| |
People QuickFacts |
Mason County |
West Virginia |
 |
Population, 2008 estimate |
25,678 | 1,814,468 |
|
|
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 |
-1.1% | 0.3% |
|
|
Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
25,959 | 1,808,345 |
|
|
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008 |
5.9% | 5.8% |
|
|
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008 |
21.2% | 21.3% |
|
|
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008 |
17.3% | 15.7% |
|
|
Female persons, percent, 2008 |
51.2% | 51.0% |
| |
|
|
White persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
98.2% | 94.5% |
|
|
Black persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.7% | 3.6% |
|
|
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.2% | 0.2% |
|
|
Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.3% | 0.7% |
|
|
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a) |
Z | Z |
|
|
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008 |
0.7% | 1.0% |
|
|
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b) |
0.6% | 1.1% |
|
|
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008 |
97.6% | 93.5% |
| |
|
|
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
66.6% | 63.3% |
|
|
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
0.5% | 1.1% |
|
|
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
1.7% | 2.7% |
|
|
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
72.4% | 75.2% |
|
|
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
8.8% | 14.8% |
|
|
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
6,004 | 410,781 |
|
|
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
28.5 | 26.2 |
| |
|
|
Housing units, 2007 |
12,423 | 882,685 |
|
|
Homeownership rate, 2000 |
81.0% | 75.2% |
|
|
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
6.2% | 12.0% |
|
|
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$65,100 | $72,800 |
| |
|
|
Households, 2000 |
10,587 | 736,481 |
|
|
Persons per household, 2000 |
2.42 | 2.40 |
|
|
Median household income, 2007 |
$34,635 | $37,057 |
|
|
Per capita money income, 1999 |
$14,804 | $16,477 |
|
|
Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 |
17.9% | 17.1% |
| |
Business QuickFacts |
Mason County |
West Virginia |
|
|
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2006 |
346 | 40,5661 |
|
|
Private nonfarm employment, 2006 |
4,739 | 583,1961 |
|
|
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006 |
-6.9% | 4.5%1 |
|
|
Nonemployer establishments, 2006 |
946 | 89,839 |
|
|
Total number of firms, 2002 |
1,180 | 113,087 |
|
|
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 1.3% |
|
|
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.4% |
|
|
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 1.1% |
|
|
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.0% |
|
|
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.6% |
|
|
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
28.1% | 27.7% |
| |
|
|
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
D | 18,911,332 |
|
|
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
D | 10,924,279 |
|
|
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
114,790 | 16,747,900 |
|
|
Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$4,406 | $9,277 |
|
|
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
8,794 | 1,974,851 |
|
|
Building permits, 2008 |
5 | 3,481 |
|
|
Federal spending, 2007 ($1000) |
191,271 | 17,066,5941 |
