Wood County, West Virginia QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Wood County West Virginia
?  Population, 2000 87,9861,808,344
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 1.2%0.8%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 5.8%5.6%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 23.0%22.3%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 15.5%15.3%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 97.3%95.0%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 1.0%3.2%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%0.2%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.5%0.5%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) ZZ
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%0.2%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.8%0.9%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 52.0%51.4%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 0.6%0.7%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 96.9%94.6%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 42,456773,239
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 7,804144,518
?  Housing units, 2000 39,785844,623
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 73.4%75.2%
?  Households, 2000 36,275736,481
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.392.40
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 31.9%31.8%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $33,410$27,432
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 13.9%16.8%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 21.8%24.7%

Business QuickFacts Wood County West Virginia
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 2,35041,703
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 37,199547,234
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 14.2%13.4%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 3,56679,608
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 2,301,86618,293,309
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 990,20314,057,933
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $11,364$7,743
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 NA2,070
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 1,44830,644
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 2234,233
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 490,56311,028,115
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 3,95159,926

Geography QuickFacts Wood County West Virginia
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 36724,078
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 239.775.1
?  Metropolitan Area Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH MSA 

(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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NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown