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People QuickFacts | Bessemer City | North Carolina
Population, 2012 estimate | 5,386 | 9,748,364
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 5,340 | 9,535,471
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.9% | 2.2%
Population, 2010 | 5,340 | 9,535,483
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.2% | 6.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 25.7% | 23.9%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 13.0% | 12.9%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 51.3% | 51.3%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 79.6% | 68.5%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 14.4% | 21.5%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.4% | 1.3%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.7% | 2.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.0% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 1.9% | 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 5.1% | 8.4%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 78.0% | 65.3%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 83.7% | 84.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 1.2% | 7.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 4.4% | 10.8%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 82.1% | 84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 8.5% | 26.8%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 460 | 738,926
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 21.4 | 23.5
Housing units, 2010 | 2,348 | 4,327,528
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 63.4% | 67.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 12.4% | 17.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $96,400 | $153,600
Households, 2008-2012 | 1,977 | 3,693,221
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.72 | 2.51
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $16,701 | $25,285
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $35,718 | $46,450
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 18.6% | 16.8%
Business QuickFacts | Bessemer City | North Carolina
Total number of firms, 2007 | 354 | 798,791
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 10.5%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.0%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 2.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 2.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 205,867,299
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 88,795,885
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 28,483 | 114,578,173
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $5,226 | $12,641
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,148 | 16,126,939
Geography QuickFacts | Bessemer City | North Carolina
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 4.79 | 48,617.91
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,114.8 | 196.1
FIPS Code | 5220 | 37
Counties | Gaston 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