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

Upshur County is 7th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Upshur County is 12th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Upshur County is 15th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Upshur County is 15th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Upshur County is 18th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Upshur County is 19th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Asian

Upshur County is 19th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Retail sales

Upshur County is 20th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Home median value

Size Demographics
	Upshur County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	24,477	27th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	354.6	35th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	68.4	22nd	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Upshur County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	5.4%	25th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.4%	28th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.2%	38th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Upshur County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	81.5%	26th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	14.7%	21st	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Upshur County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	97.6%	23rd	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.8%	32nd	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	23rd	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	19th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	7th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	31st	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	15th	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.6%	24th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Upshur County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	50.5%	30th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.6%	29th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Upshur County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	11,071	27th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	7.1%	28th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	9,139	29th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	78.4%	23rd	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$95,500	20th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.5	24th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	43	15th	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Upshur County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$18,831	36th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$37,689	21st	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.8%	23rd	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Upshur County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	574	18th	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	6,923	21st	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,906	21st	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$297,123	19th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,617	12th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$24,548	24th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732