Jefferson County, West Virginia Demographics

Jefferson County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Home median value

Jefferson County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income per capita

Jefferson County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income per household

Jefferson County is 2nd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Asian

Jefferson County is 2nd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Jefferson County is 2nd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Two or More

Jefferson County is 2nd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Jefferson County is 3rd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Jefferson County is 4th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Jefferson County is 4th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Foreign born residents

Size Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	54,504	11th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	209.6	50th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	255.2	7th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	5.7%	14th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.2%	3rd	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.9%	53rd	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	86.3%	10th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	28.7%	2nd	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	88.8%	53rd	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	6.8%	6th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	6th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.6%	2nd	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	6th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.4%	2nd	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	2nd	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	84.3%	54th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	50.6%	26th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.4%	4th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	22,119	11th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.7%	15th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	19,415	11th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	77.2%	30th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$237,100	1st	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.7	5th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	136	4th	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$29,602	1st	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$65,285	1st	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.1%	55th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	873	13th	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	12,768	12th	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,743	10th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$455,710	14th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,932	23rd	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$71,937	11th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732