Putnam County, West Virginia Demographics

Putnam County is 36th out of 3,143 other counties in Home ownership rate

Putnam County is 2nd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Home ownership rate

Putnam County is 2nd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income per capita

Putnam County is 2nd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income per household

Putnam County is 3rd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Putnam County is 4th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Putnam County is 5th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Home median value

Putnam County is 5th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Putnam County is 6th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Putnam County is 7th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in People per household

Putnam County is 8th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Asian

Size Demographics
	Putnam County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	56,435	10th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	345.7	36th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	160.5	12th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Putnam County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	5.6%	18th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.1%	4th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.4%	49th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Putnam County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.3%	3rd	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	23.7%	5th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Putnam County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	96.8%	33rd	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.0%	29th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	29th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.9%	8th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	15th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	25th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	25th	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.9%	34th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Putnam County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	50.8%	16th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.3%	10th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Putnam County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	23,468	10th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	6.2%	34th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	20,999	10th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	86.1%	2nd	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$140,800	5th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.6	7th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	122	6th	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Putnam County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$27,220	2nd	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$53,640	2nd	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.8%	54th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Putnam County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,160	11th	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	15,754	11th	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,475	12th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$589,769	11th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,725	19th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$61,640	13th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732