McDowell County, West Virginia Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

McDowell County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income below poverty line

McDowell County is 2nd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Black or African American

McDowell County is 9th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in People per household

McDowell County is 11th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents younger than 5

McDowell County is 13th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Size in square miles

McDowell County is 19th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Size Demographics
	McDowell County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	21,326	32nd	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	533.5	13th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	41.5	34th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	McDowell County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	5.8%	11th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.1%	37th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.1%	40th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	McDowell County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	59.9%	55th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	6.3%	55th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	McDowell County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	89.4%	50th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	9.3%	2nd	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	19th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.1%	55th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	30th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	23rd	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	49th	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	88.9%	50th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	McDowell County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	50.7%	23rd	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.2%	50th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	McDowell County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	11,022	28th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	4.5%	43rd	12.0%	25.9%
Households	8,292	32nd	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.1%	37th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$33,300	55th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.6	9th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	9	30th	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	McDowell County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$13,345	55th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$21,967	55th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	33.3%	1st	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	McDowell County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	280	33rd	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	3,239	33rd	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	767	44th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$129,379	34th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$5,664	37th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$6,926	41st	$2,553,258	$613,795,732