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WETZEL COUNTY County Seat: New Martinsville 
Nearby Metropolitan Cities  Distance (miles)   Government
Wheeling, WV 37 Sheriff's Department....Number of Sworn Officers 6
Pittsburgh, PA 94 Location New Martinsville
Charleston, WV 125 State Police Department....Number of Sworn Officers 4
    Location Hundred
Education  
Public Schools Transportation
Elementary 2 Vocational Schools 0 Highway Servicing Area   
Middle or Jr. High 0 Other 4 US Routes 250
High Schools 4     WV Routes 180, 89, 69, 20, 7, 2
Number of 1999-2000 Public High School Graduates  244 Available Industrial Parks 1
  Railroads CSXT
College Location (County) Motor Freight Carriers Available Yes
Northern West Virginia Community College New Martinsville (Wetzel) Airports No
West Virginia University Morgantown (Monongalia) (public) New Martinsville
Fairmont State College Fairmont (Marion) Bus Service  No
Wheeling Jesuit University Wheeling (Ohio) Parcel Service Yes
    River, Nearest Navigable Ohio
Libraries  
Number 4 Total Volumes 60,064   
  Communications
  Newspapers 1 Radio Stations 2 TV Stations 0
Recreational Facilities Telephone Service Verizon, Citizens Mountain State
Auditoriums 2 Stadiums 4 Cellular Telephone Service
Baseball-Softball Fields 9 Capacity INA Telegraph Service Yes
Basketball Courts   No. Lighted 4    
Indoor 5 Tennis Courts    
Outdoor 5 Indoor 0 Utilities and Service
Swimming Pools 5 Outdoor 6 Electricity Allegheny, New Martinsville Municipal
Country Clubs 0 Theaters, Indoor 1 Natural Gas Carnegie Natural Gas, Allegheny Power,
Golf Courses 0 Outdoor 1   Pennzoil, Equitable Gas, Hope Gas
Parks 6 Playgrounds 9    
  Climate
  Temperature (Degrees F) Mean Annual Average 53
Medical January Averages High 40 Low 20
Hospitals 1 Beds 68 July Averages  High 85 Low 62
Doctors 18 Dentists 9 Long Term Precipitation (inches):
  January 2.80  July 4.67  Annual 43.8 
  Mean Annual Snowfall Range (inches) 30 - 35
Child Care Note: Wide variation in snowfall in some counties due to mountainous terrain. Upper limits in higher elevations.
Licensed Day Care Centers 4
 
Financial Institutions  
 
Banks: number including branches 13 
Savings and Loans: number including branches
 
Economic Indicators
   
Per Capita Income (1999) $19,271 
Total Personal Income (1999) $351,116,000 
   
Employment and Wages Covered by
Unemployment Compensation Programs
   
Employment, Annual Average 2000 4,874 
Total Wages, Annual 2000 $101,061,668 
Annual Wage, Annual Average 2000 $20,734 
Weekly Wage, Annual Average 2000 $398.75 
 
Population (2000 Census)
 
Total Population 2000 17,693    Place of Work
Total Population 1990 19,258  Workers Living in County Data not yet available
Total Population 1980 21,874  Working in Same County
Total Population 1970 20,314  Working in Another County
Sex and Age Working in Another State
Male 8,586  Not Reported
Female 9,107   
Ages 14 and below 3,402  Households
Ages 15 to 19 1,219  Total Households 7,164 
Ages 20 to 24 781  Family Households 5,080 
Ages 25 to 34 2,051  Non-Family Households 2,084 
Ages 35 to 44 2,632  Persons 65 and Over, Living Alone 914 
Ages 45 to 54 2,630  Average Household Size 2.45
Ages 55 to 64 2,117     
Ages 65 and older 2,681  Housing
Median Age 40.4 Total Housing Units 8,313 
Race Occupied Housing Units 7,164 
White 17,502  Owner Occupied Units 5,625 
Black or African American 15  Renter Occupied Units 1,539 
American Indian and Alaska Native 17     
Asian 57     
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific     
Some other race    
Two or more races 93     
Wetzel County


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