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People QuickFacts | Wetzel County | West Virginia
Population, 2013 estimate | 16,204 | 1,854,304
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 16,580 | 1,852,999
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | -2.3% | 0.1%
Population, 2010 | 16,583 | 1,852,994
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 5.2% | 5.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 20.3% | 20.6%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 21.1% | 17.3%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 50.7% | 50.6%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 98.3% | 93.8%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.4% | 3.6%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.1% | 0.2%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.4% | 0.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | Z | Z
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 0.8% | 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 0.7% | 1.4%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 97.8% | 92.7%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 93.9% | 88.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 0.7% | 1.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 | 1.2% | 2.4%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 81.5% | 83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 10.2% | 18.3%
Veterans, 2009-2013 | 1,486 | 159,448
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 28 | 25.5
Housing units, 2013 | 8,110 | 879,449
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 79.3% | 73.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 8.8% | 12.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $79,000 | $98,500
Households, 2009-2013 | 6,903 | 741,390
Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 2.36 | 2.43
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $21,653 | $22,966
Median household income, 2009-2013 | $37,969 | $41,043
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 19.7% | 17.9%
Business QuickFacts | Wetzel County | West Virginia
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 366 | 37,906
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 4,326 | 579,583
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | -1.1% | 2.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 692 | 89,213
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,017 | 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) | D | 25,080,573
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 14,397 | 11,036,467
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 206,427 | 20,538,829
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $12,539 | $11,340
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 21,022 | 2,553,258
Building permits, 2012 | 17 | 2,718
Geography QuickFacts | Wetzel County | West Virginia
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 358.06 | 24,038.21
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 46.3 | 77.1
FIPS Code | 103 | 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