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

Gilmer County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Gilmer County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Gilmer County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Gilmer County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Gilmer County is 2nd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Foreign born residents

Gilmer County is 2nd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income below poverty line

Gilmer County is 8th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in People per household

Gilmer County is 10th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Asian

Gilmer County is 16th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Two or More

Size Demographics
	Gilmer County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	8,732	48th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	338.5	39th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	25.7	46th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Gilmer County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	4.2%	55th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	14.7%	55th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.5%	52nd	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Gilmer County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	74.7%	46th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	12.5%	31st	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Gilmer County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	84.3%	55th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	12.7%	1st	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.9%	1st	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	10th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	1st	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	16th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	1st	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	79.7%	55th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Gilmer County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	39.9%	55th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.6%	2nd	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Gilmer County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	3,411	53rd	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	4.2%	48th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	2,420	54th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.0%	38th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$72,300	49th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.6	8th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	54th	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Gilmer County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$15,686	53rd	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$33,309	40th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	29.0%	2nd	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Gilmer County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	134	47th	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,257	51st	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	529	50th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$34,262	51st	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$4,968	44th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$5,244	44th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732