Ohio County, West Virginia Demographics

Ohio County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Ohio County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Ohio County is 2nd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Female residents

Ohio County is 3rd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Ohio County is 3rd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Ohio County is 5th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income per capita

Ohio County is 5th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Two or More

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

Ohio County is 8th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Ohio County is 8th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Size Demographics
	Ohio County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	44,075	13th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	105.8	53rd	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	420	1st	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Ohio County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	5.3%	31st	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.1%	48th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.0%	17th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Ohio County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.3%	1st	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	26.8%	3rd	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Ohio County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	93.5%	45th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	3.6%	12th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	50th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	9th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	20th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.9%	5th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	21st	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	92.7%	43rd	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Ohio County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	52.3%	2nd	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.3%	11th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Ohio County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	20,999	13th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	24.0%	3rd	12.0%	25.9%
Households	18,624	12th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.7%	51st	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$95,800	19th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.2	53rd	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	23	21st	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Ohio County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$24,901	5th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$41,188	11th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.4%	45th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Ohio County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,449	8th	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	27,806	6th	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,189	8th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$649,939	9th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,665	8th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$98,255	9th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732