Ohio County, West Virginia (WV)

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County population in 2005: 45,112 (80% urban, 20% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 13,537
Renter-occupied apartments: 6,196

% of renters here:	31%
State:	25%

Land area: 106 sq. mi.
Water area: 2.7 sq. mi.

Population density: 425 people per square mile

(high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	15.8%
Whole state:	17.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	7.4%
Whole state:	7.6%

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (28.9%), Retail trade (11.6%), Arts,entertainment,recreation,accommodation and food services (10.8%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 81%
Government: 13%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 6%
Unpaid family work: 0%

Ohio County, West Virginia business tout: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Ohio County, West Virginia:

White Non-Hispanic (94.1%)
Black (3.6%)
Two or more races (0.9%)
Hispanic (0.5%)

Median resident age:	40.6 years
West Virginia median age:	38.9 years

Males: 22,177	(46.8%)
Females: 25,250	(53.2%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $26,903
County population in 2003: 45,659
Jobs in 2003: 29,978

Ohio County,WV real estate house value trend

Total labor force in 2004: 20,844
Unemployment rate in 2004: 5.1%

Average household size:

Ohio County:	2.3 people
West Virginia:	2.4 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $34,736 ($30,836 in 2000)

This county	$34,736
West Virginia:	$33,452

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $91,305

Ohio County	$91,305
West Virginia:	$84,400

Median montly rent in 2000: $374
Institutionalized population: 584
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Ohio County in 2000: $712

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

Murders: 0
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 1
Assaults: 39
Burglaries: 25
Thefts: 22
Auto thefts: 2

Ohio County races chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Ohio County West Virginia:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 57.3%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 41.9%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $438 (0.6%)

Area name: Wheeling, WV-OH MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Ohio County is $394 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $503 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $632 a month.

Cities in this county include: Wheeling, Bethlehem, West Liberty, Triadelphia, Clearview, Valley Grove.

2005 air pollution in Ohio County:

Lead: 0.03 µg/m³ (standard limit: 1.5 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.104 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.089 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual (standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³): 15.4 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) 24-hour (standard limit: 35 µg/m³): 31 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Brooke County , Belmont County, Ohio , Marshall County , Jefferson County, Ohio , Washington County, Pennsylvania .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Ohio County: Wheeling Country Club (A), Camp Russell (B), Camp Giscowhego (C), Florence Crittendon Home For Wayward Girls (D), Oglebay Mansion Museum (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Ohio County include: Short Creek Church (A), Hope United Methodist Church (B), Clinton Church (C), Dallas United Methodist Church (D), Mount Saint Joseph Convent (E), Lawrencefield Chapel (F). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Morgan Cemetery (1), Mount Zion Cemetery (2), Dallas Cemetery (3), Parkview Memorial Gardens (4), Short Creek Cemetery (5), Gregg Cemetery (6), Cox Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoirs: Schenk Lake (A), Pike Island Pool (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Blayney Run (A), Browns Run (B), Coulter Run (C), Crupe Run (D), Curtis Run (E), Dixon Run (F), McCoy Run (G), Hall Run (H), Orrs Run (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Ohio County include: Castleman Run Wildlife Management Area (1), Oglebay Park (2), Bear Rock Lakes Wildlife Management Area (3), Bear Rock Lakes State Recreation Area (4). Display/hide their locations on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	3.8%
West Virginia:	4.0%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 3,900
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 83.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 23.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 638 (57% naturalized citizens)

Ohio County:	1.3%
Whole state:	1.1%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 139
1990 to 1994: 57
1985 to 1989: 70
1980 to 1984: 27
1975 to 1979: 47
1970 to 1974: 31
1970 to 1974: 53
1965 to 1969: 214

Mean travel time to work: 19.5 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 73.8%

Ohio County marital status for males

Ohio County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 14,145
One, attached: 904
Two: 1,621
3 or 4: 1,477
5 to 9: 1,090
10 to 19: 554
20 or more: 1,350
Mobile homes: 1,023
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2

