Wetzel County, West Virginia Demographics

Wetzel County is 23rd out of 3,143 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Wetzel County is 5th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - White

Wetzel County is 5th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Wetzel County is 6th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Wetzel County is 13th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Wetzel County is 15th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Home ownership rate

Wetzel County is 16th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Asian

Wetzel County is 17th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Foreign born residents

Wetzel County is 17th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income per capita

Wetzel County is 19th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Female residents

Size Demographics
	Wetzel County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	16,422	36th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	358.1	34th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	46.3	32nd	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Wetzel County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	5.3%	30th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.5%	26th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	20.5%	5th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Wetzel County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	83.1%	23rd	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.0%	26th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Wetzel County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	98.5%	5th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.3%	50th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	54th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	16th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	53rd	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.7%	52nd	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	47th	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	98.0%	6th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Wetzel County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	50.8%	19th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.9%	17th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Wetzel County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	8,141	35th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	8.4%	21st	12.0%	25.9%
Households	6,957	34th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.4%	15th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$81,500	33rd	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.4	42nd	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	17	24th	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Wetzel County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$21,281	17th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$37,673	22nd	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.6%	44th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Wetzel County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	351	28th	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	4,373	31st	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,017	35th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$206,427	27th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,539	13th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$21,022	26th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732