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People QuickFacts | Charleston | West Virginia
Population, 2012 estimate | 51,018 | 1,855,413
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 51,349 | 1,852,999
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.6% | 0.1%
Population, 2010 | 51,400 | 1,852,994
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 5.8% | 5.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 20.1% | 20.9%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 16.1% | 16.0%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 52.4% | 50.7%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 78.4% | 93.9%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 15.5% | 3.4%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 0.2%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 2.3% | 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) | 1.4% | 1.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 77.6% | 93.2%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 83.8% | 87.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 2.5% | 1.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 4.0% | 2.3%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 90.1% | 82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 37.8% | 17.6%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 4,299 | 166,372
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 16.9 | 25.5
Housing units, 2010 | 26,205 | 881,917
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 61.2% | 74.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 29.5% | 12.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $136,600 | $96,500
Households, 2007-2011 | 23,907 | 740,080
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.08 | 2.43
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $35,191 | $22,010
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $46,004 | $39,550
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 16.4% | 17.5%
Business QuickFacts | Charleston | West Virginia
Total number of firms, 2007 | 5,533 | 120,381
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.8% | S
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | S
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.2% | 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 | 27.7% | 28.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 25,080,573
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 782,807 | 11,036,467
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,006,077 | 20,538,829
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $20,019 | $11,340
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 190,798 | 2,553,258
Geography QuickFacts | Charleston | West Virginia
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 31.52 | 24,038.21
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,630.7 | 77.1
FIPS Code | 14600 | 54
Counties | [NAME]
(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