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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $251 (0.5%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Wyoming 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: Mullens
, Oceana
, Pineville
.
Neighboring
counties: Boone County
, Logan County
, McDowell County
, Mercer County
, Mingo County
, Raleigh County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Wyoming County: Campus
(A),
Ivy Knob Lookout Tower
(B),
Lambert Knob Lookout Tower
(C),
Burning Rock Lookout Tower
(D),
Wolf Pen
(E),
Castle
(F)
Churches in Wyoming County include: Beartown
Church
(A),
Spruce Grove Church
(B),
Slab Fork Church
(C),
Big Cub Church
(D),
Shields Memorial Church
(E),
Saulsville Baptist Church
(F),
Guyandotte Baptist Church
(G),
Guyandotte Church
(H),
Brenton Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Morgan
Cemetery
(1),
Bailey Cemetery
(2),
Lester Cemeteries
(3),
Rotenberry Cemetery
(4),
Davis Cemetery
(5),
Cline Cemetery
(6),
Hickory Ridge Cemetery
(7)
Reservoirs: Buck
Fork Lake
(A),
Low Gap Branch Number Two Impoundment
(B),
Otsego Mine Impoundment
(C),
Horse Creek Lake
(D),
Number 50 Earthfill Impoundment
(E),
Keppler Mine Impoundment
(F),
Kopperston Number Three Impoundment Number Two
(G),
Kopperston Number Three Impoundment Number One
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Acord
Branch
(A),
Adkins Fork
(B),
Allen Creek
(C),
Mile Branch
(D),
Bailey Branch
(E),
Baldwin Branch
(F),
Bans Branch
(G),
Barkers Creek
(H),
Wildcat Creek
(I)
Parks in Wyoming County include: Horse
Creek Lake Wildlife Management Area
(1),
Horse Creek Public Fishing Area
(2),
R D Bailey Lake Wildlife Management Area
(3),
Twin Falls State Park
(4)
Post offices: Glen
Rogers Post Office
(A),
Alpoca Post Office
(B),
Hanover Post Office
(C),
Ikes Fork Post Office
(D),
Basin Post Office
(E),
Clear Fork Post Office
(F),
Maben Post Office
(G),
Coal Mountain Post Office
(H),
North Spring Post Office
(I)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
5.4% | | West
Virginia: |
4.0% |
Current college students: 610
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 64.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 7.1%
Number of foreign born residents: 42 (43% naturalized citizens)
| Wyoming
County: |
0.2% | | Whole
state: | 1.1% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 10
- 1990
to 1994: 0
- 1985
to 1989: 0
- 1980
to 1984: 0
- 1975
to 1979: 0
- 1970
to 1974: 6
- 1970
to 1974: 0
- 1965
to 1969: 26
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Mean travel time to work: 35.3 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 63.1%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 7,452
- One,
attached: 90
- Two:
76
- 3
or 4: 118
- 5
to 9: 130
- 10
to 19: 78
- 20
or more: 144
- Mobile
homes: 3,579
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 31
Housing units in Wyoming County with a mortgage: 1,917 (100 second mortgage, 58 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,490 Agriculture
in Wyoming County
Average size of farms: 104 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $4710
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $226.76
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 20.76%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $5225
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 15.79%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $15060
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 94.29%
Average age of principal farm operators: 60 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 8.61
Corn for grain: 18 harvested acresWyoming
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below West Virginia state average. It is 7.6 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 9 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 4/4/1974, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado injured 9 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Mining
(30%)
- Construction
(8%)
- Truck
transportation (6%)
- Educational
services (4%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health
care (3%)
- Administrative
and support and waste management services (3%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Educational
services (21%)
- Health
care (18%)
- Accommodation
and food services (7%)
- Social
assistance (7%)
- Department
and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Public
administration (5%)
- Finance
and insurance (5%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Extraction
workers (14%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Material
recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Electricians
(4%)
- Vehicle
and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)
|
Most
common occupations for females
|
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Cashiers
(7%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (7%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Health
technologists and technicians (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- United
Kingdom (33%)
- Greece
(26%)
- Panama
(24%)
- Japan
(17%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Wyoming County:
|
- United
States or American (56%)
- English
(12%)
- Irish
(8%)
- German
(5%)
- Italian
(2%)
- Dutch
(1%)
- Scotch-Irish
(1%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 5,840 (79%)
- Carpooled:
1,101 (15%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 61 (1%)
- Walked:
150 (2%)
- Other
means: 60 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 147 (2%)
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People
in group quarters in Wyoming County, West Virginia
- 60
people in nursing homes
- 44
people in other group homes
- 14
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $38,270.
10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated from other counties between 2005 and 2006.1,000 average adjusted gross income)
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated from other counties in West Virginia.
10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated from other states.
