People QuickFacts	Monongalia County	West Virginia
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	100,332	1,855,413
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	96,189	1,852,999
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	4.3%	0.1%
 	Population, 2010    	96,189	1,852,994
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	4.6%	5.6%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	15.8%	20.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	10.2%	16.2%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	48.5%	50.7% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	91.1%	94.1%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	3.8%	3.5%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.2%	0.2%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	3.1%	0.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	Z
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.7%	1.4%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	2.0%	1.3%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	89.4%	93.0% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	80.1%	87.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	4.4%	1.3%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	5.5%	2.3%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	88.4%	82.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	36.8%	17.6%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	5,711	166,372
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	21.1	25.5 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	43,875	881,752
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	57.2%	74.3%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	33.1%	12.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$154,900	$96,500
 	Households, 2007-2011    	35,266	740,080
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.47	2.43
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$23,610	$22,010
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$41,325	$39,550
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	21.8%	17.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Monongalia County	West Virginia
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	2,180	38,676
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	39,846	560,450
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	32.3	0.4
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	4,865	90,126 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	5,962	120,381
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	S
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	S
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.6%	1.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.7%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	28.1% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	D	25,080,573
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	370,348	11,036,467
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,289,674	20,538,829
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$14,727	$11,340
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	192,832	2,553,258
 	Building permits, 2011     	398	2,220

   	Geography QuickFacts	Monongalia County	West Virginia
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	360.06	24,038.21
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	267.1	77.1
 	FIPS Code    	061	54
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Morgantown, WV Metro Area	 

(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