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West Virginia state QuickFacts

	West Virginia	United States
Total population	1,808,344	281,421,906
State	West Virginia

West Virginia state Population

	West Virginia	%, West Virginia	United States
Male	879,170	48.62%	49.06%
Female	929,174	51.38%	50.94%
Median age (years)	38.9		35.3

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	West Virginia	%, West Virginia	United States
18 years and over	1,405,951	77.75%	74.31%
21 years and over	1,326,880	73.38%	69.97%
62 years and over	327,270	18.1%	14.66%
65 years and over	276,895	15.31%	12.43%

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	West Virginia	%, West Virginia	United States
White	1,718,777	95.05%	75.14%
Black or African American	57,232	3.16%	12.32%
Asian	9,434	0.52%	3.64%
Some other race	7,113	0.39%	5.46%
Two or more races	15,788	0.87%	2.43%

West Virginia state Housing

	West Virginia	%, West Virginia	United States
Total households	736,481		105,480,101
Family households (families)	504,055	68.44%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	232,426	31.56%	31.94%

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	West Virginia	%, West Virginia	United States
Total housing units	844,623		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	108,142	12.8%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	736,481	87.2%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	553,699	65.56%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	182,782	21.64%	30.77%

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	West Virginia	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	105,061	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	184,733	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	62,302	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	22,939	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	12,536	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	4,094	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	879	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	384	0.57%
Median (dollars)	72,800	119,600

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	West Virginia	%, West Virginia	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	112,650	15.3%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	177,756	24.14%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	116,203	15.78%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	126,276	17.15%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	94,797	12.87%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	108,799	14.77%	9.65%

West Virginia state Education

	West Virginia	%, West Virginia	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	418,553		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	22,008	5.26%	6.47%
Kindergarten	22,820	5.45%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	186,967	44.67%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	94,429	22.56%	21.38%
College or graduate school	92,329	22.06%	22.81%

West Virginia state Economy

	West Virginia	%, West Virginia	United States
Population 16 years and over	1,455,101		217,168,077
In labor force	792,344	54.45%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	790,694	54.34%	63.39%
- - Employed	732,673	50.35%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	58,021	3.99%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	7.3		5.8
- Armed Forces	1,650	0.11%	0.53%
Not in labor force	662,757	45.55%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	757,134	52.03%	51.66%
In labor force	360,400	24.77%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	360,165	24.75%	29.65%
- - Employed	336,384	23.12%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	118,161	8.12%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	64,028		12,787,501

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	West Virginia	%, West Virginia	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	737,360		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	113,931	15.45%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	73,514	9.97%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	128,448	17.42%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	107,192	14.54%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	121,089	16.42%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	111,446	15.11%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	44,643	6.05%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	24,185	3.28%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	5,632	0.76%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	7,280	0.99%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	29,696		41,994

	West Virginia	%, West Virginia	United States
With earnings	520,246	35.75%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	41,287		56,604
With Social Security income	249,895	17.17%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,931		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	50,619	3.48%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,974		6,320
With public assistance income	29,693	2.04%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,019		3,032
With retirement income	162,008	11.13%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	14,826		17,376

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