Census Reporter

West Virginia

1,807,426 Population
24,041.2 square miles 75.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$27,346 ±$273 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$48,037 ±$616 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

17.1% ±0.4% (300,152  ±6,818) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

26.1 minutes ±0.2 (18,180,565  ±201,243) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

734,235 ±2,810 Number of households
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.4 ±0 (1,760,220  ±0) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

5.2% ±0.3% (20,121  ±1,066) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

893,615 ±228 Number of housing units
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$123,200 ±$1,225 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

11.4% ±0.3% (203,984  ±5,108.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

87.6% ±0.6% (1,124,838  ±7,494.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
21.3% ±0.3% (273,425  ±3,983) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

2.5% ±0.1% (42,731  ±2,089.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 21.5% 66,093,076 (±0.1% / ±186,870.8)

1.6% ±0.1% (29,584  ±1,401) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

8.7% ±0.2% (125,084  ±2,509) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
125,084 Total veterans ±2,509 117,099 Male ±2,349 7,985 Female ±746

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