5% of victims 65 & older come residing following a poverty level.

History

Crab Orchard is noted, historically, when a city that Senator Robert Byrd organized for the KKK. Fallowing Byrd got collected a $10 joining fee & $3 charge for a robe & hood from either each applier, the Grand Dragon Joel L. Baskin for the mid-Atlantic states came down to Crab Orchard, to officially organize the chapter... "When it came time to choose the Exalted Cyclops, the top officer in the local Klan unit, Byrd won unanimously."[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/18/AR2005061801105_pf.html]