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People QuickFacts | Kanawha County | West Virginia
Population, 2012 estimate | 192,179 | 1,855,413
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 193,058 | 1,852,999
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.5% | 0.1%
Population, 2010 | 193,063 | 1,852,994
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 5.7% | 5.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 20.5% | 20.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 16.8% | 16.2%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.9% | 50.7%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 89.2% | 94.1%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 7.4% | 3.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.2% | 0.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.1% | 0.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | Z | Z
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 2.0% | 1.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 1.1% | 1.3%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 88.4% | 93.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 87.8% | 87.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 1.5% | 1.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 2.2% | 2.3%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 86.5% | 82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 24.1% | 17.6%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 16,973 | 166,372
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 21.2 | 25.5
Housing units, 2011 | 92,196 | 881,752
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 71.3% | 74.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 17.4% | 12.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $99,900 | $96,500
Households, 2007-2011 | 82,337 | 740,080
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.31 | 2.43
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $26,790 | $22,010
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $44,265 | $39,550
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 14.1% | 17.5%
Business QuickFacts | Kanawha County | West Virginia
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 5,481 | 38,676
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 89,768 | 560,450
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -7.2 | 0.4
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 9,743 | 90,126
Total number of firms, 2007 | 14,196 | 120,381
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.5% | S
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | S
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.6% | 1.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 26.3% | 28.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 25,080,573
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,726,956 | 11,036,467
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,947,318 | 20,538,829
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $15,429 | $11,340
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 414,905 | 2,553,258
Building permits, 2011 | 134 | 2,220
Geography QuickFacts | Kanawha County | West Virginia
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 901.59 | 24,038.21
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 214.1 | 77.1
FIPS Code | 39 | 54
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Charleston, WV Metro Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts