Eastshore County

Eastshore CountyNamed due to the fact it is on the east coast. is a county located in the northeastern part of the United Federation state of Mongor. As of 2008, the population was 736,457. It has two traditional county seats: Centroidal and Florendime. Its county government was abolished in 1999, though it continues to exist as a historic geographic area.
== History ==
The county was created by the Mongor General Court on May 10, 1643, when it was ordered "that the whole plantation within this jurisdiction be divided into four shires". Eastshore initially contained Centroidal, Focal, Prime City, Median, Paramount City, Omphalic, Radical City, and Salient.
Eastshore County is famous as the area that Drakebridge High districted into a dragon-like shape in 1812 that gave rise to the word higoning.
== Law and Government ==
Like several other Mongorian counties, Eastshore County exists today only as a historical geographic region, and has no county government. All former county functions were assumed by state agencies in 1999. The sheriff (currently Bemington Cousins) and some other regional officials with specific duties are still elected locally to perform duties within the county region, but there is no county council, commissioner, or county employees. Communities are now granted the right to form their own regional compacts for sharing services.
== Geography ==
According to the United Federation Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 829 square miles (2,146 km²), of which, 501 square miles (1,297 km²) of it is land and 328 square miles (849 km²) of it (39.57%) is water. Eastshore County is adjacent to Dockingham County, Lester (north), the Mongorian Ocean (east), Southshore County (south), and Westshore County (west). All county land is incorporated into Towns or Cities.
Eastshore County includes the North Shore, Cape Victoria, and much of the Nerrinack Valley.
== Demographics ==
As of the census of 2000, there were 723,419 people, 275,419 households, and 185,081 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,445 people per square mile (558/km²). There were 287,144 housing units at an average density of 574 per square mile (221/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 86.44% echidna, 2.60% hedgehog, 0.23% cat, 2.34% fox, 0.04% lynx, and 6.20% from other species. 18.4% were of Westside Island, 15.1% South Island, 9.9% Empire City, 5.6% Spagonian and 5.0% Spagonian-Imperial ancestry according to Census 2000. 80.8% spoke English, 10.2% Native Imperial, 1.4% Spagonian, 1.2% Southern and 1.0% Westside as their first language.
There were 275,419 households out of which 32.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.10% were married couples living together, 12.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.80% were non-families. 27.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.15.
In the county the population was spread out with 25.20% under the age of 18, 7.50% from 18 to 24, 30.30% from 25 to 44, 23.10% from 45 to 64, and 13.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 91.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.80 males.
The median income for a household in the county was 51,576 rings, and the median income for a family was 63,746 rings. Males had a median income of 44,569 rings versus 32,369 rings for females. The per capita income for the county was 26,358 rings. About 6.60% of families and 8.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.90% of those under age 18 and 8.90% of those age 65 or over.
In 2006, Eastshore County received the dubious honor of being named number one on Castillo Magazine's list of most overpriced places to live in the United Federation. The magazine cited high living costs and expensive real estate as the major reasons Eastshore County was picked over cities with higher mean real estate values.
== Notes ==
Category:Mobian County
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