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

Pendleton County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Pendleton County is 5th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Size in square miles

Pendleton County is 9th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Pendleton County is 12th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Pendleton County is 18th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Pendleton County is 19th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Pendleton County is 20th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Size Demographics
	Pendleton County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	7,566	53rd	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	696.0	5th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	11.1	54th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Pendleton County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	4.9%	42nd	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.4%	51st	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	23.3%	1st	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Pendleton County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	79.3%	35th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	11.9%	35th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Pendleton County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	96.0%	38th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.3%	18th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	9th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	42nd	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	19th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	26th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	12th	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.0%	37th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Pendleton County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	48.8%	48th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.6%	25th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Pendleton County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	5,112	48th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	4.4%	45th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	3,305	49th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	77.2%	29th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$93,900	23rd	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.3	48th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	23	20th	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Pendleton County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$19,328	29th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$32,989	43rd	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	17.0%	35th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Pendleton County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	134	48th	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,183	52nd	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	662	46th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$39,387	50th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$5,227	42nd	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$3,114	46th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732