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People QuickFacts |
Ohio County |
West Virginia |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
44,662 | 1,818,470 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
-5.8% | 0.6% |
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Population, 2000 |
47,427 | 1,808,344 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 |
5.2% | 5.8% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 |
20.3% | 21.4% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 |
18.8% | 15.3% |
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Female persons, percent, 2006 |
53.0% | 51.0% |
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White persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
93.9% | 94.9% |
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Black persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
3.8% | 3.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
0.1% | 0.2% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
1.1% | 0.6% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a) |
Z | Z |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 |
1.0% | 0.9% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b) |
0.6% | 0.9% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006 |
93.4% | 94.1% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
62.1% | 63.3% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
1.3% | 1.1% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
3.6% | 2.7% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
83.0% | 75.2% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
23.1% | 14.8% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
8,737 | 410,781 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
19.5 | 26.2 |
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Housing units, 2006 |
22,169 | 877,784 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
68.6% | 75.2% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
27.5% | 12.0% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$71,400 | $72,800 |
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Households, 2000 |
19,733 | 736,481 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.27 | 2.40 |
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Median household income, 2004 |
$33,956 | $33,993 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$17,734 | $16,477 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 |
14.9% | 16.2% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Ohio County |
West Virginia |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 |
1,520 | 40,7351 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2005 |
26,482 | 565,4991 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 |
-1.9% | 1.3%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2005 |
2,460 | 89,872 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
3,621 | 113,087 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 1.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.4% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 1.1% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.6% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
21.1% | 27.7% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
199,275 | 18,911,332 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
D | 10,924,279 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
446,976 | 16,747,900 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$9,660 | $9,277 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
67,880 | 1,974,851 |
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Building permits, 2006 |
22 | 5,645 |
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Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) |
392,597 | 15,183,4961 |
