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

Monroe County is 31st out of 3,143 other counties in Home ownership rate

Monroe County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Home ownership rate

Monroe County is 4th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Monroe County is 14th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Monroe County is 17th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Two or More

Monroe County is 18th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Home median value

Monroe County is 18th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income per household

Monroe County is 20th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Size in square miles

Size Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	13,463	42nd	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	472.8	20th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	28.6	41st	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	5.2%	37th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.5%	25th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	21.2%	4th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	78.3%	39th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.6%	23rd	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	97.5%	25th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.8%	35th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	14th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.1%	46th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	23rd	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	17th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	41st	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.9%	21st	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	50.7%	22nd	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.4%	36th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	7,601	40th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	1.7%	55th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	5,615	40th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	86.4%	1st	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$97,300	18th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.4	38th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	51st	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$19,166	31st	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$39,047	18th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.9%	49th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	189	44th	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,334	48th	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,316	29th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$31,612	53rd	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$2,327	55th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$2,844	47th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732