West Virginia Census Data: Households & Families

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West Virginia Census Data: Households & Families

Household and Family statistics for West Virginia counties are shown in this easy-to-read table and chart combination.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2000 Census.

West Virginia Census Data: Households & Families
Location	Total households	Percent of total households							Average population per-		Location
		Family households				Nonfamily households			Average population per-
		Total	With own children under 18 years	Type of family		Total	Householder living alone		Household	Family
		Total	With own children under 18 years	Married couple family	Female householder, no husband present	Total	Total	65 years and over	Household	Family
United States	105,480,101	68.1	32.8	51.7	12.2	31.9	25.8	9.2	2.59	3.14	United States
West Virginia	736,481	68.4	28.9	54.0	10.7	31.6	27.1	11.9	2.40	2.90	West Virginia
Barbour Co.	6,123	71.3	30.1	57.2	10.3	28.7	25.1	12.6	2.47	2.94	Barbour Co.
Berkeley Co.	29,569	70.0	33.4	54.6	10.7	30.0	24.2	8.2	2.53	2.99	Berkeley Co.
Boone Co.	10,291	72.5	31.1	57.5	10.5	27.5	24.6	11.0	2.47	2.92	Boone Co.
Braxton Co.	5,771	71.0	30.3	57.3	9.2	29.0	25.2	12.4	2.46	2.92	Braxton Co.
Brooke Co.	10,396	68.8	26.9	55.3	9.9	31.2	27.9	14.4	2.36	2.88	Brooke Co.
Cabell Co.	41,180	61.9	25.2	47.1	11.6	38.1	31.3	12.5	2.27	2.85	Cabell Co.
Calhoun Co.	3,071	71.7	28.9	57.0	10.3	28.3	24.9	12.3	2.46	2.91	Calhoun Co.
Clay Co.	4,020	73.2	33.5	58.2	10.4	26.8	24.3	11.4	2.55	3.01	Clay Co.
Doddridge Co.	2,845	73.9	32.5	59.3	10.3	26.1	22.5	10.9	2.56	2.98	Doddridge Co.
Fayette Co.	18,945	69.3	29.0	52.1	13.2	30.7	26.9	13.4	2.41	2.89	Fayette Co.
Gilmer Co.	2,768	67.3	28.2	54.4	8.6	32.7	25.5	12.3	2.43	2.92	Gilmer Co.
Grant Co.	4,591	71.3	30.2	59.5	8.2	28.7	24.5	11.3	2.43	2.87	Grant Co.
Greenbrier Co.	14,571	68.1	27.6	54.2	10.7	31.9	28.6	13.4	2.32	2.83	Greenbrier Co.
Hampshire Co.	7,955	70.9	31.3	56.7	9.5	29.1	24.6	10.6	2.49	2.94	Hampshire Co.
Hancock Co.	13,678	69.5	26.4	54.7	10.7	30.5	26.6	12.5	2.36	2.83	Hancock Co.
Hardy Co.	5,204	68.5	29.6	56.1	8.6	31.5	27.0	12.2	2.42	2.92	Hardy Co.
Harrison Co.	27,867	68.5	29.7	53.3	11.4	31.5	27.7	13.2	2.42	2.94	Harrison Co.
Jackson Co.	11,061	74.2	31.9	61.6	9.4	25.8	22.7	10.3	2.50	2.92	Jackson Co.
Jefferson Co.	16,165	70.0	31.9	55.9	10.0	30.0	23.2	8.5	2.54	2.99	Jefferson Co.
Kanawha Co.	86,226	64.9	26.5	49.0	12.3	35.1	30.8	12.5	2.28	2.84	Kanawha Co.
Lewis Co.	6,946	69.2	28.6	54.6	10.5	30.8	26.9	13.0	2.40	2.88	Lewis Co.
Lincoln Co.	8,664	75.4	33.0	60.4	10.8	24.6	22.2	10.4	2.54	2.94	Lincoln Co.
Logan Co.	14,880	73.5	30.5	57.0	12.6	26.5	24.0	11.4	2.50	2.95	Logan Co.
McDowell Co.	11,169	70.2	29.2	51.1	14.9	29.8	27.3	13.1	2.42	2.92	McDowell Co.
Marion Co.	23,652	65.6	26.0	51.4	10.7	34.4	28.9	13.9	2.34	2.88	Marion Co.
Marshall Co.	14,207	71.1	29.5	56.8	10.8	28.9	25.6	12.9	2.44	2.91	Marshall Co.
Mason Co.	10,587	71.5	30.6	57.6	10.1	28.5	25.5	11.5	2.42	2.89	Mason Co.
Mercer Co.	26,509	67.7	26.7	53.0	11.2	32.3	28.7	13.6	2.33	2.85	Mercer Co.
Mineral Co.	10,784	71.5	30.4	57.9	9.7	28.5	25.0	11.5	2.46	2.93	Mineral Co.
Mingo Co.	11,303	72.7	33.5	56.2	12.7	27.3	25.2	10.4	2.49	2.98	Mingo Co.

