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Mercer County, WV

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Overview for Mercer County, WV
Part of: Bluefield WV-VA, Micropolitan Area
 
Map of Mercer County Mercer County is one of about 3,141 counties and county equivalents in the United States. It has 420.4 sq. miles in land area and a population density of 147.3 per square mile. In the last three decades of the 1900s its population declined by 0.4%. On the 2000 census form, 99.2% of the population reported only one race, with 5.8% of these reporting African-American. The population of this county is 0.5% Hispanic (of any race). The average household size is 2.33 persons compared to an average family size of 2.85 persons.

In 2008 health care and social assistance was the largest of 20 major sectors. It had an average wage per job of $33,578. Per capita income grew by 12.1% between 1998 and 2008 (adjusted for inflation).

 

People & Income Overview
(By Place of Residence)
Value Industry Overview (2008)
(By Place of Work)
Value
Population (2009) 61,921 Covered Employment 21,676
   Growth (%) since 1990 -4.7%    Average wage per job $30,143
Households (2000) 26,509 Manufacturing - % all jobs in County 6.3%
Labor Force (persons) (2009) 24,718    Average wage per job $38,249
Unemployment Rate (2009) 6.8 Transportation & Warehousing - % all jobs in County 2.3%
Per Capita Personal Income (2008) $30,680    Average wage per job $39,055
Median Household Income (2008) $31,283 Health Care, Social Assist. - % all jobs in County 15.9%
Poverty Rate (2008) 22.0    Average wage per job $33,578
H.S. Diploma or More - % of Adults 25+ (2000) 72.1 Finance and Insurance - % all jobs in County 2.5%
Bachelor's Deg. or More - % of Adults 25+ (2000) 13.8    Average wage per job $37,794

  

 
 

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