People QuickFacts	Barbour County	West Virginia
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	16,493	1,855,413
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	16,589	1,852,999
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-0.6%	0.1%
 	Population, 2010    	16,589	1,852,994
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.4%	5.6%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	21.3%	20.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	16.8%	16.2%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.6%	50.7% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	96.8%	94.1%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.9%	3.5%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.6%	0.2%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.2%	0.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	Z
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.5%	1.4%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	0.7%	1.3%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	96.3%	93.0% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	90.6%	87.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	0.3%	1.3%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	0.8%	2.3%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	79.2%	82.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	12.7%	17.6%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,224	166,372
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	30.2	25.5 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	7,882	881,752
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	76.3%	74.3%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	7.2%	12.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$84,900	$96,500
 	Households, 2007-2011    	6,210	740,080
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.56	2.43
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$17,897	$22,010
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$33,158	$39,550
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	18.2%	17.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Barbour County	West Virginia
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2011    	239	38,150
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2011    	2,768	568,344
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011    	12.3%	1.4%
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	732	90,126 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,008	120,381
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	S
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	S
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.7%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	35.2%	28.1% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	0	25,080,573
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	11,036,467
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	74,996	20,538,829
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$4,848	$11,340
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	9,889	2,553,258
 	Building permits, 2012    	6	2,718

   	Geography QuickFacts	Barbour County	West Virginia
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	341.06	24,038.21
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	48.6	77.1
 	FIPS Code    	001	54
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	None	 

(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