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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $476 (0.6%)
Area name: Cumberland, MD-WV MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Mineral County is $429 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $503 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $679 a month.
Cities in this county include: Keyser
, Fort Ashby
, Wiley Ford
, Piedmont
, Ridgeley
, Elk Garden
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Neighboring
counties: Allegany County, Maryland
, Garrett County, Maryland
, Grant County
, Hampshire County
, Hardy County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Mineral County: The
Eddy
(A),
Rocket Center
(B),
Appalachian Orchard
(C),
Pinnacle Lookout Tower
(D),
Camp Minco
(E),
Number 15
(F),
Slaty Lick Knob Lookout Tower
(G),
Wilson Community Hall
(H)
Churches in Mineral County include: Beaver
Run Church
(A),
Bethel Tabernacle
(B),
Blake Chapel
(C),
Markwood Church
(D),
Harness Run Church
(E),
Rees Chapel United Methodist Church
(F),
Cabin Run Church
(G),
Claysville Church
(H),
Patterson Creek Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Duling
Cemetery
(1),
Mead Chapel Biser Cemetery
(2),
Ludwick Cemetery
(3),
Cabin Run Cemetery
(4),
Arnold Cemetery
(5),
Thrush Cemetery
(6),
Thomas Family Cemetery
(7)
Reservoirs and swamps: Jennings
Randolph Lake
(A),
Keyser Reservoir
(B),
Piney Swamp
(C)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Ashcabin
Run
(A),
Elliber Run
(B),
Wild Meadow Run
(C),
Beaver Run
(D),
Big Run
(E),
Willow Run
(F),
Block Run
(G),
Buskirk Run
(H),
Cabin Run
(I)
Parks in Mineral County include: Nancy
Hanks Memorial
(1),
Allegheny Wildlife Management Area
(2)
Post office: New
Creek Post Office
(A).
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
3.7% | | West
Virginia: | 4.0% |
Current college students: 1,189
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 80.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 11.7%
Number of foreign born residents: 161 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Mineral
County: |
0.6% | | Whole
state: | 1.1% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 55
- 1990
to 1994: 26
- 1985
to 1989: 0
- 1980
to 1984: 26
- 1975
to 1979: 7
- 1970
to 1974: 6
- 1970
to 1974: 8
- 1965
to 1969: 33
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Mean travel time to work: 29.2 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 43.6%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 8,543
- One,
attached: 368
- Two:
490
- 3
or 4: 424
- 5
to 9: 183
- 10
to 19: 112
- 20
or more: 214
- Mobile
homes: 1,676
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 84
Housing units in Mineral County with a mortgage: 3,406 (225 second mortgage, 288 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,793 Agriculture
in Mineral County
Average size of farms: 174 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $30528
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $63.22
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.41%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 93.31%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $20493
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 18.54%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $22181
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 94.62%
Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 7.66
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 2.27%
Corn for grain: 685 harvested acres
Vegetables: 204 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 48 acresMineral
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above West Virginia state average. It is 1.7 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 5 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 6/2/1998, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured 5 people and caused $250,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(11%)
- Paper
(9%)
- Educational
services (7%)
- Utilities
(5%)
- Public
administration (5%)
- Transportation
equipment (4%)
- Plastics
and rubber products (4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (20%)
- Educational
services (14%)
- Accommodation
and food services (10%)
- Public
administration (5%)
- Finance
and insurance (4%)
- Food
and beverage stores (4%)
- Social
assistance (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (6%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Construction
trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Metal
workers and plastic workers (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
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- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers
(5%)
- Nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered
nurses (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- China,
excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (25%)
- Mexico
(16%)
- United
Kingdom (9%)
- Ukraine
(8%)
- Germany
(7%)
- France
(6%)
- Japan
(6%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Mineral County:
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- German
(27%)
- United
States or American (22%)
- Irish
(12%)
- English
(10%)
- Italian
(5%)
- Scotch-Irish
(3%)
- Scottish
(2%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 9,176 (79%)
- Carpooled:
1,758 (15%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 32 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
1 (0%)
- Bicycle:
21 (0%)
- Walked:
353 (3%)
- Other
means: 47 (0%)
- Worked
at home: 207 (2%)
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People
in group quarters in Mineral County, West Virginia
- 270
people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 187
people in nursing homes
- 19
people in other group homes
- 15
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 11
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 4
people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 2
people in other nonhousehold living situations
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $40,770.
