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Mingo County, WV

22,979 Population
423.1 square miles 54.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$22,073 ±$1,912 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
  • about half the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$39,527 ±$4,136 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607
  • about half the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

29.9% ±3.7% (6,804  ±845) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

35.1 minutes ±3.5 (190,970  ±26,855) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

9,013 ±341 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0.1 (22,894  ±3) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

3.4% ±2.6% (158  ±120) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

11,554 ±20 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$85,600 ±$5,189 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

9.5% ±2.8% (2,146  ±644) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

76.5% ±5% (12,443  ±816.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
8.3% ±1.6% (1,355  ±262.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

0.3% (78  ±72) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.4% ±1.3% (1,141  ±237) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,141 Total veterans ±237 1,055 Male ±217 86 Female ±66

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