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Barbour County, WV

15,527 Population
341.1 square miles 45.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$24,947 ±$1,799 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $31,462 ±$341
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$44,341 ±$2,402 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $55,217 ±$577
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

22% ±4.5% (3,278  ±674) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.8% 291,860 (±0.4% / ±7,189)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

27.4 minutes ±2.3 (144,285  ±17,317) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.3 17,717,956 (±0.2 / ±203,956)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

5,789 ±278 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 716,040 ±2,889
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.6 ±0.1 (14,916  ±36) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,741,273
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

5.6% ±2.9% (193  ±99) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,844 (±0.3% / ±978)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

7,164 ±21 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 859,142 ±271
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$119,000 ±$10,549 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $145,800 ±$1,644
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

8% ±2.1% (1,226  ±,328.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 11.1% 196,636 (±0.3% / ±5,393.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

87.9% ±5.2% (9,319  ±,553.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 88.4% 1,124,528 (±0.6% / ±7,360)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
11.8% ±2.5% (1,248  ±,265.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 22.7% 288,779 (±0.3% / ±4,107.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.4% (66  ±48) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in West Virginia: 1.6% 28,940
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

8.2% ±2.2% (1,011  ±275) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 8% 114,894 (±0.2% / ±2,274)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
1,011 Total veterans ±275 879 Male ±222 132 Female ±110

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