5.45% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($34,350 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.45% | | West
Virginia average: | 5.78% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
1.54% relocated from other counties in West Virginia ($8,603 average AGI)
3.91% relocated from other states ($25,748 average AGI)
| Mineral
County: |
3.91% | | West
Virginia average: |
3.05% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Allegany County, MD
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1.62% ($37,177 average AGI) |
| from
Hampshire County, WV
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0.46% ($23,617) |
| from
Grant County, WV
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0.26% ($41,308) |
| from
Berkeley County, WV
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0.23% ($32,696) |
| from
Garrett County, MD
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0.14% ($26,929) |
| from
Monongalia County, WV
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0.10% ($27,500) |
5.31% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,402 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.31% | | West
Virginia average: | 5.65% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
1.87% relocated to other counties in West Virginia ($10,728 average AGI)
3.44% relocated to other states ($22,674 average AGI)
| Mineral
County: |
3.44% | | West
Virginia average: |
2.96% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Allegany County, MD
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1.50% ($30,730 average AGI) |
| to
Hampshire County, WV
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0.44% ($27,733) |
| to
Grant County, WV
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0.30% ($29,633) |
| to
Berkeley County, WV
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0.25% ($37,560) |
| to
Monongalia County, WV
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0.20% ($25,250) |
| to
Hardy County, WV
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0.18% ($15,778) |
| to
Garrett County, MD
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0.17% ($36,353) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.0
Births
per 1000 population in Mineral County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.6
Deaths
per 1000 population in Mineral County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 11.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 13.0
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Mineral County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 4,882 (4,110 aged, 772 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 26,553
- In
family households: 23,040 (6,388 male householders, 1,364 female householders)
6,305
spouses, 7,781 children (7,157 natural, 143 adopted, 481 stepchildren), 368 grandchildren, 125 brothers or sisters, 103 parents, 255 other relatives, 351 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 3,513 (1,269 male householders (1,057 living alone)), 1,801 female householders (1,639 living alone)), 443 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 525 (190 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,514 2-persons, 1,865 3-persons, 1,568 4-persons, 560 5-persons, 173 6-persons, 72 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 2,696 1-person, 325 2-persons, 31 3-persons, 16 4-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons.
4,447 married couples with children.
1,333 single-parent households (320 men, 1,013 women).
98.2% of residents of Mineral County speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (26% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 42% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $205,834,000 ($7583 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $52,104,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $78,796,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $44,628,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $497,000
Federal grants: $29,097,000
Federal procurement contracts: $49,246,000 ($48,272,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,570,000 ($226,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $438,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $6,848,000
Federal Government insurance: $19,274,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,524
| Here: |
56 per 1000 residents | | State: | 60
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 1,631
| Here: |
60 per 1000 residents | | State: | 61
per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +36
| Here: |
+1 per 1000 residents | | State: | +2
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +60
| Here: |
+2 per 1000 residents | | State: | +6
per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Mineral County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.73 millions of gallons per day (6% from ground, 94% from surface)
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: 184
- 1995
to 1998: 737
- 1990
to 1994: 792
- 1980
to 1989: 1,890
- 1970
to 1979: 2,350
- 1960
to 1969: 1,568
- 1950
to 1959: 1,021
- 1940
to 1949: 1,066
- 1939
or earlier: 2,486
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Mineral County, West Virginia: |
- 1
room: 7
- 2
rooms: 31
- 3
rooms: 146
- 4
rooms: 767
- 5
rooms: 2,205
- 6
rooms: 2,181
- 7
rooms: 1,388
- 8
rooms: 849
- 9
or more rooms: 821
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Mineral County, West Virginia: |
- 1
room: 56
- 2
rooms: 62
- 3
rooms: 385
- 4
rooms: 706
- 5
rooms: 487
- 6
rooms: 387
- 7
rooms: 152
- 8
rooms: 90
- 9
or more rooms: 64
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Mineral County: |
- no
bedroom: 7
- 1
bedroom: 200
- 2
bedrooms: 1,854
- 3
bedrooms: 4,880
- 4
bedrooms: 1,233
- 5
or more bedrooms: 221
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Mineral County: |
- no
bedroom: 59
- 1
bedroom: 502
- 2
bedrooms: 907
- 3
bedrooms: 694
- 4
bedrooms: 195
- 5
or more bedrooms: 32
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Mineral County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
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- no
vehicle: 466
- 1
vehicle: 2,078
- 2
vehicles: 3,760
- 3
vehicles: 1,554
- 4
vehicles: 354
- 5
or more vehicles: 183
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Mineral County in renter-occupied apartments
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- no
vehicle: 514
- 1
vehicle: 1,170
- 2
vehicles: 523
- 3
vehicles: 163
- 4
vehicles: 13
- 5
or more vehicles: 6
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67% of Mineral County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 29% lived in West Virginia.
| Mineral
County: |
67.2% | | State
average: |
63.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 10622
- Northeast:
1402
- Midwest:
554
- South:
14052
- West:
157
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
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- Electricity
(29%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (26%)
- Utility
gas (22%)
- Wood
(13%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Coal
or coke (3%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
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- Utility
gas (38%)
- Electricity
(34%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
- Wood
(6%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (5%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 105
| Here: |
3.4% | | West
Virginia: | 5.5% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 54
| Here: |
3.9% | | West
Virginia: | 4.8% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 56
| Here: |
5.2% | | West
Virginia: | 15.4% |
Mineral
County government finances in 2004:
- Charges
- All Other: $359,000
- Current
Operations - Central Staff Services: $755,000
General - Other: $659,000
Health Services - Other: $658,000
Police Protection: $524,000
Corrections - Other: $464,000
Financial Administration: $409,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $407,000
General Public Buildings: $136,000
Natural Resources - Other: $45,000
Libraries: $42,000
Welfare - Other: $22,000
Parks & Recreation: $10,000
Fire Protection: $2,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $115,000
All Other: $7,000
General Support: $5,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - Air Transportation: $30,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - All Other: $4,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $526,000
Interest Earnings: $4,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - General Public Building: $177,000
General - Other: $86,000
Police Protection: $22,000
Financial Administration: $13,000
Health - Other: $10,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $596,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Health & Hospitals: $289,000
All Other: $265,000
General Support: $48,000
- Tax
- Property: $2,572,000
NEC: $162,000
Public Utilities: $62,000
Other Selective Sales: $17,000
Motor Vehicle License: $7,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $2,032,000
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