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Kanawha County, WV

186,241 Population
901.9 square miles 206.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2016 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.3 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,190 ±$1,979 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $24,769 ±$486
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $31,128 ±$63
$45,001 ±$4,011 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in West Virginia: $43,385 ±$1,112
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $57,617 ±$115

17.3% ±2.4% (31,626  ±4,451) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 17.9% 319,063 (±0.8% / ±13,661)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 44,268,996 (±0.1% / ±246,910)

20.2 minutes ±1.1 (1,570,325  ±99,882) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 25.4 17,676,750 (±0.4 / ±355,125)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,802,425,670 (±0.1 / ±7,681,794)

Families

79,049 ±1,890 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 722,125 ±5,656
  • United States: 118,860,065 ±154,606
2.3 ±0.1 (182,683  ±994) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.5 1,783,075 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.7 315,047,636

6.1% ±2.6% (2,447  ±1,055) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 5.4% † 21,550 (±0.7% / ±2,719)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,946,903 (±0.1% / ±36,746)

Housing

92,541 ±431 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 886,710 ±427
  • United States: 135,702,775 ±3,052

$119,000 ±$7,006 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $117,900 ±$2,342
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $205,000 ±$467

12.2% ±2.1% (22,513  ±3,805.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 12.6% 227,891 (±0.6% / ±10,850.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.6% 46,701,858 (±0.1% / ±203,161.6)

Social

87.3% ±3.7% (117,828  ±4,968.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 86% 1,110,456 (±1.1% / ±14,350.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 87.5% 191,063,246 (±0.1% / ±220,872.9)
25.3% ±2% (34,075  ±2,719) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 20.8% 268,757 (±0.6% / ±7,479.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 31.3% 68,334,277 (±0.1% / ±133,659.9)

2.3% ±0.3% (4,056  ±592) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2015 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 2.5% 42,941 (±0.1% / ±1,920)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 21.1% 62,431,447 (±0.1% / ±136,857.4)

1.7% ±0.5% (3,195  ±867) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 31,770 (±0.2% / ±3,111)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.5% 43,739,345 (±0% / ±129,849)

7.9% ±1.1% (11,673  ±1,621) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 9.5% 137,939 (±0.3% / ±4,859)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 7.4% 18,496,937 (±0% / ±66,959)
11,673 Total veterans ±1,621 11,177 Male ±1,550 496 Female ±291

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