People QuickFacts Jackson County West Virginia Population, 2012 estimate 29,234 1,855,413 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 29,211 1,852,999 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.1% 0.1% Population, 2010 29,211 1,852,994 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.7% 5.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 22.3% 20.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 17.7% 16.2% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.7% 50.7%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 98.2% 94.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 3.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.2% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 0.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z Z Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 0.9% 1.4% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 0.7% 1.3% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 97.6% 93.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 88.8% 87.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 0.3% 1.3% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 1.0% 2.3% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 83.3% 82.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 15.5% 17.6% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,703 166,372 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 28.9 25.5  Housing units, 2011 13,380 881,752 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 79.6% 74.3% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 7.7% 12.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $104,200 $96,500 Households, 2007-2011 11,483 740,080 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.51 2.43 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $21,855 $22,010 Median household income, 2007-2011 $43,191 $39,550 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 16.7% 17.5%     Business QuickFacts Jackson County West Virginia Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 514 38,150 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 6,242 568,344 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 -5.7% 1.4% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 1,548 90,126  Total number of firms, 2007 1,967 120,381 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 20.1% 28.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 1,296,649 25,080,573 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 77,382 11,036,467 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 325,186 20,538,829 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $11,504 $11,340 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 31,817 2,553,258 Building permits, 2012 2 2,718     Geography QuickFacts Jackson County West Virginia Land area in square miles, 2010 464.35 24,038.21 Persons per square mile, 2010 62.9 77.1 FIPS Code 035 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