an elevation of nearly 2,100 feet above sea level, while the county seat of Cumberland, only eight miles away, has an elevation of only 627 feet. Mountains Breakneck Hill (1,872 ft) Collier Mountain (1,460 ft) Dans Mountain (2,898 ft) Evitts Mountain (1,959–2,260 ft.) Green Ridge Mountain Haystack Mountain (1,240+ ft.) Irons Mountain Martin Mountain (1,974 ft) Nicholas Mountain (1,760 ft) Piney Mountain Polish Mountain (1,783 ft) Ragged Mountain (1,740 ft) Town Hill (2,039 ft) Warrior Mountain (2,185 ft) Wills Mountain (1,960+ ft.) Adjacent counties Somerset County, Pennsylvania (northwest) Bedford County, Pennsylvania (north) Fulton County, Pennsylvania (northeast) Washington County (east) Morgan County, West Virginia (southeast) Hampshire County, West Virginia (south) Mineral County, West Virginia (southwest) Garrett County (west) National protected areas Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (part) Demographics 2020 census Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race. 2010 census As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 75,087 people, 29,177 households, and 17,959 families residing in the county. The population density was . There were 33,311 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 89.2% white, 8.0% black or African American, 0.8% Asian, 0.1% American Indian, 0.2% from other races, and 1.6% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.4% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 31.8% were German, 14.6% were Irish, 11.9% were English, 11.8% were American, and 5.6% were Italian. Of the 29,177 households, 26.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.0% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 38.4% were non-families, and 31.6% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.86. The median age was 40.9 years. The median income for a household in the county was $37,747 and the median income for a family was $52,680. Males had a median income of $42,322 versus $29,594 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,764. About 9.6% of families and 14.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.3% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over. 2000 census As of the census of