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Morgan County Facts

Census Statistics

	Morgan County	West Virginia
Population, 2003 estimate	15,514	1,810,354
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	3.8%	0.1%
Population, 2000	14,943	1,808,344
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	23.2%	0.8%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.1%	5.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	22.4%	22.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	16.6%	15.3%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.9%	51.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	98.3%	95.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.6%	3.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.6%	0.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.8%	0.7%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	97.7%	94.6%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	62.1%	63.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	1.4%	1.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	2.4%	2.7%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	75.8%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	11.2%	14.8%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	3,214	410,781
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	36.3	26.2?
Housing units, 2002	8,335	852,165
Homeownership rate, 2000	83.3%	75.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	4.5%	12.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$89,200	$72,800?
Households, 2000	6,145	736,481
Persons per household, 2000	2.40	2.40
Median household income, 1999	$35,016	$29,696
Per capita money income, 1999	$18,109	$16,477
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	10.4%	17.9%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	261	40,439
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	2,349	555,613
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-2.3%	-0.5%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	879	81,838
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	18,293,309
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	59,734	14,057,933
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$4,404	$7,743
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	3.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	27.9%	27.1%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	231	4,890
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	71,682	13,360,729
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	229	24,078
Persons per square mile, 2000	65.3	75.1
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	065	54

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