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

Lewis County is 15th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income below poverty line

Lewis County is 15th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Asian

Lewis County is 15th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Lewis County is 18th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Foreign born residents

Lewis County is 19th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - White

Lewis County is 20th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Lewis County is 20th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Size Demographics
	Lewis County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	16,371	37th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	384.9	30th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	42.5	33rd	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lewis County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	5.6%	20th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.3%	32nd	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.6%	21st	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lewis County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	81.5%	27th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.1%	25th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lewis County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	97.8%	19th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.6%	38th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	33rd	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	15th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	33rd	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	37th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	35th	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	97.1%	20th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lewis County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	50.6%	24th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.8%	18th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lewis County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	7,925	37th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	8.0%	23rd	12.0%	25.9%
Households	6,587	36th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.4%	49th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$91,600	25th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.5	29th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	53rd	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lewis County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$20,112	24th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$34,617	36th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	20.9%	15th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lewis County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	406	26th	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	5,131	27th	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,144	31st	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$212,862	26th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,426	15th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$27,332	22nd	$2,553,258	$613,795,732