West Virginia Census Data: Occupied Housing

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West Virginia Census Data: Occupied Housing

Occupied Housing 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: Occupied Housing
Location	Total population	Occupied housing units							Location
		Total	Owner	Renter	Average household size	Percent
		Total	Owner	Renter	Average household size	Owner	1-person households	With householder 65 years and over
United States	281,421,906	105,480,101	69,815,753	35,664,348	2.59	66.2	25.8	21.0	United States
West Virginia	1,808,344	736,481	553,699	182,782	2.40	75.2	27.1	25.5	West Virginia
Barbour Co.	15,557	6,123	4,815	1,308	2.47	78.6	25.1	26.8	Barbour Co.
Berkeley Co.	75,905	29,569	21,927	7,642	2.53	74.2	24.2	18.7	Berkeley Co.
Boone Co.	25,535	10,291	8,122	2,169	2.47	78.9	24.6	23.7	Boone Co.
Braxton Co.	14,702	5,771	4,511	1,260	2.46	78.2	25.2	27.4	Braxton Co.
Brooke Co.	25,447	10,396	7,971	2,425	2.36	76.7	27.9	30.0	Brooke Co.
Cabell Co.	96,784	41,180	26,591	14,589	2.27	64.6	31.3	25.5	Cabell Co.
Calhoun Co.	7,582	3,071	2,422	649	2.46	78.9	24.9	28.7	Calhoun Co.
Clay Co.	10,330	4,020	3,185	835	2.55	79.2	24.3	24.2	Clay Co.
Doddridge Co.	7,403	2,845	2,309	536	2.56	81.2	22.5	26.8	Doddridge Co.
Fayette Co.	47,579	18,945	14,625	4,320	2.41	77.2	26.9	28.4	Fayette Co.
Gilmer Co.	7,160	2,768	2,004	764	2.43	72.4	25.5	26.7	Gilmer Co.
Grant Co.	11,299	4,591	3,712	879	2.43	80.9	24.5	25.3	Grant Co.
Greenbrier Co.	34,453	14,571	11,156	3,415	2.32	76.6	28.6	28.3	Greenbrier Co.
Hampshire Co.	20,203	7,955	6,448	1,507	2.49	81.1	24.6	24.7	Hampshire Co.
Hancock Co.	32,667	13,678	10,541	3,137	2.36	77.1	26.6	28.6	Hancock Co.
Hardy Co.	12,669	5,204	4,190	1,014	2.42	80.5	27.0	25.4	Hardy Co.
Harrison Co.	68,652	27,867	20,841	7,026	2.42	74.8	27.7	27.5	Harrison Co.
Jackson Co.	28,000	11,061	8,803	2,258	2.50	79.6	22.7	25.1	Jackson Co.
Jefferson Co.	42,190	16,165	12,253	3,912	2.54	75.8	23.2	19.0	Jefferson Co.
Kanawha Co.	200,073	86,226	60,618	25,608	2.28	70.3	30.8	26.2	Kanawha Co.
Lewis Co.	16,919	6,946	5,072	1,874	2.40	73.0	26.9	27.6	Lewis Co.
Lincoln Co.	22,108	8,664	6,857	1,807	2.54	79.1	22.2	23.5	Lincoln Co.
Logan Co.	37,710	14,880	11,433	3,447	2.50	76.8	24.0	25.5	Logan Co.
McDowell Co.	27,329	11,169	8,942	2,227	2.42	80.1	27.3	28.0	McDowell Co.
Marion Co.	56,598	23,652	17,685	5,967	2.34	74.8	28.9	28.6	Marion Co.
Marshall Co.	35,519	14,207	11,019	3,188	2.44	77.6	25.6	27.7	Marshall Co.
Mason Co.	25,957	10,587	8,573	2,014	2.42	81.0	25.5	25.1	Mason Co.
Mercer Co.	62,980	26,509	20,362	6,147	2.33	76.8	28.7	28.5	Mercer Co.
Mineral Co.	27,078	10,784	8,416	2,368	2.46	78.0	25.0	25.2	Mineral Co.
Mingo Co.	28,253	11,303	8,786	2,517	2.49	77.7	25.2	22.3	Mingo Co.

