Census Reporter

McDowell County, WV

19,217 Population
533.5 square miles 36 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.4 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$14,489 ±$1,168 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $25,479 ±$213
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $32,621 ±$91
$26,547 ±$1,915 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $44,921 ±$470
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $60,293 ±$140

33.3% ±4.5% (5,882  ±817) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in West Virginia: 17.8% 315,464 (±0.3% / ±5,988)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.1% 44,257,979 (±0.1% / ±285,269)

25.7 minutes ±1.8 (98,390  ±13,137) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 25.8 18,163,160 (±0.2 / ±206,458)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,812,750,665 (±0.1 / ±8,669,516)

Families

7,711 ±375 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 734,676 ±2,910
  • United States: 119,730,128 ±232,429
2.3 ±0.1 (17,651  ±506) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,781,035 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 314,810,420 (±0)

3.8% ±2.1% (137  ±76) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 5% 19,968 (±0.3% / ±1,025)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,995,512 (±0% / ±23,123)

Housing

11,193 ±230 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 890,715 ±250
  • United States: 136,384,292 ±6,639

$33,800 ±$3,457 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in West Virginia: $115,000 ±$961
  • less than a fifth of the amount in United States: $204,900 ±$173

6.3% ±1.5% (1,204  ±292.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 11.6% 210,549 (±0.3% / ±4,991.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.5% 46,136,121 (±0.1% / ±152,246.9)

Social

66.4% ±3.5% (9,305  ±492.3) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 86.5% 1,117,854 (±0.5% / ±6,489.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 87.7% 191,498,014 (±0.1% / ±242,772.9)
5.4% ±1% (754  ±133.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in West Virginia: 20.3% 261,750 (±0.3% / ±3,266.5)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 31.5% 68,867,051 (±0.1% / ±145,216)

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

0.9% ±0.4% (172  ±80) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 1.6% 29,640 (±0.1% / ±1,282)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.5% 43,539,499 (±0% / ±131,250)

6.5% ±1% (994  ±152) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 9.3% 134,508 (±0.1% / ±1,920)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 7.5% 18,611,432 (±0% / ±41,547)
994 Total veterans ±152 974 Male ±152 20 Female ±19

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