Parkersburg, West Virginia Demographics

Parkersburg is 2nd in West Virginia out of 30 other cities in Retail sales

Parkersburg is 3rd in West Virginia out of 27 other cities in Current population (2012)

Parkersburg is 3rd in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Households

Parkersburg is 3rd in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Housing units

Parkersburg is 4th in West Virginia out of 28 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Parkersburg is 5th in West Virginia out of 27 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Parkersburg is 6th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Parkersburg is 6th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Size in square miles

Parkersburg is 7th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Residents younger than 5

Parkersburg is 9th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Income below poverty line

Size Demographics
	Parkersburg	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	31,261	3rd	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	11.8	6th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	2,664.3	9th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Parkersburg	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	6.4%	7th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.3%	10th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.0%	14th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Parkersburg	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	83.8%	26th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.2%	28th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Parkersburg	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	94.9%	10th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.0%	22nd	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	11th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	29th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	6th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.1%	13th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	16th	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.1%	9th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Parkersburg	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	52.5%	14th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.7%	26th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Parkersburg	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	15,562	3rd	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	22.5%	13th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	13,920	3rd	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	62.4%	23rd	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$87,400	22nd	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.2	25th	2.4	2.6

Income Demographics
	Parkersburg	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$20,789	22nd	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$33,629	21st	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	22.6%	9th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Parkersburg	Rank	West Virginia	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,979	5th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$820,888	2nd	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$25,950	13th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$87,066	4th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732