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Raleigh County, WV

72,356 Population
605.4 square miles 119.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.8 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$27,273 ±$2,690 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $32,766 ±$676
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$55,189 ±$9,320 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $55,948 ±$1,052
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

18.4% ±4.5% (12,574  ±3,082) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 285,780 (±0.7% / ±11,676)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

23.4 minutes ±0.8 (586,670  ±35,038) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

28,275 ±1,678 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 743,644 ±5,944
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (68,745  ±78) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.3 1,718,019
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.1% ±2.8% (619  ±428) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 4.8% † 18,092 (±0.6% / ±2,328)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

34,624 ±40 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 863,756 ±177
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$158,800 ±$21,547 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $163,700 ±$2,682
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.7% ±4.2% (9,090  ±2,978) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 10% 174,993 (±0.6% / ±9,573.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

87.8% ±6.9% (45,197  ±3,601.5) 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)
22.2% ±3.6% (11,434  ±1,869.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 24% 302,079 (±0.7% / ±8,721.4)
  • about three-fifths 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% (740  ±486) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,326
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.5% ±1.3% (2,548  ±732) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 7.2% 101,589 (±0.4% / ±5,021)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
2,548 Total veterans ±732 2,230 Male ±710 318 Female ±237

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