Demographic Profile for Wise County, Virginia
Estimated since the year 2000, a low number of individuals have migrated to Wise from outside the country. The immigration into Wise totals 0 percent of all immigration into Virginia. This level of international migration can be considered low when compared to international migration per 2005 population.
Wise County, Virginia has a population that is made up of 92.6 percent White, 5.4 percent African American, 0.4 percent Asian, and 0.9 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a modest level of diversity, with 6.7 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Virginia percent of 30. Since 2000, Wise has increased in diversity when 6.5 percent of the population were minorities.
Wise County, Virginia had a total estimated population of 41,997 in 2005. The estimated population has decreased, since the 2000 total population of 42,173. The decline represents a decrease of -0.4 percent. Wise ranks 107 of 134 counties when analyzing total population change in Virginia and the county ranks 2,283 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.
The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Wise County, Virginia to be 37.9 years of age. The median in Wise is greater than the median age in Virginia of 37.2. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median age, when it was 37.1 years of age. With a total of 21.4 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Wise can be described as being made up of a medium-low proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a relatively high representation within the population, making up 65.2 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 13.4 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-low proportion of the population.
When calculating the total land area, Wise covers a total land area of 404 square miles. The land areas has a medium-low density of 104 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Brunswick, NC (104 per sq. mile ), Grundy, IL (104 per sq. mile ), Seneca, OH (104 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Clinton, OH (104 per sq. mile ), Henderson, KY (104 per sq. mile ), Hart, GA (104 per sq. mile ).
Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Wise County, Virginia has a population that is made up of 92.6 percent White, 5.4 percent African American, 0.4 percent Asian, and 0.9 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a modest level of diversity, with 6.7 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Virginia percent of 30. Since 2000, Wise has increased in diversity when 6.5 percent of the population were minorities.
Wise County, Virginia had a total estimated population of 41,997 in 2005. The estimated population has decreased, since the 2000 total population of 42,173. The decline represents a decrease of -0.4 percent. Wise ranks 107 of 134 counties when analyzing total population change in Virginia and the county ranks 2,283 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.
The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Wise County, Virginia to be 37.9 years of age. The median in Wise is greater than the median age in Virginia of 37.2. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median age, when it was 37.1 years of age. With a total of 21.4 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Wise can be described as being made up of a medium-low proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a relatively high representation within the population, making up 65.2 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 13.4 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-low proportion of the population.
When calculating the total land area, Wise covers a total land area of 404 square miles. The land areas has a medium-low density of 104 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Brunswick, NC (104 per sq. mile ), Grundy, IL (104 per sq. mile ), Seneca, OH (104 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Clinton, OH (104 per sq. mile ), Henderson, KY (104 per sq. mile ), Hart, GA (104 per sq. mile ).
Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
