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People QuickFacts | Bedford | Virginia
Population, 2012 estimate | 5,964 | 8,185,867
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 6,222 | 8,001,031
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -4.1% | 2.3%
Population, 2010 | 6,222 | 8,001,024
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.4% | 6.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 20.5% | 23.2%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 21.5% | 12.2%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 53.8% | 50.9%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 76.4% | 68.6%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 20.2% | 19.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.7% | 5.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 1.9% | 2.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 2.2% | 7.9%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 75.1% | 64.8%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 86.1% | 84.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 2.9% | 11.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 2.9% | 14.4%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 83.8% | 86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 20.8% | 34.4%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 630 | 743,070
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 18.7 | 27.3
Housing units, 2010 | 2,920 | 3,364,939
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 62.5% | 68.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 21.3% | 21.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $148,000 | $254,600
Households, 2007-2011 | 2,776 | 2,991,025
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.1 | 2.57
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $21,533 | $33,040
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $34,647 | $63,302
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 17.8% | 10.7%
Business QuickFacts | Bedford | