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People QuickFacts | Ritchie County | West Virginia
Population, 2012 estimate | 10,236 | 1,855,413
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 10,449 | 1,852,999
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -2.0% | 0.1%
Population, 2010 | 10,449 | 1,852,994
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 5.1% | 5.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 20.8% | 20.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 17.9% | 16.2%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 49.9% | 50.7%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 98.6% | 94.1%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.3% | 3.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.2% | 0.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.2% | 0.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | Z | Z
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 0.8% | 1.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 0.6% | 1.3%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 98.0% | 93.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 92.0% | 87.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 0.1% | 1.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 1.0% | 2.3%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 80.5% | 82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 11.6% | 17.6%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,080 | 166,372
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 27 | 25.5
Housing units, 2011 | 5,856 | 881,752
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 78.9% | 74.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.3% | 12.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $76,100 | $96,500
Households, 2007-2011 | 4,127 | 740,080
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.52 | 2.43
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $18,337 | $22,010
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $34,204 | $39,550
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 19.4% | 17.5%
Business QuickFacts | Ritchie County | West Virginia
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 215 | 38,676
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 2,514 | 560,450
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | 2.4 | 0.4
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 745 | 90,126
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,043 | 120,381
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | S
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | S
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 27.6% | 28.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 25,080,573
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 23,299 | 11,036,467
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 60,394 | 20,538,829
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $5,843 | $11,340
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 3,646 | 2,553,258
Building permits, 2011 | 1 | 2,220
Geography QuickFacts | Ritchie County | West Virginia
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 451.99 | 24,038.21
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 23.1 | 77.1
FIPS Code | 85 | 54
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical 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