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

Mineral County is 8th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Home median value

Mineral County is 11th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Mineral County is 12th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Mineral County is 13th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Mineral County is 14th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Mineral County is 17th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Mineral County is 18th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Two or More

Mineral County is 20th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income per capita

Size Demographics
	Mineral County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	27,956	22nd	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	327.8	40th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	86.1	17th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Mineral County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	5.4%	26th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.4%	29th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.4%	23rd	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Mineral County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.9%	12th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	12.5%	30th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Mineral County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	95.2%	40th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	3.0%	14th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	55th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	22nd	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	25th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	18th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	33rd	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.5%	40th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Mineral County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	50.3%	34th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.3%	44th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Mineral County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	13,061	25th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	11.2%	11th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	11,276	22nd	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.3%	46th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$114,300	8th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.4	33rd	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	50	13th	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Mineral County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$20,540	20th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$34,691	35th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.1%	41st	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Mineral County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	452	24th	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	6,445	24th	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,886	22nd	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$223,649	23rd	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,314	25th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$21,407	25th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732