Location	Total households	Percent of total households							Average population per-		Location
		Family households				Nonfamily households			Average population per-
		Total	With own children under 18 years	Type of family		Total	Householder living alone		Household	Family
		Total	With own children under 18 years	Married couple family	Female householder, no husband present	Total	Total	65 years and over	Household	Family
United States	105,480,101	68.1	32.8	51.7	12.2	31.9	25.8	9.2	2.59	3.14	United States
West Virginia	736,481	68.4	28.9	54.0	10.7	31.6	27.1	11.9	2.40	2.90	West Virginia
Monongalia Co.	33,446	55.3	24.2	43.8	8.3	44.7	31.3	8.4	2.28	2.91	Monongalia Co.
Monroe Co.	5,447	71.3	29.0	59.8	7.9	28.7	25.8	13.1	2.41	2.88	Monroe Co.
Morgan Co.	6,145	70.7	28.7	57.9	8.2	29.3	24.5	10.2	2.40	2.84	Morgan Co.
Nicholas Co.	10,722	72.4	30.7	58.7	10.0	27.6	24.8	11.8	2.46	2.91	Nicholas Co.
Ohio Co.	19,733	61.6	25.9	47.3	11.2	38.4	33.7	16.0	2.27	2.91	Ohio Co.
Pendleton Co.	3,350	70.3	28.0	57.4	8.1	29.7	25.8	12.2	2.40	2.87	Pendleton Co.
Pleasants Co.	2,887	74.0	32.7	60.1	10.4	26.0	22.9	12.3	2.51	2.93	Pleasants Co.
Pocahontas Co.	3,835	65.9	25.8	53.9	7.9	34.1	29.6	14.4	2.30	2.83	Pocahontas Co.
Preston Co.	11,544	72.4	31.5	59.4	9.1	27.6	23.7	11.7	2.50	2.94	Preston Co.
Putnam Co.	20,028	76.3	35.4	64.2	8.9	23.7	20.6	7.9	2.56	2.96	Putnam Co.
Raleigh Co.	31,793	69.5	28.6	54.3	11.9	30.5	27.1	12.9	2.38	2.88	Raleigh Co.
Randolph Co.	11,072	69.2	29.8	54.7	9.8	30.8	26.3	11.9	2.41	2.89	Randolph Co.
Ritchie Co.	4,184	71.7	30.2	58.2	9.7	28.3	25.0	12.3	2.45	2.91	Ritchie Co.
Roane Co.	6,161	72.7	30.7	59.1	9.3	27.3	23.5	11.9	2.49	2.91	Roane Co.
Summers Co.	5,530	67.9	25.7	53.8	10.0	32.1	29.1	14.4	2.32	2.84	Summers Co.
Taylor Co.	6,320	71.0	30.9	56.4	10.9	29.0	25.5	12.6	2.47	2.95	Taylor Co.
Tucker Co.	3,052	69.5	27.0	58.0	7.8	30.5	27.2	13.6	2.35	2.84	Tucker Co.
Tyler Co.	3,836	73.9	30.3	61.4	8.6	26.1	23.1	12.1	2.47	2.89	Tyler Co.
Upshur Co.	8,972	70.8	31.1	58.2	9.1	29.2	25.2	11.8	2.45	2.92	Upshur Co.
Wayne Co.	17,239	73.4	31.2	59.2	10.8	26.6	24.1	11.1	2.48	2.92	Wayne Co.
Webster Co.	4,010	70.2	29.8	55.4	10.6	29.8	26.5	12.4	2.41	2.89	Webster Co.
Wetzel Co.	7,164	70.9	30.2	57.7	9.3	29.1	25.7	12.8	2.45	2.92	Wetzel Co.
Wirt Co.	2,284	74.4	35.2	61.5	8.9	25.6	22.2	11.6	2.56	2.97	Wirt Co.
Wood Co.	36,275	68.6	29.3	54.3	10.8	31.4	27.1	11.5	2.39	2.88	Wood Co.
Wyoming Co.	10,454	73.7	31.0	59.3	10.5	26.3	24.4	11.5	2.45	2.89	Wyoming Co.

Reading the Chart:

The entries under the Percent of total households headings are percentages. The "Family households Total" and "Nonfamily households Total" percentages add up to approximately 100%. The subheadings underneath do not add up to 100%, because they do not include all the types of households. For example, there is no subheading for "Male householder, no wife present.". The colored bars fill the cells in proportion to the percentage value.

The entries under the Average population per- heading are averages of the number of people in each family or household. Here the colored bars indicate a percentage of an arbitrary maximum (5). For example, the colored bar for an average family size of 2.5 fills half of the table cell.

Total Households counts households, not people. Here the colored bars represent percentages of the highest household count of any county in the state. For example, the county with the most households will have a colored bar that fills the cell. A county with half that many households will have a colored bar that fills half the cell. For small percentages the bar does not appear.

Census Department definitions:

A household includes all of the people who occupy a housing unit. A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room occupied (or if vacant, intended for occupancy) as separate living quarters.

A family includes a householder and one or more other people living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption.

Abbreviations used in location names: Co.=County, C.A.=Census Area, Pa.=Parish, Mu.=Municipio.

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