Weirton, West Virginia Demographics

Weirton is 2nd in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Size in square miles

Weirton is 5th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Residents 65 or older

Weirton is 6th in West Virginia out of 27 other cities in Current population (2012)

Weirton is 6th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Households

Weirton is 6th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Housing units

Weirton is 10th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Home ownership rate

Weirton is 11th in West Virginia out of 28 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Weirton is 12th in West Virginia out of 27 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Weirton is 12th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Female residents

Weirton is 13th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Income per capita

Size Demographics
	Weirton	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	19,503	6th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	18.1	2nd	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,093.7	28th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Weirton	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	5.5%	22nd	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.4%	25th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	20.6%	5th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Weirton	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.6%	15th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	17.9%	24th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Weirton	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	93.7%	15th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	3.9%	16th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	30th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	26th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	24th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	21st	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	21st	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	93.0%	14th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Weirton	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	52.7%	12th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.7%	16th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Weirton	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	9,645	6th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	17.4%	22nd	12.0%	25.9%
Households	8,569	6th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.4%	10th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$88,700	21st	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.3	19th	2.4	2.6

Income Demographics
	Weirton	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$24,632	13th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$39,961	15th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.8%	20th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Weirton	Rank	West Virginia	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,411	12th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$227,724	15th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,145	25th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$38,064	11th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732