Berkeley County, West Virginia Demographics

Berkeley County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Two or More

Berkeley County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Berkeley County is 2nd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Berkeley County is 2nd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Current population (2012)

Berkeley County is 2nd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Home median value

Berkeley County is 2nd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Berkeley County is 2nd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Berkeley County is 3rd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Foreign born residents

Berkeley County is 3rd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Households

Berkeley County is 3rd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Housing units

Size Demographics
	Berkeley County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	107,098	2nd	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	321.1	41st	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	324.4	4th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Berkeley County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	6.4%	2nd	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.4%	1st	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.4%	54th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Berkeley County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.9%	15th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	19.4%	7th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Berkeley County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	88.7%	54th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	7.4%	5th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	13th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.0%	6th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	5th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.6%	1st	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	3rd	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	85.6%	53rd	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Berkeley County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	50.5%	27th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.4%	3rd	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Berkeley County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	45,197	3rd	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	10.7%	12th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	39,303	3rd	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	75.5%	41st	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$183,000	2nd	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.6	10th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	526	2nd	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Berkeley County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$26,183	4th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$52,504	3rd	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.9%	53rd	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Berkeley County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,562	7th	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	20,968	8th	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	7,285	2nd	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$886,400	7th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,885	24th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$156,378	5th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732