Brooke County, West Virginia Demographics

Brooke County is 4th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Brooke County is 5th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Brooke County is 8th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income per household

Brooke County is 8th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Brooke County is 9th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Female residents

Brooke County is 9th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income per capita

Brooke County is 10th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Brooke County is 15th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Foreign born residents

Brooke County is 17th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Brooke County is 19th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Home ownership rate

Size Demographics
	Brooke County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	23,853	28th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	89.2	54th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	269.8	5th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Brooke County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	4.3%	54th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.4%	50th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.9%	8th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Brooke County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.8%	4th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.6%	17th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Brooke County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	96.9%	31st	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.4%	23rd	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	44th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	20th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	46th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	22nd	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	39th	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.3%	31st	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Brooke County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	51.3%	9th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.1%	15th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Brooke County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	10,930	30th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	12.0%	10th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	9,756	27th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.0%	19th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$85,000	29th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.4	43rd	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	3	38th	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Brooke County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$22,793	9th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$41,441	8th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.9%	52nd	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Brooke County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	400	27th	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	6,843	23rd	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,404	28th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$158,111	29th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,673	33rd	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$31,311	19th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732