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Raleigh County Facts

Census Statistics

	Raleigh County	West Virginia
Population, 2003 estimate	79,254	1,810,354
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	Z	0.1%
Population, 2000	79,220	1,808,344
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	3.1%	0.8%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.5%	5.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	21.5%	22.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	15.4%	15.3%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.8%	51.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	89.6%	95.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	8.5%	3.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.8%	0.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.9%	0.7%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	88.9%	94.6%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	62.4%	63.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	1.2%	1.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	3.6%	2.7%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	72.0%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	12.7%	14.8%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	19,035	410,781
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	26.3	26.2?
Housing units, 2002	35,815	852,165
Homeownership rate, 2000	76.5%	75.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	9.2%	12.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$69,800	$72,800?
Households, 2000	31,793	736,481
Persons per household, 2000	2.38	2.40
Median household income, 1999	$28,181	$29,696
Per capita money income, 1999	$16,233	$16,477
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	18.5%	17.9%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	1,983	40,439
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	24,550	555,613
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-1.7%	-0.5%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	3,354	81,838
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	164,863	18,293,309
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	826,776	14,057,933
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$10,460	$7,743
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	7.0%	3.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	27.3%	27.1%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	199	4,890
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	589,998	13,360,729
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	607	24,078
Persons per square mile, 2000	130.5	75.1
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	081	54

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