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People QuickFacts | Mason County | West Virginia
Population, 2013 estimate | 27,126 | 1,854,304
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 27,326 | 1,852,999
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | -0.7% | 0.1%
Population, 2010 | 27,324 | 1,852,994
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 5.1% | 5.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 21.1% | 20.6%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 18.6% | 17.3%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 51.8% | 50.6%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 97.5% | 93.8%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.8% | 3.6%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.2% | 0.2%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.4% | 0.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.1% | Z
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 1.1% | 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 0.6% | 1.4%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 96.9% | 92.7%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 89.3% | 87.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 0.4% | 1.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 1.2% | 2.4%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 80.7% | 83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 10.4% | 17.9%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 2,769 | 164,979
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 25.9 | 25.4
Housing units, 2013 | 12,874 | 879,449
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 79.5% | 73.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 6.2% | 12.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $82,400 | $97,300
Households, 2008-2012 | 10,381 | 742,674
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.55 | 2.43
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $20,079 | $22,482
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $37,877 | $40,400
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 17.3% | 17.6%
Business QuickFacts | Mason County | West Virginia
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 341 | 37,906
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 4,492 | 579,583
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | -0.4% | 2.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 949 | 89,213
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,221 | 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 | 30.8% | 28.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 25,080,573
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 11,036,467
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 135,351 | 20,538,829
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $5,320 | $11,340
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 12,058 | 2,553,258
Building permits, 2012 | 3 | 2,718
Geography QuickFacts | Mason County | West Virginia
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 430.75 | 24,038.21
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 63.4 | 77.1
FIPS Code | 53 | 54
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | [NAME], WV-OH Micro 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