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Kanawha, West Virginia county QuickFacts

	Kanawha, West Virginia	United States
Total population	200,073	281,421,906
State	West Virginia
County	KANAWHA

Kanawha, West Virginia county Population

	Kanawha, West Virginia	%, Kanawha, West Virginia	United States
Male	95,178	47.57%	49.06%
Female	104,895	52.43%	50.94%
Median age (years)	40.2		35.3

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	Kanawha, West Virginia	%, Kanawha, West Virginia	United States
18 years and over	157,435	78.69%	74.31%
21 years and over	150,182	75.06%	69.97%
62 years and over	38,508	19.25%	14.66%
65 years and over	33,036	16.51%	12.43%

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	Kanawha, West Virginia	%, Kanawha, West Virginia	United States
White	180,989	90.46%	75.14%
Black or African American	13,955	6.97%	12.32%
Asian	1,697	0.85%	3.64%
Some other race	887	0.44%	5.46%
Two or more races	2,545	1.27%	2.43%

Kanawha, West Virginia county Housing

	Kanawha, West Virginia	%, Kanawha, West Virginia	United States
Total households	86,226		105,480,101
Family households (families)	55,922	64.86%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	30,304	35.14%	31.94%

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	Kanawha, West Virginia	%, Kanawha, West Virginia	United States
Total housing units	93,788		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	7,562	8.06%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	86,226	91.94%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	60,618	64.63%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	25,608	27.3%	30.77%

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	Kanawha, West Virginia	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	9,027	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	23,625	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	9,412	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	3,602	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	1,956	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	1,039	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	215	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	65	0.57%
Median (dollars)	80,700	119,600

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	Kanawha, West Virginia	%, Kanawha, West Virginia	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	13,399	15.54%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	21,151	24.53%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	13,270	15.39%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	14,014	16.25%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	11,047	12.81%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	13,345	15.48%	9.65%

Kanawha, West Virginia county Education

	Kanawha, West Virginia	%, Kanawha, West Virginia	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	42,554		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	2,601	6.11%	6.47%
Kindergarten	2,412	5.67%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	19,598	46.05%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	9,598	22.55%	21.38%
College or graduate school	8,345	19.61%	22.81%

Kanawha, West Virginia county Economy

	Kanawha, West Virginia	%, Kanawha, West Virginia	United States
Population 16 years and over	162,379		217,168,077
In labor force	94,658	58.29%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	94,410	58.14%	63.39%
- - Employed	88,982	54.8%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	5,428	3.34%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	5.7		5.8
- Armed Forces	248	0.15%	0.53%
Not in labor force	67,721	41.71%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	86,652	53.36%	51.66%
In labor force	44,987	27.7%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	44,952	27.68%	29.65%
- - Employed	42,726	26.31%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	13,058	8.04%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	7,633		12,787,501

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	Kanawha, West Virginia	%, Kanawha, West Virginia	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	86,175		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	11,032	12.8%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	7,337	8.51%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	14,066	16.32%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	11,793	13.68%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	14,226	16.51%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	14,542	16.87%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	6,508	7.55%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	4,147	4.81%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,002	1.16%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	1,522	1.77%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	33,766		41,994

	Kanawha, West Virginia	%, Kanawha, West Virginia	United States
With earnings	62,917	38.75%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	48,004		56,604
With Social Security income	28,396	17.49%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,480		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	4,357	2.68%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,956		6,320
With public assistance income	2,631	1.62%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,164		3,032
With retirement income	18,941	11.66%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	15,847		17,376

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