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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $199 (0.9%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in McDowell County is $396 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $459 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $626 a month.
Cities in this county include: Welch
, Gary
, War
, Northfork
, Keystone
, Kimball
, Davy
, Iaeger
, Bradshaw
, Anawalt
.
Neighboring
counties: Buchanan County, Virginia
, Mercer County
, Mingo County
, Wyoming County
, Tazewell County, Virginia
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in McDowell County: Panther
Lookout Tower
(A),
Olga Number 2 Lookout Tower
(B),
Shawnee Mountain Lookout Tower
(C),
Camp Big Creek
(D)
Churches in McDowell County include: Bee
Branch Church
(A),
Grace Episcopal Church
(B),
Masks Chapel
(C),
Short Ridge Church
(D),
Shiloh Church
(E),
Greenbrier Fork Church
(F),
Bnai Israel Synagogue
(G),
Boyds Church
(H),
Harmon Branch Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Mitchell
Cemetery
(1),
Mitchem Cemetery
(2),
Brant Cemetery
(3),
Trap Fork Cemetery
(4),
Horne Cemetery
(5),
Atwell Cemetery
(6),
Old Belcher Mountain Community Cemetery
(7)
Reservoirs: Pageton
Refuse Impoundment
(A),
Bishop Prep Plant Slurry Impoundment
(B),
Grapevine Branch Refuse Bank Lake
(C),
Vallscreek Slurry Pond
(D),
Lake Berwind
(E),
Slagle Impoundment
(F),
Keystone Refuse Impoundment
(G),
Jenkinjones Impoundment
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Abbcamp
Branch
(A),
Adkins Branch
(B),
Aldrich Fork
(C),
Atwell Branch
(D),
Badway Branch
(E),
Mile Branch
(F),
Honeycamp Branch
(G),
Milam Branch
(H),
Barrenshe Creek
(I)
Parks in McDowell County include: Berwind
Lake Wildlife Management Area
(1),
Anawalt Lake Wildlife Management Area
(2)
Post offices: Canebrake
Post Office
(A),
Capels Post Office
(B),
Caretta Post Office
(C),
Hensley Post Office
(D),
Ashland Post Office
(E),
Jenkinjones Post Office
(F),
Kyle Post Office
(G),
Leckie Post Office
(H),
Coalwood Post Office
(I)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
7.4% | | West
Virginia: |
4.0% |
Current college students: 473
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 50.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 5.6%
Number of foreign born residents: 136 (65% naturalized citizens)
| McDowell
County: |
0.5% | | Whole
state: | 1.1% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 11
- 1990
to 1994: 9
- 1985
to 1989: 0
- 1980
to 1984: 4
- 1975
to 1979: 5
- 1970
to 1974: 7
- 1970
to 1974: 7
- 1965
to 1969: 93
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Mean travel time to work: 32.6 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 72.8%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 9,201
- One,
attached: 232
- Two:
175
- 3
or 4: 123
- 5
to 9: 146
- 10
to 19: 107
- 20
or more: 177
- Mobile
homes: 3,395
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 26
Housing units in McDowell County with a mortgage: 1,391 (42 second mortgage, 43 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,568 Agriculture
in McDowell County
Average size of farms: 122 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $6553
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $11217
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $41664
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 100.00%
Average age of principal farm operators: 52 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 6.45McDowell
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly below West Virginia state average. It is 4.1 times below overall U.S. average.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Mining
(24%)
- Construction
(8%)
- Public
administration (6%)
- Educational
services (6%)
- Truck
transportation (5%)
- Administrative
and support and waste management services (4%)
- Food
and beverage stores (4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (25%)
- Educational
services (18%)
- Food
and beverage stores (7%)
- Public
administration (7%)
- Accommodation
and food services (6%)
- Department
and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Social
assistance (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Extraction
workers (9%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Vehicle
and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Material
recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Material
moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Cashiers
(9%)
- Nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Health
technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cooks
and food preparation workers (5%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Italy
(27%)
- Germany
(20%)
- United
Kingdom (14%)
- Vietnam
(9%)
- Other
South Eastern Asia (7%)
- India
(6%)
- Philippines
(5%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in McDowell County:
|
- United
States or American (44%)
- Irish
(9%)
- German
(5%)
- English
(5%)
- Italian
(4%)
- Dutch
(1%)
- Scotch-Irish
(1%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 4,938 (83%)
- Carpooled:
663 (11%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 19 (0%)
- Bicycle:
18 (0%)
- Walked:
190 (3%)
- Other
means: 55 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 37 (1%)
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People
in group quarters in McDowell County, West Virginia
- 164
people in nursing homes
- 95
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 34
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 10
people in other nonhousehold living situations
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $31,447.
