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

Mason County is 5th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Female residents

Mason County is 14th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Mason County is 16th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Mason County is 17th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Home ownership rate

Mason County is 18th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Size Demographics
	Mason County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	27,179	23rd	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	430.8	25th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	63.4	24th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Mason County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	5.4%	27th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.4%	14th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.1%	26th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Mason County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	79.5%	32nd	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	11.0%	37th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Mason County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	97.6%	21st	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.8%	33rd	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	16th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	23rd	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	27th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	36th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	52nd	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	97.1%	18th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Mason County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	51.8%	5th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.5%	33rd	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Mason County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	13,069	24th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	6.7%	31st	12.0%	25.9%
Households	10,715	24th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.3%	17th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$83,200	32nd	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.5	22nd	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	3	36th	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Mason County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$20,040	26th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$36,468	30th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	17.8%	32nd	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Mason County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	344	29th	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	4,512	30th	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,221	30th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$135,351	32nd	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$5,320	41st	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$12,058	33rd	$2,553,258	$613,795,732