 The per capita income for the county was $26,671.About 6.4% of families and 12.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.5% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.Wood County formerly was a Republican stronghold county, but since 1964 the county has become a bellwether losing only to Jimmy Carter in 1976.