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

Nicholas County is 7th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Home ownership rate

Nicholas County is 8th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Size in square miles

Nicholas County is 11th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in People per household

Nicholas County is 11th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Nicholas County is 11th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Nicholas County is 12th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Nicholas County is 12th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Nicholas County is 13th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - White

Nicholas County is 15th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income per household

Nicholas County is 15th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Retail sales

Size Demographics
	Nicholas County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	26,229	24th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	646.8	8th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	40.6	35th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Nicholas County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	5.8%	12th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.7%	20th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.0%	27th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Nicholas County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	80.7%	28th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	12.7%	28th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Nicholas County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	98.2%	13th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.2%	55th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	12th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	31st	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	21st	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	30th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	44th	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	97.6%	11th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Nicholas County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	50.7%	21st	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.3%	42nd	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Nicholas County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	13,073	23rd	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	6.4%	33rd	12.0%	25.9%
Households	10,149	26th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	81.9%	7th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$75,800	44th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.6	11th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	50th	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Nicholas County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$20,455	21st	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$39,636	15th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.6%	25th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Nicholas County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	571	19th	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	7,956	19th	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,023	16th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$345,876	15th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,299	11th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$30,507	21st	$2,553,258	$613,795,732