Boone County, West Virginia Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Boone County is 19th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Boone County is 5th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Boone County is 5th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Boone County is 6th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - White

Boone County is 6th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Boone County is 9th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income per household

Boone County is 13th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in People per household

Boone County is 16th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income per capita

Boone County is 16th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Size in square miles

Size Demographics
	Boone County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	24,478	26th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	501.5	16th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	49.1	29th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Boone County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	6.1%	6th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.8%	5th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.0%	50th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Boone County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	72.2%	49th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	8.0%	52nd	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Boone County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	98.5%	6th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.6%	39th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	51st	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.1%	54th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	48th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.6%	55th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	55th	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	98.1%	5th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Boone County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	50.3%	35th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.2%	51st	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Boone County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	10,972	29th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	4.6%	42nd	12.0%	25.9%
Households	9,755	28th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	77.4%	28th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$75,500	45th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.5	13th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	17	23rd	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Boone County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$21,355	16th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$41,359	9th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.9%	22nd	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Boone County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	318	32nd	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	6,857	22nd	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,119	33rd	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$190,618	28th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,589	29th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$13,226	30th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732