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People QuickFacts | Beckley | West Virginia
Population, 2012 estimate | 17,606 | 1,856,680
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 17,614 | 1,852,999
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | Z | 0.2%
Population, 2010 | 17,614 | 1,852,994
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.3% | 5.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 20.2% | 20.9%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 17.9% | 16.0%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 53.4% | 50.7%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 72.3% | 93.9%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 21.2% | 3.4%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.3% | 0.2%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 2.4% | 0.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 3.2% | 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 1.5% | 1.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 71.7% | 93.2%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 83.3% | 87.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 3.6% | 1.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 5.6% | 2.4%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 85.2% | 83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 22.7% | 17.9%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 1,611 | 164,979
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 18.8 | 25.4
Housing units, 2010 | 8,839 | 881,917
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 60.1% | 73.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 20.9% | 12.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $98,700 | $97,300
Households, 2008-2012 | 7,433 | 742,674
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.28 | 2.43
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $23,054 | $22,482
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $33,429 | $40,400
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 24.8% | 17.6%
Business QuickFacts | Beckley | West Virginia
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,111 | 120,381
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 4.6% | S
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | S
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 24.9% | 28.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 25,080,573
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 163,315 | 11,036,467
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 589,465 | 20,538,829
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $35,499 | $11,340
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 85,605 | 2,553,258
Geography QuickFacts | Beckley | West Virginia
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 9.49 | 24,038.21
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,856.1 | 77.1
FIPS Code | 5332 | 54
Counties | Raleigh County
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts