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

Wyoming County is 48th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Wyoming County is 6th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in People per household

Wyoming County is 9th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Home ownership rate

Wyoming County is 10th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Wyoming County is 11th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Wyoming County is 12th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - White

Wyoming County is 15th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Wyoming County is 17th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Size in square miles

Wyoming County is 19th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income below poverty line

Size Demographics
	Wyoming County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	23,273	30th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	499.4	17th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	47.6	31st	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Wyoming County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	5.6%	15th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.6%	11th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.3%	46th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Wyoming County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	73.7%	48th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	9.9%	43rd	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Wyoming County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	98.2%	12th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.5%	41st	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	49th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.1%	52nd	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	49th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	34th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	50th	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	97.7%	10th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Wyoming County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	50.4%	33rd	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.2%	49th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Wyoming County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	10,837	31st	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	4.3%	47th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	8,965	30th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	81.8%	9th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$57,600	54th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.6	6th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1	43rd	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Wyoming County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$17,947	44th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$36,641	26th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	19.4%	19th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Wyoming County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	325	31st	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	3,998	32nd	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	920	38th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$146,968	30th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,231	34th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$9,872	38th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732