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West Virginia

Ranked #46 out of 50 of the Best places to Live with a Gross State Product of $49,774,000,000.00


West Virginia Facts VS. USA :

Population, 2006 estimate 1,818,470 299,398,484
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 0.6% 6.4%
Population, 2000 1,808,344 281,421,906
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 5.8% 6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 21.4% 24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 15.3% 12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2006 51.0% 50.7%
White persons, percent, 2006 (a) 94.9% 80.1%
Black persons, percent, 2006 (a) 3.3% 12.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a) 0.2% 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a) 0.6% 4.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a) Z 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 0.9% 1.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b) 0.9% 14.8%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006 94.1% 66.4%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 63.3% 54.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 1.1% 11.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 2.7% 17.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 75.2% 80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 14.8% 24.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 410,781 49,746,248
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 26.2 25.5
Housing units, 2006 877,784 126,316,181
Homeownership rate, 2000 75.2% 66.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 12.0% 26.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $72,800 $119,600
Households, 2000 736,481 105,480,101
Persons per household, 2000 2.40 2.59
Median household income, 2004 $33,993 $44,334
Per capita money income, 1999 $16,477 $21,587
Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 16.2% 12.7%
Business QuickFacts West Virginia USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 40,7351 7,499,702
Private nonfarm employment, 2005 565,4991 116,317,003
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 1.3%1 2.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2005 89,872 20,392,068
Total number of firms, 2002 113,087 22,974,655
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.3% 5.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 0.4% 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.1% 4.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 0.0% 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 0.6% 6.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 27.7% 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 18,911,332 3,916,136,712
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 10,924,279 4,634,755,112
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 16,747,900 3,056,421,997
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $9,277 $10,615
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 1,974,851 449,498,718
Building permits, 2006 5,645 1,838,903
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 15,183,4961 2,143,781,7272
Geography QuickFacts West Virginia USA
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 24,077.73 3,537,438.44
Persons per square mile, 2000 75.1 79.6
FIPS Code 54