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West Virginia

1,769,979 Population
24,041.2 square miles 73.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,707 ±$725 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$60,798 ±$1,120 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.7% ±0.8% (286,737  ±12,801) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.5 minutes ±0.5 (18,381,010  ±422,961) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

740,840 ±7,351 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 (1,718,002  ±) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.8% ±0.5% (18,297  ±2,042) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

866,433 ±142 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$170,800 ±$2,594 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10% ±0.6% (175,293  ±10,672.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.1% ±1.3% (1,142,711  ±16,346.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
24.4% ±0.7% (309,281  ±9,008.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

2.5% ±0.1% (43,001  ±1,807.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

2.1% (37,253  ±3,897) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.3% ±0.4% (103,725  ±5,018) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
103,725 Total veterans ±5,018 94,891 Male ±4,740 8,834 Female ±1,477

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