Housing units in Ohio County with a mortgage: 5,929 (423 second mortgage, 866 home equity loan, 51 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,670

Agriculture in Ohio County
Average size of farms: 134 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $10504
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $59.52
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 76.73%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $12340
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 30.63%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.13%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $23891
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 93.37%
Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 11.82
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 20.56%
Corn for grain: 166 harvested acres
Vegetables: 21 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 26 acres

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Construction (9%)
Health care (8%)
Educational services (8%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Metal and metal products (6%)
Public administration (5%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (23%)
Educational services (15%)
Accommodation and food services (9%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Social assistance (4%)
Food and beverage stores (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
Registered nurses (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

India (18%)
United Kingdom (9%)
Italy (8%)
Philippines (7%)
Japan (6%)
Germany (6%)
Canada (5%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Ohio County:

German (27%)
Irish (14%)
English (10%)
Italian (8%)
United States or American (8%)
Polish (7%)
Scotch-Irish (3%)

Ohio County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 15,888 (78%)
Carpooled: 2,217 (11%)
Bus or trolley bus: 314 (2%)
Taxi: 12 (0%)
Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
Bicycle: 21 (0%)
Walked: 1,109 (5%)
Other means: 165 (1%)
Worked at home: 574 (3%)

People in group quarters in Ohio County, West Virginia

1692 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
476 people in nursing homes
204 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
94 people in religious group quarters
73 people in state prisons
43 people in homes for the mentally retarded
39 people in other group homes
35 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
8 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
6 people in other nonhousehold living situations

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $50,962.

4.90% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,780 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.90%
West Virginia average:	5.78%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
1.84% relocated from other counties in West Virginia ($11,838 average AGI)
3.05% relocated from other states ($21,942 average AGI)
Ohio County: 3.05%
West Virginia average: 3.05%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Marshall County, WV	1.09% ($28,466 average AGI)
from Belmont County, OH	0.89% ($25,667)
from Brooke County, WV	0.20% ($30,000)
from Washington County, PA	0.19% ($34,969)
from Franklin County, OH	0.13% ($39,000)
from Allegheny County, PA	0.12% ($41,905)
from Monongalia County, WV	0.12% ($54,000)

5.98% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,836 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.98%
West Virginia average:	5.65%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
1.81% relocated to other counties in West Virginia ($7,608 average AGI)
4.17% relocated to other states ($29,228 average AGI)
Ohio County: 4.17%
West Virginia average: 2.96%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Belmont County, OH	1.09% ($42,450 average AGI)
to Marshall County, WV	0.97% ($21,556)
to Franklin County, OH	0.29% ($34,300)
to Washington County, PA	0.23% ($38,150)
to Brooke County, WV	0.22% ($29,923)
to Monongalia County, WV	0.22% ($19,692)
to Allegheny County, PA	0.19% ($42,235)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.3

Births per 1000 population in Ohio County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.1

Deaths per 1000 population in Ohio County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 10.6

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Ohio County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 10,338 (8,989 aged, 1,349 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 5%

Household type by relationship

Households: 44,731

In family households: 36,230 (9,420 male householders, 2,845 female householders)
9,492 spouses, 12,258 children (11,220 natural, 267 adopted, 771 stepchildren), 655 grandchildren, 273 brothers or sisters, 240 parents, 368 other relatives, 679 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 8,501 (2,936 male householders (2,421 living alone)), 4,575 female householders (4,218 living alone)), 990 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 2,696 (564 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 5,724 2-persons, 2,941 3-persons, 2,263 4-persons, 944 5-persons, 306 6-persons, 87 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 6,639 1-person, 772 2-persons, 83 3-persons, 15 4-persons, 2 5-persons.

6,715 married couples with children.
2,518 single-parent households (495 men, 2,023 women).

