Ritchie County, West Virginia QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Ritchie County West Virginia
?  Population, 2000 10,3431,808,344
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 1.1%0.8%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 5.5%5.6%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 23.0%22.3%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 15.2%15.3%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 98.7%95.0%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%3.2%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3%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 0.7%0.9%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 51.0%51.4%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 0.5%0.7%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 98.3%94.6%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 4,202773,239
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 408144,518
?  Housing units, 2000 5,513844,623
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 81.7%75.2%
?  Households, 2000 4,184736,481
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.452.40
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 32.9%31.8%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $25,126$27,432
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 18.3%16.8%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 27.2%24.7%

Business QuickFacts Ritchie County West Virginia
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 23841,703
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 2,399547,234
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 8.4%13.4%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 67279,608
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 116,55118,293,309
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 42,04514,057,933
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $4,109$7,743
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 NA2,070
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 22030,644
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 144,233
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 70,87811,028,115
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 33459,926

Geography QuickFacts Ritchie County West Virginia
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 45424,078
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 22.875.1
?  Metropolitan Area None 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

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X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown