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

Jackson County is 6th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income per household

Jackson County is 9th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Jackson County is 11th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Home median value

Jackson County is 13th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income per capita

Jackson County is 13th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Jackson County is 14th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Home ownership rate

Jackson County is 14th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - White

Jackson County is 16th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in People per household

Jackson County is 16th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Jackson County is 17th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Female residents

Size Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	29,234	21st	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	464.4	21st	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	62.9	25th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	5.5%	24th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.9%	9th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.2%	25th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	83.3%	21st	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.5%	19th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	98.1%	14th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	43rd	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	35th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	29th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	35th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	38th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	42nd	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	97.5%	13th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	50.8%	17th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.3%	46th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	13,380	22nd	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	7.7%	25th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	11,483	20th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.6%	14th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$104,200	11th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.5	16th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2	41st	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$21,855	13th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$43,191	6th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.7%	37th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	514	22nd	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	6,242	25th	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,967	18th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$325,186	17th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,504	16th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$31,817	18th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732