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

Lincoln County is 5th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Lincoln County is 8th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - White

Lincoln County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - White

Lincoln County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Lincoln County is 3rd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income below poverty line

Lincoln County is 6th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Lincoln County is 18th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in People per household

Size Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	21,627	31st	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	437.0	24th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	49.7	28th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	5.6%	21st	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.4%	6th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.0%	47th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	68.8%	53rd	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	8.0%	51st	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	98.9%	1st	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.2%	54th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	46th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.1%	53rd	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	32nd	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.7%	50th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	43rd	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	98.3%	1st	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	50.2%	36th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.3%	45th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	9,849	32nd	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	3.2%	50th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	8,711	31st	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	78.5%	22nd	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$69,500	51st	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.5	18th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	21	22nd	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$17,183	48th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$31,880	48th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	28.2%	3rd	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	213	42nd	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	2,103	43rd	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	998	37th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$73,416	41st	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$3,309	52nd	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$2,777	48th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732