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McDowell County, WV

19,707 Population
533.5 square miles 36.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.2 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$13,985 ±$963 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $24,774 ±$192
  • about half the amount in United States: $31,177 ±$89
$25,595 ±$1,577 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $44,061 ±$439
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $57,652 ±$138

34.9% ±3.3% (6,307  ±604) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in West Virginia: 17.8% 317,089 (±0.3% / ±5,550)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.6% 45,650,345 (±0.1% / ±281,297)

24.9 minutes ±1.7 (97,610  ±10,825) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 25.7 18,199,245 (±0.2 / ±185,736)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,730,653,340 (±0.1 / ±8,097,359)

Families

7,702 ±323 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 737,671 ±2,866
  • United States: 118,825,921 ±229,026
2.3 ±0.1 (18,059  ±268) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,788,621 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 312,916,765 (±0)

5% ±2.7% (185  ±98) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 19,682 (±0.2% / ±946)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,994,223 (±0% / ±20,838)

Housing

11,228 ±117 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 889,277 ±267
  • United States: 135,393,564 ±8,863

$34,800 ±$3,227 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in West Virginia: $111,600 ±$863
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $193,500 ±$156

6.4% ±1.3% (1,250  ±252.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 11.7% 212,763 (±0.3% / ±5,076.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.6% 46,393,683 (±0.1% / ±153,382.7)

Social

65.3% ±3.3% (9,430  ±475.4) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 85.9% 1,111,591 (±0.5% / ±6,179.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 87.3% 188,834,530 (±0.1% / ±238,605.4)
4.9% ±0.9% (707  ±123.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in West Virginia: 19.9% 257,421 (±0.2% / ±3,165.4)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 30.9% 66,887,603 (±0.1% / ±142,152.9)

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

1.3% ±0.4% (251  ±87) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 1.6% 29,578 (±0.1% / ±1,157)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.4% 43,028,127 (±0% / ±123,858)

6.8% ±1% (1,061  ±159) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 9.5% 138,508 (±0.1% / ±1,992)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 7.7% 18,939,219 (±0% / ±40,490)
1,061 Total veterans ±159 1,041 Male ±156 20 Female ±18

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