5.29% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,806 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.29% | | West
Virginia average: | 5.65% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.47% relocated to other counties in West Virginia ($18,853 average AGI)
1.82% relocated to other states ($9,953 average AGI)
| Wyoming
County: |
1.82% | | West
Virginia average: | 2.96% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Raleigh County, WV
|
1.63% ($28,162 average AGI) |
| to
Mercer County, WV
|
0.57% ($28,256) |
| to
McDowell County, WV
|
0.20% ($30,571) |
| to
Logan County, WV
|
0.19% ($41,077) |
| to
Kanawha County, WV
|
0.15% ($22,200) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.4
Births
per 1000 population in Wyoming County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.5
Deaths
per 1000 population in Wyoming County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 8.9
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Wyoming County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 5,598 (3,322 aged, 2,276 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 25,589
- In
family households: 22,728 (6,577 male householders, 1,221 female householders)
6,469
spouses, 7,169 children (6,465 natural, 198 adopted, 506 stepchildren), 351 grandchildren, 131 brothers or sisters, 133 parents, 361 other relatives, 316 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 2,861 (1,088 male householders (981 living alone)), 1,593 female householders (1,562 living alone)), 180 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 119 (59 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,480 2-persons, 2,228 3-persons, 1,444 4-persons, 520 5-persons, 94 6-persons, 32 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 2,543 1-person, 111 2-persons, 15 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 8 5-persons.
4,039 married couples with children.
1,152 single-parent households (302 men, 850 women).
98.5% of residents of Wyoming County speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 28% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (95% speak English very well, 5% speak English well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $193,982,000 ($7854 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,032,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $99,659,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $41,197,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,247,000
Federal grants: $45,441,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,298,000 ($2,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $5,141,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,762,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $243,000
Federal Government insurance: $66,637,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,450
| Here: |
59 per 1000 residents | | State: | 60
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 1,547
| Here: |
63 per 1000 residents | | State: |
61 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +10
| Here: |
+0 per 1000 residents | | State: | +2
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -1,100
| Here: |
-45 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+6 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Wyoming County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.09 millions of gallons per day (44% from ground, 56% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built:
|
- 1999
to March 2000: 181
- 1995
to 1998: 750
- 1990
to 1994: 755
- 1980
to 1989: 2,086
- 1970
to 1979: 2,557
- 1960
to 1969: 993
- 1950
to 1959: 1,462
- 1940
to 1949: 1,543
- 1939
or earlier: 1,371
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Wyoming County, West Virginia: |
- 1
room: 15
- 2
rooms: 122
- 3
rooms: 173
- 4
rooms: 1,304
- 5
rooms: 2,381
- 6
rooms: 2,351
- 7
rooms: 1,253
- 8
rooms: 673
- 9
or more rooms: 437
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Wyoming County, West Virginia: |
- 1
room: 3
- 2
rooms: 56
- 3
rooms: 108
- 4
rooms: 407
- 5
rooms: 614
- 6
rooms: 357
- 7
rooms: 132
- 8
rooms: 37
- 9
or more rooms: 31
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Wyoming County: |
- no
bedroom: 15
- 1
bedroom: 273
- 2
bedrooms: 2,507
- 3
bedrooms: 4,834
- 4
bedrooms: 894
- 5
or more bedrooms: 186
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Wyoming County: |
- no
bedroom: 3
- 1
bedroom: 210
- 2
bedrooms: 713
- 3
bedrooms: 712
- 4
bedrooms: 106
- 5
or more bedrooms: 1
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Wyoming County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 709
- 1
vehicle: 3,252
- 2
vehicles: 3,564
- 3
vehicles: 911
- 4
vehicles: 236
- 5
or more vehicles: 37
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Wyoming County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 456
- 1
vehicle: 851
- 2
vehicles: 353
- 3
vehicles: 68
- 4
vehicles: 17
- 5
or more vehicles: 0
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75% of Wyoming County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in West Virginia.
| Wyoming
County: |
75.3% | | State
average: |
63.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 22852
- Northeast:
190
- Midwest:
670
- South:
1755
- West:
151
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $25,000 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Electricity
(52%)
- Utility
gas (33%)
- Coal
or coke (5%)
- Wood
(4%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (2%)
|
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Electricity
(51%)
- Utility
gas (33%)
- Coal
or coke (6%)
- Wood
(5%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 27
| Here: |
1.1% | | West
Virginia: | 5.5% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 43
| Here: |
2.8% | | West
Virginia: | 4.8% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 74
| Here: |
13.4% | | West
Virginia: | 15.4% |
Wyoming
County government finances in 2004:
-
Charges - Air Transportation: $13,000
- Charges
- All Other: $490,000
Solid Waste Management: $400,000
- Current
Operations - Police Protection: $1,153,000
Solid Waste Management: $719,000
Financial Administration: $632,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $576,000
Corrections - Other: $548,000
Central Staff Services: $350,000
Health Services - Other: $314,000
General Public Buildings: $233,000
Air Transportation: $52,000
Fire Protection: $51,000
Parks & Recreation: $32,000
Welfare - Other: $28,000
Libraries: $20,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $6,000
Sewerage: $2,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $48,000
- Miscellaneous
- Interest Earnings: $22,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - General Public Building: $47,000
Police Protection: $46,000
Health - Other: $41,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $977,000
- State
Intergovernmental - All Other: $682,000
General Support: $451,000
Health & Hospitals: $283,000
- Tax
- Property: $2,846,000
Public Utilities: $310,000
Other Selective Sales: $215,000
NEC: $34,000
Motor Vehicle License: $6,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $3,905,000
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