Mercer County, West Virginia Demographics

Mercer County is 3rd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Female residents

Mercer County is 4th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Mercer County is 7th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Mercer County is 8th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Current population (2012)

Mercer County is 8th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Households

Mercer County is 8th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Housing units

Mercer County is 8th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Retail sales

Mercer County is 9th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Mercer County is 9th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Mercer County is 10th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Size Demographics
	Mercer County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	62,523	8th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	419.0	27th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	148.6	13th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Mercer County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	6.2%	4th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.1%	16th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.4%	22nd	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Mercer County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	80.6%	29th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.8%	13th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Mercer County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	91.5%	47th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	6.3%	7th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	20th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	12th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	26th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	11th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	24th	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	90.8%	47th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Mercer County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	52.1%	3rd	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.1%	16th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Mercer County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	30,117	8th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	10.6%	13th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	25,611	8th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.3%	47th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$74,400	46th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.4	41st	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	13	26th	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Mercer County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$19,527	28th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$33,704	39th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	21.1%	12th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Mercer County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,324	9th	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	18,849	9th	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,671	11th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$765,556	8th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,455	14th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$88,355	10th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732