Wood County, West Virginia Demographics

Wood County is 1st in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Wood County is 2nd in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Retail sales

Wood County is 4th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Households

Wood County is 4th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Wood County is 4th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Wood County is 4th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Wood County is 5th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Current population (2012)

Wood County is 5th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Housing units

Wood County is 6th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Wood County is 7th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Female residents

Size Demographics
	Wood County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	86,701	5th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	366.3	31st	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	237.4	8th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Wood County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	5.7%	13th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.6%	12th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.6%	31st	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Wood County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.3%	7th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.7%	9th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Wood County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	96.6%	35th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.2%	26th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	21st	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	11th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	51st	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	12th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	26th	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.7%	35th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Wood County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	51.8%	7th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.8%	20th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Wood County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	40,125	5th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	14.5%	6th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	35,990	4th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	74.1%	44th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$104,600	10th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.4	40th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	105	8th	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Wood County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$23,413	7th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$42,257	7th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.0%	42nd	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Wood County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,098	4th	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	34,076	4th	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	5,173	7th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,712,248	2nd	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$19,847	1st	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$157,906	4th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732