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Kanawha County, WV

175,515 Population
901.7 square miles 194.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$36,483 ±$2,999 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $31,922 ±$737
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$55,215 ±$5,420 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $54,329 ±$1,336
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

18.4% ±2.7% (31,659  ±4,672) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 17.9% 308,825 (±0.9% / ±15,631)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

21.6 minutes ±0.6 (1,572,435  ±57,653) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26 17,715,576 (±0.3 / ±204,855)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

78,246 ±2,032 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 736,341 ±6,960
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.2 ±0.1 (172,395  ±106) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.3 † 1,723,088 (±754.5 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

4.2% ±1.9% (1,617  ±715) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 5.2% † 19,540 (±0.7% / ±2,742)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

90,444 ±81 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 861,686 ±241
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$135,500 ±$9,008 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $155,100 ±$2,736
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

8.9% ±1.7% (15,453  ±2,918.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 10.4% 182,313 (±0.6% / ±10,125.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

90% ±4% (114,587  ±5,165.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.1% 1,125,415 (±1.2% / ±15,527.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
29.9% ±2.4% (38,120  ±3,091.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 24.8% 313,086 (±0.7% / ±9,417.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

1.9% ±6,155.1% (3,413  ±814) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% † 32,309 (±569.6% / ±3,063)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

6.7% ±0.9% (9,480  ±1,295) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.8% 110,911 (±0.3% / ±4,661)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
9,480 Total veterans ±1,295 9,194 Male ±1,278 286 Female ±171

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