Kanawha County, West Virginia Demographics

Kanawha County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Current population (2012)

Kanawha County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Households

Kanawha County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Housing units

Kanawha County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Kanawha County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Kanawha County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Kanawha County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Retail sales

Kanawha County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Kanawha County is 3rd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income per capita

Kanawha County is 3rd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Asian

Size Demographics
	Kanawha County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	192,179	1st	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	901.6	4th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	214.1	9th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Kanawha County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	5.6%	19th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.4%	31st	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.3%	36th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Kanawha County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	86.5%	9th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	24.1%	4th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Kanawha County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	89.0%	51st	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	7.5%	4th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	34th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.1%	3rd	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	34th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.1%	3rd	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	13th	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	88.1%	51st	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Kanawha County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	51.9%	4th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.5%	9th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Kanawha County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	92,196	1st	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	17.4%	5th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	82,337	1st	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.3%	50th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$99,900	13th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.3	46th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	109	7th	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Kanawha County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$26,790	3rd	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$44,265	4th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.1%	48th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Kanawha County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	5,291	1st	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	87,645	1st	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	14,196	1st	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,947,318	1st	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,429	5th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$414,905	1st	$2,553,258	$613,795,732