People QuickFacts	Putnam County	West Virginia
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	56,435	1,855,413
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	55,486	1,852,999
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	1.7%	0.1%
 	Population, 2010    	55,486	1,852,994
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.7%	5.6%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	23.3%	20.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	14.7%	16.2%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.8%	50.7% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	96.8%	94.1%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.0%	3.5%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.2%	0.2%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.8%	0.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	Z
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.1%	1.4%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	0.9%	1.3%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	96.0%	93.0% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	93.5%	87.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	1.3%	1.3%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	1.8%	2.3%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	89.3%	82.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	23.7%	17.6%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	5,155	166,372
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	25.0	25.5 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	23,468	881,752
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	86.1%	74.3%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	6.2%	12.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$140,800	$96,500
 	Households, 2007-2011    	20,999	740,080
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.62	2.43
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$27,220	$22,010
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$53,640	$39,550
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	9.8%	17.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Putnam County	West Virginia
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	1,196	38,676
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	15,981	560,450
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	23.6	0.4
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	3,007	90,126 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	3,475	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    	1.4%	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    	26.9%	28.1% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	D	25,080,573
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	541,706	11,036,467
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	589,769	20,538,829
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$10,725	$11,340
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	61,640	2,553,258
 	Building permits, 2011     	124	2,220

   	Geography QuickFacts	Putnam County	West Virginia
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	345.67	24,038.21
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	160.5	77.1
 	FIPS Code    	079	54
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Charleston, 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