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Wood County, WV

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Overview for Wood County, WV
Part of: Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna WV-OH, Metropolitan Area
 
Map of Wood County Wood County is one of about 3,141 counties and county equivalents in the United States. It has 367.3 sq. miles in land area and a population density of 236.6 per square mile. In the last three decades of the 1900s its population grew by 1.3%. On the 2000 census form, 99.2% of the population reported only one race, with 1.0% of these reporting African-American. The population of this county is 0.6% Hispanic (of any race). The average household size is 2.39 persons compared to an average family size of 2.88 persons.

In 2008 retail trade was the largest of 20 major sectors. It had an average wage per job of $20,923. Per capita income grew by 8.2% 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) 86,888 Covered Employment 40,079
   Growth (%) since 1990 0.0%    Average wage per job $34,369
Households (2000) 36,275 Manufacturing - % all jobs in County 9.2%
Labor Force (persons) (2009) 40,086    Average wage per job $57,579
Unemployment Rate (2009) 8.8 Transportation & Warehousing - % all jobs in County 3.7%
Per Capita Personal Income (2008) $31,985    Average wage per job $35,292
Median Household Income (2008) $40,813 Health Care, Social Assist. - % all jobs in County 16.3%
Poverty Rate (2008) 16.2    Average wage per job $34,564
H.S. Diploma or More - % of Adults 25+ (2000) 81.4 Finance and Insurance - % all jobs in County 4.3%
Bachelor's Deg. or More - % of Adults 25+ (2000) 15.2    Average wage per job $39,395

  

 
 

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