Fayette County, West Virginia Demographics

Fayette County is 6th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Size in square miles

Fayette County is 9th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Fayette County is 10th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Fayette County is 11th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income below poverty line

Fayette County is 12th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Current population (2012)

Fayette County is 12th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Housing units

Fayette County is 13th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Households

Fayette County is 14th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Fayette County is 14th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Fayette County is 16th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Size Demographics
	Fayette County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	45,869	12th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	661.5	6th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	69.6	21st	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Fayette County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	5.9%	9th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.8%	19th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.7%	30th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Fayette County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	78.4%	38th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	10.8%	38th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Fayette County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	93.5%	44th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	4.7%	10th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	40th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	33rd	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	41st	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	20th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	22nd	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	92.7%	44th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Fayette County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	49.7%	42nd	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.6%	26th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Fayette County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	21,526	12th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	6.9%	29th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	17,801	13th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	77.7%	25th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$70,700	50th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.5	25th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	38	16th	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Fayette County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$18,152	41st	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$32,940	44th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	21.2%	11th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Fayette County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	795	14th	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	8,691	17th	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,688	14th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$345,744	16th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,467	30th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$35,668	16th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732