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Pocahontas County Facts

Census Statistics

	Pocahontas County	West Virginia
Population, 2003 estimate	8,944	1,810,354
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-2.0%	0.1%
Population, 2000	9,131	1,808,344
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	1.4%	0.8%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.0%	5.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	20.9%	22.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	17.3%	15.3%
Female persons, percent, 2000	48.5%	51.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	98.4%	95.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.8%	3.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	0.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.0%	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.6%	0.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.4%	0.7%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	98.0%	94.6%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	64.3%	63.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	0.6%	1.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	1.9%	2.7%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	70.9%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	11.8%	14.8%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	2,277	410,781
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	31.3	26.2?
Housing units, 2002	7,585	852,165
Homeownership rate, 2000	80.3%	75.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	14.6%	12.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$64,000	$72,800?
Households, 2000	3,835	736,481
Persons per household, 2000	2.30	2.40
Median household income, 1999	$26,401	$29,696
Per capita money income, 1999	$14,384	$16,477
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	17.1%	17.9%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	253	40,439
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	3,339	555,613
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	4.2%	-0.5%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	509	81,838
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	18,293,309
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	46,356	14,057,933
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$5,134	$7,743
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	3.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	51.8%	27.1%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	38	4,890
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	56,243	13,360,729
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	940	24,078
Persons per square mile, 2000	9.7	75.1
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	075	54

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