Monongalia County, West Virginia Demographics

Monongalia County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Monongalia County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Foreign born residents

Monongalia County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Asian

Monongalia County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Monongalia County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Monongalia County is 2nd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Monongalia County is 3rd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Current population (2012)

Monongalia County is 3rd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Monongalia County is 3rd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Monongalia County is 3rd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Size Demographics
	Monongalia County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	100,332	3rd	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	360.1	33rd	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	267.1	6th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Monongalia County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	4.9%	44th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	16.0%	54th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.4%	55th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Monongalia County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.4%	5th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	36.8%	1st	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Monongalia County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	91.2%	49th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	3.8%	11th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	15th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.0%	1st	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	2nd	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.8%	6th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	5th	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	89.5%	49th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Monongalia County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	48.5%	51st	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.4%	1st	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Monongalia County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	43,875	4th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	33.1%	1st	12.0%	25.9%
Households	35,266	5th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	57.2%	55th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$154,900	4th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.5	23rd	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	622	1st	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Monongalia County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$23,610	6th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$41,325	10th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	21.8%	8th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Monongalia County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,206	3rd	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	41,271	3rd	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	5,962	4th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,289,674	4th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,727	7th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$192,832	3rd	$2,553,258	$613,795,732