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

Grant County is 6th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Grant County is 9th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Home median value

Grant County is 13th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income per household

Grant County is 14th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Grant County is 14th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Grant County is 18th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - White

Grant County is 19th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Grant County is 19th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Size in square miles

Grant County is 20th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Size Demographics
	Grant County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	11,816	43rd	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	477.4	19th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	25	48th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Grant County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	5.5%	23rd	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.7%	23rd	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	20.4%	6th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Grant County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	79.4%	34th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	12.5%	29th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Grant County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	97.9%	18th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.9%	30th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	39th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	43rd	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	40th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	47th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	14th	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	97.1%	19th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Grant County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	50.5%	29th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.3%	47th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Grant County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	6,339	44th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	4.4%	44th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	4,915	42nd	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	78.6%	21st	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$109,100	9th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.4	36th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	44	14th	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Grant County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$20,405	23rd	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$40,008	13th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.4%	47th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Grant County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	232	39th	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	2,490	39th	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	637	47th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$118,345	35th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,974	20th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$6,052	43rd	$2,553,258	$613,795,732