Demographics of Southwest Virginia (2000)

Population, Unemployment, Uninsured, Underinsured, Poverty Levels

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County/City

Population

Designation

% Unemployed

# Unemployed

# Uninsured*

# Underinsured**

% poverty

# in poverty

US

273,643,269

4.9%

13,408,520

43,782,923

18,060,456

Virginia

7,078,515

3.0%

212,355

990,992

481,339

11.6%

821,108

Bristol, VA (City)

17,367

MUA

3%

521

2,431

1,181

21.1%

3,664

Buchanan County

26,978

HPSA, MUA

8%

2,158

3,777

1,835

24.3%

6,556

Dickenson County

16,396

HPSA, MUA

15%

2,459

2,295

1,115

25.5%

4,181

Galax (City)

6,837

HPSA, MUA

17%

1,162

957

465

22.1%

1,511

Grayson County

17,917

HPSA, MUA

16%

2,867

2,508

1,218

16.5%

2,956

Lee County

23,589

HPSA, MUA

4%

944

3,302

1,604

28.5%

6,723

Norton (City)

3,904

MUA

4%

156

547

265

24.4%

953

Pulaski County

35,127

MUA

12%

4,215

4,918

2,389

14.1%

4,953

Russell County

30,308

MUA

10%

3,031

4,243

2,061

20.7%

6,274

Scott County

23,403

MUA

5%

1,170

3,276

1,591

18.3%

4,283

Smyth County

33,081

MUA

7%

2,316

4,631

2,250

17.3%

5,723

Washington County

51,103

MUA

4%

2,044

7,154

3,475

14.3%

7,308

Wise County

40,123

MUA

4%

1,605

5,617

2,728

23.1%

9,268

Wythe County

27,599

MUA

11%

3,036

3,864

1,877

16.2%

4,471

SW VA TOTALS

353,732

27,684

49,522

24,054

68,823

*

16% of all American and 14% of all Virginians are uninsured. 32.3% of poor are uninsured.

**

6.8% of all Virginians are underinsured. Data per county not available.

SOURCES

populations:

http://www.census.gov

designations:

http://www.bphc.hrsa.gov/databases/newhpsa/newhpsa.cfm

unemployment:

http://www.vec.state.va.us/lbrmkt/lmi.htm

http://www.vec.state.va.us/pdf/lausclf.pdf

per capita income:

http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/releases/wccincome-dec-22-1999.html

county descriptions:

http://www.wise.virginia.edu/gmec

uninsured and underinsured:

http://www.census.gov/hhes/hlthins/hlthin98/3yr98.html

http://www.virginia.edu/coopercenter/vastat/

http://www.cdc.gov/mwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00051237.htm

http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org

poverty:

http://www.census.gov/