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

Roane County is 4th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Roane County is 5th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income below poverty line

Roane County is 11th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - White

Roane County is 15th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Roane County is 16th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Roane County is 17th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Roane County is 17th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in People per household

Roane County is 18th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Size in square miles

Roane County is 19th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Size Demographics
	Roane County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	14,684	38th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	483.6	18th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	30.9	40th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Roane County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	5.2%	38th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.2%	15th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.7%	19th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Roane County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	76.3%	44th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	9.5%	44th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Roane County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	98.3%	11th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.3%	45th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	26th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	34th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	4th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	42nd	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	23rd	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	97.4%	16th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Roane County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	50.4%	32nd	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.3%	41st	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Roane County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	7,308	43rd	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	4.7%	41st	12.0%	25.9%
Households	5,970	39th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.6%	34th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$75,900	43rd	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.5	17th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	31	17th	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Roane County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$15,448	54th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$27,772	52nd	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	25.1%	5th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Roane County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	255	35th	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	2,493	38th	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,510	27th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$142,023	31st	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,392	22nd	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$7,311	40th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732