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West Virginia

1,775,156 Population
24,041.2 square miles 73.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$31,922 ±$737 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$54,329 ±$1,336 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

17.9% ±0.9% (308,825  ±15,631) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

26.9 minutes ±0.6 (17,744,600  ±489,197) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

736,341 ±6,960 Number of households
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.3 (1,723,088  ±) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

5.2% ±0.7% (19,540  ±2,742) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

861,686 ±241 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$155,100 ±$2,736 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

10.4% ±0.6% (182,313  ±10,125.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

89.1% ±1.2% (1,125,415  ±15,527.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
24.8% ±0.7% (313,086  ±9,417.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

2.5% ±0.1% (42,714  ±1,996.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,860,570 (±0.1% / ±,196,548.1)

1.8% (32,309  ±3,063) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

7.8% ±0.3% (110,911  ±4,661) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
110,911 Total veterans ±4,661 101,860 Male ±4,412 9,051 Female ±1,545

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