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State Senate District 8, WV

97,274 Population
1,288.8 square miles 75.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little 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

$33,420 ±$1,188 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,728 ±$1,787 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.2% ±1.7% (16,566  ±1,717) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26 minutes ±0.7 (980,335  ±49,732) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

42,593 ±1,149 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (96,065  ±2,343) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.4% ±1.1% (912  ±240) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

51,337 ±1,069 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$140,100 ±$6,382 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.9% ±1% (7,594  ±968.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90% ±1.7% (64,121  ±1,892.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.4% ±1.3% (15,228  ±1,005.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about three-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

1.3% ±0.3% (1,231  ±316) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.6% ±0.8% (5,936  ±624) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
5,936 Total veterans ±624 5,541 Male ±596 395 Female ±150

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