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West Virginia

1,782,959 Population
24,041.2 square miles 74.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 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: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$30,195 ±$646 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$51,248 ±$1,085 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

16.8% ±0.8% (291,930  ±13,791) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

25.7 minutes ±0.5 (16,315,475  ±447,210) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

722,201 ±5,460 Number of households
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.4 ±0 (1,738,986  ±0) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.8% ±0.6% (18,169  ±2,374) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

858,462 ±264 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$143,200 ±$3,750 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

10.4% ±0.7% (183,751  ±11,945.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

88.8% ±1.3% (1,123,971  ±16,557.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
24.1% ±0.7% (305,188  ±8,903.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

2.5% ±0.1% (42,184  ±1,887.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,203,430 (±0.1% / ±183,279.2)

1.6% ±0.2% (27,861  ±3,173) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

7.6% ±0.3% (107,271  ±4,721) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
107,271 Total veterans ±4,721 100,897 Male ±4,334 6,374 Female ±1,381

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