96.4% of residents of Ohio County speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 32% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (62% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $392,597,000 ($8646 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $15,250,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $153,683,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $90,480,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,951,000
Federal grants: $94,642,000
Federal procurement contracts: $21,308,000 ($6,364,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $30,532,000 ($5,107,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $23,053,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $5,683,000
Federal Government insurance: $82,991,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 2,487

Here:	55 per 1000 residents
State:	60 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 3,247

Here:	72 per 1000 residents
State:	61 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +131

Here:	+3 per 1000 residents
State:	+2 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -1,649

Here:	-37 per 1000 residents
State:	+6 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Ohio County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 6.86 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.1
State:	5.9

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.1
State:	4.5

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 180
1995 to 1998: 610
1990 to 1994: 538
1980 to 1989: 1,324
1970 to 1979: 2,765
1960 to 1969: 2,093
1950 to 1959: 3,022
1940 to 1949: 2,475
1939 or earlier: 9,159

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Ohio County, West Virginia:

1 room: 7
2 rooms: 45
3 rooms: 154
4 rooms: 1,209
5 rooms: 3,028
6 rooms: 3,717
7 rooms: 2,284
8 rooms: 1,533
9 or more rooms: 1,560

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ohio County, West Virginia:

1 room: 195
2 rooms: 581
3 rooms: 1,331
4 rooms: 1,601
5 rooms: 1,223
6 rooms: 734
7 rooms: 242
8 rooms: 186
9 or more rooms: 103

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Ohio County:

no bedroom: 7
1 bedroom: 462
2 bedrooms: 3,549
3 bedrooms: 6,766
4 bedrooms: 2,159
5 or more bedrooms: 594

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ohio County:

no bedroom: 251
1 bedroom: 2,241
2 bedrooms: 2,288
3 bedrooms: 1,139
4 bedrooms: 207
5 or more bedrooms: 70

Cars and other vehicles available in Ohio County in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 963
1 vehicle: 4,727
2 vehicles: 5,990
3 vehicles: 1,391
4 vehicles: 363
5 or more vehicles: 103

Cars and other vehicles available in Ohio County in renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 2,005
1 vehicle: 2,961
2 vehicles: 1,010
3 vehicles: 160
4 vehicles: 28
5 or more vehicles: 32

62% of Ohio County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 39% lived in West Virginia.

Ohio County:	62.5%
State average:	63.6%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 35160
Northeast: 3736
Midwest: 5085
South: 1981
West: 661

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $63,800

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Utility gas (77%)
Electricity (14%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
Wood (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Utility gas (63%)
Electricity (30%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
Other fuel (2%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
No fuel used (1%)
Wood (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,009

Here:	21.9%
West Virginia:	5.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 451

Here:	17.3%
West Virginia:	4.8%

Students in private undegraduate colleges: 891

Here:	26.6%
West Virginia:	15.4%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Ohio County government finances in 2004:

Charges - Air Transportation: $404,000
Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $457,000
Charges - All Other: $2,207,000
Construction - General: $470,000
Air Transportation: $203,000
Current Operations - Police Protection: $1,773,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,577,000

Health Services - Other: $1,287,000

General - Other: $1,105,000

Financial Administration: $775,000

Central Staff Services: $734,000

Air Transportation: $609,000

General Public Buildings: $440,000

Libraries: $420,000

Fire Protection: $219,000

Welfare - Other: $33,000
Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $182,000
General Support: $62,000
General - Interest on Debt: $4,500,000
Intergovernmental to State - Corrections: $901,000
Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $116,000
All Other: $24,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $64,286,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $63,027,000
Long Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $1,259,000
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $4,553,000
General Revenue, NEC: $3,156,000
Other Capital Outlay - Air Transportation: $203,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $2,356,000
Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $63,027,000
State Intergovernmental - General Support: $563,000
All Other: $4,000
Tax - Property: $4,482,000
NEC: $365,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $5,737,000

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