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McDowell County, WV

18,083 Population
533.5 square miles 33.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.5 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$15,150 ±$1,139 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $27,346 ±$273
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$26,072 ±$3,076 Median household income
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $48,037 ±$616
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

32.8% ±4.2% (5,476  ±728) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in West Virginia: 17.1% 300,152 (±0.4% / ±6,818)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

32.5 minutes ±4.2 (110,620  ±20,157) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.1 18,180,565 (±0.2 / ±201,243)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

7,431 ±455 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 734,235 ±2,810
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.2 ±0.2 (16,657  ±689) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of 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

6.7% ±3.7% (214  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 5.2% 20,121 (±0.3% / ±1,066)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

11,182 ±308 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 893,615 ±228
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$39,500 ±$5,933 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in West Virginia: $123,200 ±$1,225
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

5.7% ±1.6% (1,015  ±293.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 11.4% 203,984 (±0.3% / ±5,108.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

72.2% ±4.2% (9,595  ±561.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 87.6% 1,124,838 (±0.6% / ±7,494.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
6.8% ±1.7% (909  ±226.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in West Virginia: 21.3% 273,425 (±0.3% / ±3,983)
  • about one-fifth 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

0.9% ±0.4% (160  ±68) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 1.6% 29,584 (±0.1% / ±1,401)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

5.7% ±1.1% (824  ±155) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 8.7% 125,084 (±0.2% / ±2,509)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
824 Total veterans ±155 812 Male ±153 12 Female ±14

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