People QuickFacts	West Virginia	USA
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	1,855,413	313,914,040
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	1,852,999	308,747,508
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	0.1%	1.7%
 	Population, 2010    	1,852,994	308,745,538
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.6%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	20.7%	23.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	16.2%	13.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.7%	50.8% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	94.1%	78.1%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	3.5%	13.1%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.2%	1.2%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.7%	5.0%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.2%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.4%	2.3%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	1.3%	16.7%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	93.0%	63.4% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	87.7%	84.6%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	1.3%	12.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	2.3%	20.3%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	82.6%	85.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	17.6%	28.2%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	166,372	22,215,303
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	25.5	25.4 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	881,752	132,312,404
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	74.3%	66.1%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	12.0%	25.9%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$96,500	$186,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	740,080	114,761,359
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.43	2.60
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$22,010	$27,915
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$39,550	$52,762
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	17.5%	14.3%

   	Business QuickFacts	West Virginia	USA
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	38,676	7,396,628
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	560,450	111,970,095
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	0.4	-1.8
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	90,126	22,110,628 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	120,381	27,092,908
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	7.1%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.9%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.3%	5.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.0%	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.7%	8.3%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	28.1%	28.8% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	25,080,573	5,319,456,312
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	11,036,467	4,174,286,516
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	20,538,829	3,917,663,456
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$11,340	$12,990
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	2,553,258	613,795,732
 	Building permits, 2011     	2,220	624,061

   	Geography QuickFacts	West Virginia	USA
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	24,038.21	3,531,905.43
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	77.1	87.4
 	FIPS Code    	54	 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts