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

Taylor County is 10th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Taylor County is 16th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income per household

Taylor County is 16th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Taylor County is 17th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Asian

Taylor County is 17th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Taylor County is 17th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Taylor County is 18th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	Taylor County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	16,991	34th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	172.8	51st	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	97.8	16th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Taylor County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	5.6%	17th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.3%	33rd	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.1%	41st	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Taylor County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	83.8%	18th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	14.2%	22nd	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Taylor County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	97.5%	24th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.9%	31st	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	25th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	17th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	10th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	32nd	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	28th	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.6%	26th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Taylor County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	49.4%	45th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.7%	24th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Taylor County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	7,564	41st	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.3%	17th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	6,592	35th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	78.2%	24th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$80,600	35th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.5	26th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2	42nd	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Taylor County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$20,092	25th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$39,142	16th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.4%	39th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Taylor County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	221	40th	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,971	44th	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	0	55th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$91,746	39th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$5,662	38th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	54th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732