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Wyoming County, WV

20,629 Population
499.5 square miles 41.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 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: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,030 ±$1,837 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,440 ±$3,623 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.6% ±4.3% (4,643  ±892) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.1 minutes ±6.1 (207,035  ±43,007) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,068 ±256 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (20,502  ±7) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.6% ±2.9% (198  ±123) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,953 ±37 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$82,900 ±$6,468 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.2% ±2.7% (1,469  ±560.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

77.9% ±6% (11,691  ±897.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.1% ±3% (1,959  ±454.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.2% (38  ±44) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.2% ±1.6% (852  ±260) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
852 Total veterans ±260 769 Male ±229 83 Female ±103

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