Hurricane, West Virginia Demographics

Hurricane is 2nd in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in People per household

Hurricane is 2nd in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Residents younger than 18

Hurricane is 4th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Home ownership rate

Hurricane is 4th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Race - White

Hurricane is 4th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Hurricane is 5th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Income per household

Hurricane is 6th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Residents younger than 5

Hurricane is 10th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Home median value

Hurricane is 10th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Hurricane is 11th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Income per capita

Size Demographics
	Hurricane	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	6,359	22nd	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	3.7	22nd	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,678.9	22nd	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Hurricane	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	6.5%	6th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.5%	2nd	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.5%	27th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Hurricane	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.6%	16th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	27.5%	10th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Hurricane	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	96.7%	4th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.0%	29th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	22nd	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	20th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	13th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	25th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	26th	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.9%	4th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Hurricane	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	52.1%	19th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.5%	28th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Hurricane	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	2,627	27th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	11.2%	31st	12.0%	25.9%
Households	2,273	27th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	78.2%	4th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$125,800	10th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.8	2nd	2.4	2.6

Income Demographics
	Hurricane	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$25,933	11th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$56,861	5th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	6.7%	29th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Hurricane	Rank	West Virginia	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	808	21st	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$155,422	22nd	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$24,983	16th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$19,728	18th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732