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

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

Mingo County is 7th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income below poverty line

Mingo County is 7th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Mingo County is 19th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in People per household

Mingo County is 20th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Female residents

Mingo County is 20th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Size Demographics
	Mingo County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	26,103	25th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	423.1	26th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	63.4	23rd	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Mingo County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	6.1%	5th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.1%	7th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.6%	51st	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Mingo County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	70.1%	51st	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	8.8%	49th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Mingo County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	96.8%	32nd	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.9%	20th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	47th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	26th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	24th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	35th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	48th	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.3%	29th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Mingo County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	50.8%	20th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.3%	43rd	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Mingo County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	12,601	26th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	8.3%	22nd	12.0%	25.9%
Households	10,776	23rd	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.9%	33rd	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$63,500	52nd	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.5	19th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	3	37th	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Mingo County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$18,610	39th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$32,794	45th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	23.4%	7th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Mingo County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	440	25th	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	5,629	26th	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,140	32nd	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$108,241	37th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$4,057	51st	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$9,961	36th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732