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People QuickFacts | McDowell County | West Virginia
Population, 2013 estimate | 20,876 | 1,854,304
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 22,113 | 1,852,999
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | -5.6% | 0.1%
Population, 2010 | 22,113 | 1,852,994
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 5.8% | 5.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 20.2% | 20.6%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 17.6% | 17.3%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 50.6% | 50.6%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 89.5% | 93.8%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 9.1% | 3.6%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.2% | 0.2%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.1% | 0.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.0% | 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 | 89.0% | 92.7%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 93.6% | 88.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 0.6% | 1.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 | 1.0% | 2.4%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 63.1% | 83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 5.8% | 18.3%
Veterans, 2009-2013 | 1,476 | 159,448
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 25.7 | 25.5
Housing units, 2013 | 11,127 | 879,449
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 77.4% | 73.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 4.3% | 12.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $35,000 | $98,500
Households, 2009-2013 | 8,229 | 741,390
Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 2.54 | 2.43
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $14,093 | $22,966
Median household income, 2009-2013 | $22,252 | $41,043
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 36.3% | 17.9%
Business QuickFacts | McDowell County | West Virginia
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 272 | 37,906
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 3,285 | 579,583
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | 1.4% | 2.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 472 | 89,213
Total number of firms, 2007 | 767 | 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 | S | 28.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 25,080,573
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 19,961 | 11,036,467
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 129,379 | 20,538,829
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $5,664 | $11,340
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 6,926 | 2,553,258
Building permits, 2012 | 9 | 2,718
Geography QuickFacts | McDowell County | West Virginia
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 533.46 | 24,038.21
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 41.5 | 77.1
FIPS Code | 47 | 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