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

Braxton County is 6th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Braxton County is 10th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income below poverty line

Braxton County is 10th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Braxton County is 12th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Braxton County is 14th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Size in square miles

Braxton County is 15th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - White

Braxton County is 16th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Braxton County is 16th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Size Demographics
	Braxton County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	14,468	39th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	510.8	14th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	28.4	42nd	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Braxton County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	5.6%	16th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.2%	36th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.1%	16th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Braxton County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	74.0%	47th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	10.1%	41st	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Braxton County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	98.1%	15th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.5%	42nd	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	10th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	45th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	47th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	44th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	53rd	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	97.6%	12th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Braxton County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	49.8%	40th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.3%	48th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Braxton County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	7,386	42nd	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	5.2%	39th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	6,087	38th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	77.5%	26th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$78,600	37th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.3	50th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	52nd	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Braxton County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$18,141	42nd	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$31,686	49th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	21.3%	10th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Braxton County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	269	34th	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	2,991	34th	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	862	42nd	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$219,637	25th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,088	6th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$16,765	29th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732