Location	Total population	Occupied housing units							Location
		Total	Owner	Renter	Average household size	Percent
		Total	Owner	Renter	Average household size	Owner	1-person households	With householder 65 years and over
United States	281,421,906	105,480,101	69,815,753	35,664,348	2.59	66.2	25.8	21.0	United States
West Virginia	1,808,344	736,481	553,699	182,782	2.40	75.2	27.1	25.5	West Virginia
Monongalia Co.	81,866	33,446	20,391	13,055	2.28	61.0	31.3	17.7	Monongalia Co.
Monroe Co.	14,583	5,447	4,603	844	2.41	84.5	25.8	28.4	Monroe Co.
Morgan Co.	14,943	6,145	5,119	1,026	2.40	83.3	24.5	25.5	Morgan Co.
Nicholas Co.	26,562	10,722	8,877	1,845	2.46	82.8	24.8	25.6	Nicholas Co.
Ohio Co.	47,427	19,733	13,539	6,194	2.27	68.6	33.7	30.4	Ohio Co.
Pendleton Co.	8,196	3,350	2,660	690	2.40	79.4	25.8	28.6	Pendleton Co.
Pleasants Co.	7,514	2,887	2,321	566	2.51	80.4	22.9	26.1	Pleasants Co.
Pocahontas Co.	9,131	3,835	3,079	756	2.30	80.3	29.6	28.6	Pocahontas Co.
Preston Co.	29,334	11,544	9,585	1,959	2.50	83.0	23.7	25.3	Preston Co.
Putnam Co.	51,589	20,028	16,822	3,206	2.56	84.0	20.6	19.4	Putnam Co.
Raleigh Co.	79,220	31,793	24,313	7,480	2.38	76.5	27.1	26.8	Raleigh Co.
Randolph Co.	28,262	11,072	8,381	2,691	2.41	75.7	26.3	25.3	Randolph Co.
Ritchie Co.	10,343	4,184	3,418	766	2.45	81.7	25.0	26.3	Ritchie Co.
Roane Co.	15,446	6,161	4,905	1,256	2.49	79.6	23.5	25.7	Roane Co.
Summers Co.	12,999	5,530	4,374	1,156	2.32	79.1	29.1	31.1	Summers Co.
Taylor Co.	16,089	6,320	5,033	1,287	2.47	79.6	25.5	26.8	Taylor Co.
Tucker Co.	7,321	3,052	2,520	532	2.35	82.6	27.2	29.3	Tucker Co.
Tyler Co.	9,592	3,836	3,209	627	2.47	83.7	23.1	27.8	Tyler Co.
Upshur Co.	23,404	8,972	6,883	2,089	2.45	76.7	25.2	25.8	Upshur Co.
Wayne Co.	42,903	17,239	13,466	3,773	2.48	78.1	24.1	25.3	Wayne Co.
Webster Co.	9,719	4,010	3,167	843	2.41	79.0	26.5	25.6	Webster Co.
Wetzel Co.	17,693	7,164	5,625	1,539	2.45	78.5	25.7	27.3	Wetzel Co.
Wirt Co.	5,873	2,284	1,898	386	2.56	83.1	22.2	23.8	Wirt Co.
Wood Co.	87,986	36,275	26,609	9,666	2.39	73.4	27.1	24.8	Wood Co.
Wyoming Co.	25,708	10,454	8,713	1,741	2.45	83.3	24.4	24.8	Wyoming Co.

Reading the Chart:

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

Under the Occupied housing units heading, the Total, Owner, and Renter subheadings are counts of housing units. The Owner and Renter values add up to the Total value. Similarly to Total Population, the colored bars represent percentages of the highest housing count of any county in the state.

The entries under the Average household size heading are averages of the number of people in each housing unit. 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.

The entries under the Percent heading are percentages. The colored bars fill the cells in proportion to the percentage value.

Census Department definitions:

Housing unit. A housing unit may be a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room that is occupied (or, if vacant, is intended for occupancy) as separate living quarters.

Occupied housing unit. A housing unit is occupied if it is the usual place of residence of the person or group of people living in it at the time of enumeration or if the occupants are only temporarily absent; that is, away on vacation or business. The occupants may be a single family, one person living alone, two or more families living together, or any other group of related or unrelated people who share living quarters.

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

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