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Kanawha County, WV

181,014 Population
901.6 square miles 200.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,981 ±$741 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $27,346 ±$273
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$47,122 ±$1,712 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $48,037 ±$616
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

17.2% ±1% (30,529  ±1,853) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 17.1% 300,152 (±0.4% / ±6,818)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

21.4 minutes ±0.4 (1,572,160  ±43,357) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.1 18,180,565 (±0.2 / ±201,243)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

78,137 ±918 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 734,235 ±2,810
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.3 ±0 (177,850  ±523) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,760,220 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

4.8% ±0.9% (1,853  ±365) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 5.2% 20,121 (±0.3% / ±1,066)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

92,339 ±232 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 893,615 ±228
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$115,300 ±$3,384 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $123,200 ±$1,225
  • about half the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

10.3% ±0.8% (18,414  ±1,434.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 11.4% 203,984 (±0.3% / ±5,108.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

89.3% ±1.8% (117,214  ±2,310.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 87.6% 1,124,838 (±0.6% / ±7,494.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
26.4% ±1% (34,612  ±1,245.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 21.3% 273,425 (±0.3% / ±3,983)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

1.8% ±0.2% (3,258  ±415) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 1.6% 29,584 (±0.1% / ±1,401)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

7.8% ±0.5% (11,240  ±710) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 8.7% 125,084 (±0.2% / ±2,509)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
11,240 Total veterans ±710 10,603 Male ±642 637 Female ±232

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