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Kanawha County, WV

174,805 Population
901.7 square miles 193.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.8 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,750 ±$1,991 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in West Virginia: $32,766 ±$676
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$56,469 ±$3,047 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $55,948 ±$1,052
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

15.9% ±2.3% (27,169  ±3,923) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 285,780 (±0.7% / ±11,676)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

23.6 minutes ±1.6 (1,595,890  ±134,691) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 27.7 18,983,240 (±0.6 / ±463,279)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

76,963 ±2,467 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 743,644 ±5,944
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0.1 (171,666  ±82) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.3 † 1,718,019 (±,747.1 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

7% ±2.1% (2,526  ±763) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 4.8% † 18,092 (±0.6% / ±2,328)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

90,364 ±78 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 863,756 ±177
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$138,000 ±$10,324 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $163,700 ±$2,682
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

7.5% ±1.4% (12,847  ±2,381.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 10% 174,993 (±0.6% / ±9,573.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

90.4% ±4.1% (114,392  ±5,222.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89% 1,120,498 (±1.3% / ±15,965.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
30% ±2.5% (37,983  ±3,107.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 24% 302,079 (±0.7% / ±8,721.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.7% ±5,501.6% (3,026  ±855) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% † 32,326 (±,573.2% / ±2,614)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

6.7% ±1% (9,392  ±1,400) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.2% 101,589 (±0.4% / ±5,021)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
9,392 Total veterans ±1,400 8,911 Male ±1,333 481 Female ±286

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