4.75% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($20,318 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
4.75% | | West
Virginia average: | 5.78% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
1.71% relocated from other counties in West Virginia ($6,547 average AGI)
3.04% relocated from other states ($13,771 average AGI)
| McDowell
County: |
3.04% | | West
Virginia average: | 3.05% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Mercer County, WV
|
0.86% ($16,213 average AGI) |
| from
Tazewell County, VA
|
0.28% ($19,400) |
| from
Iredell County, NC
|
0.26% ($23,857) |
| from
Wyoming County, WV
|
0.26% ($30,571) |
6.28% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,738 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.28% | | West
Virginia average: |
5.65% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.31% relocated to other counties in West Virginia ($15,354 average AGI)
2.97% relocated to other states ($12,383 average AGI)
| McDowell
County: |
2.97% | | West
Virginia average: | 2.96% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Mercer County, WV
|
2.32% ($24,922 average AGI) |
| to
Tazewell County, VA
|
0.45% ($44,640) |
| to
Wyoming County, WV
|
0.25% ($29,929) |
| to
Buchanan County, VA
|
0.20% ($24,455) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.4
Births
per 1000 population in McDowell County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 15.0
Deaths
per 1000 population in McDowell County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 12.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 13.3
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in McDowell County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 6,918 (4,106 aged, 2,812 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 21%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 27,025
- In
family households: 23,539 (5,653 male householders, 2,315 female householders)
5,859
spouses, 7,795 children (7,244 natural, 244 adopted, 307 stepchildren), 832 grandchildren, 212 brothers or sisters, 124 parents, 307 other relatives, 442 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 3,486 (1,286 male householders (1,182 living alone)), 1,942 female householders (1,844 living alone)), 258 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 304 (265 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,529 2-persons, 2,265 3-persons, 1,348 4-persons, 546 5-persons, 199 6-persons, 81 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 3,026 1-person, 169 2-persons, 27 3-persons, 6 4-persons.
3,706 married couples with children.
1,706 single-parent households (325 men, 1,381 women).
98.6% of residents of McDowell County speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (48% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 20% speak English not well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $277,807,000 ($11235 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $4,420,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $116,416,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $61,545,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,155,000
Federal grants: $89,553,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,788,000 ($1,531,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $6,350,000 ($1,658,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $365,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $136,000
Federal Government insurance: $47,989,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,552
| Here: |
64 per 1000 residents | | State: |
60 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 2,018
| Here: |
83 per 1000 residents | | State: |
61 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +5
| Here: |
+0 per 1000 residents | | State: | +2
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -2,528
| Here: |
-104 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+6 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in McDowell County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.92 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built:
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- 1999
to March 2000: 93
- 1995
to 1998: 422
- 1990
to 1994: 616
- 1980
to 1989: 1,502
- 1970
to 1979: 2,284
- 1960
to 1969: 1,007
- 1950
to 1959: 1,391
- 1940
to 1949: 2,216
- 1939
or earlier: 4,051
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in McDowell County, West Virginia: |
- 1
room: 18
- 2
rooms: 56
- 3
rooms: 210
- 4
rooms: 1,584
- 5
rooms: 2,419
- 6
rooms: 2,239
- 7
rooms: 1,146
- 8
rooms: 700
- 9
or more rooms: 545
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in McDowell County, West Virginia: |
- 1
room: 14
- 2
rooms: 31
- 3
rooms: 238
- 4
rooms: 607
- 5
rooms: 591
- 6
rooms: 378
- 7
rooms: 188
- 8
rooms: 119
- 9
or more rooms: 86
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in McDowell County: |
- no
bedroom: 30
- 1
bedroom: 259
- 2
bedrooms: 3,106
- 3
bedrooms: 4,220
- 4
bedrooms: 1,068
- 5
or more bedrooms: 234
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in McDowell County: |
- no
bedroom: 20
- 1
bedroom: 369
- 2
bedrooms: 969
- 3
bedrooms: 704
- 4
bedrooms: 151
- 5
or more bedrooms: 39
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Cars
and other vehicles available in McDowell County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 1,223
- 1
vehicle: 3,531
- 2
vehicles: 3,125
- 3
vehicles: 820
- 4
vehicles: 162
- 5
or more vehicles: 56
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Cars
and other vehicles available in McDowell County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 805
- 1
vehicle: 1,059
- 2
vehicles: 325
- 3
vehicles: 52
- 4
vehicles: 9
- 5
or more vehicles: 2
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76% of McDowell County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in West Virginia.
| McDowell
County: |
75.8% | | State
average: |
63.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 22503
- Northeast:
368
- Midwest:
812
- South:
3421
- West:
48
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 6%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 7%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
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- Electricity
(45%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Coal
or coke (17%)
- Utility
gas (9%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood
(2%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Electricity
(40%)
- Coal
or coke (26%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Utility
gas (13%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Wood
(2%)
- No
fuel used (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 73
| Here: |
2.4% | | West
Virginia: | 5.5% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 51
| Here: |
3.3% | | West
Virginia: | 4.8% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 29
| Here: |
6.9% | | West
Virginia: | 15.4% |
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