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West Virginia

1,770,071 Population
24,041.2 square miles 73.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,766 ±$676 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$55,948 ±$1,052 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

16.7% ±0.7% (285,780  ±11,676) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

27.7 minutes ±0.6 (18,983,240  ±463,279) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

743,644 ±5,944 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 (1,718,019  ±) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.8% ±0.6% (18,092  ±2,328) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

863,756 ±177 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$163,700 ±$2,682 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

10% ±0.6% (174,993  ±9,573.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

89% ±1.3% (1,120,498  ±15,965.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
24% ±0.7% (302,079  ±8,721.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

2.5% ±0.1% (42,665  ±1,977.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

1.8% (32,326  ±2,614) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

7.2% ±0.4% (101,589  ±5,021) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
101,589 Total veterans ±5,021 94,872 Male ±4,736 6,717 Female ±1,082

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