Harrison County, West Virginia Demographics

Harrison County is 2nd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Harrison County is 5th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Harrison County is 5th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Harrison County is 6th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Harrison County is 6th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Retail sales

Harrison County is 7th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Current population (2012)

Harrison County is 7th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Households

Harrison County is 7th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Housing units

Harrison County is 7th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Harrison County is 7th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	Harrison County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	69,141	7th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	416.0	29th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	166.1	11th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Harrison County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	5.9%	10th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.7%	10th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.1%	39th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Harrison County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.8%	16th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.0%	11th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Harrison County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	96.1%	37th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.7%	21st	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	36th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	14th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	36th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	9th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	8th	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.9%	38th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Harrison County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	51.2%	10th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.8%	19th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Harrison County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	31,336	7th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	12.9%	7th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	27,696	7th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.4%	45th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$94,700	21st	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.5	27th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	136	5th	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Harrison County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$21,846	14th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$40,556	12th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.2%	27th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Harrison County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,812	6th	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	27,041	7th	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	5,668	5th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,148,532	6th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,878	2nd	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$117,645	8th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732