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Kanawha County, WV

178,124 Population
901.6 square miles 197.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.9 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$29,608 ±$1,671 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $27,446 ±$558
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$47,759 ±$3,899 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $48,850 ±$1,131
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

17% ±3.3% (29,843  ±5,699) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16% 278,734 (±0.8% / ±14,047)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

22.2 minutes ±1.2 (1,623,570  ±123,147) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.4 18,501,245 (±0.4 / ±402,170)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

78,384 ±2,302 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 728,175 ±7,273
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.2 ±0.1 (175,037  ±1,145) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,745,237 (±0)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

6% ±2.3% (2,286  ±896) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 5.5% † 21,275 (±0.6% / ±2,262)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

92,165 ±514 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 894,983 ±173
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$106,800 ±$7,302 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $124,600 ±$2,889
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

10.6% ±2.4% (18,508  ±4,237.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 11.8% 209,669 (±0.7% / ±13,030.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

90.2% ±3.8% (118,036  ±4,968.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 87.1% 1,116,281 (±1.2% / ±15,394.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
25.8% ±2% (33,749  ±2,631.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 21.1% 269,706 (±0.6% / ±8,063)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

1.9% ±0.3% (3,394  ±519) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 1.6% 28,748 (±0.1% / ±2,464)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

7.5% ±1.1% (10,626  ±1,513) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 8.5% 121,084 (±0.3% / ±4,128)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
10,626 Total veterans ±1,513 10,417 Male ±1,489 209 Female ±172

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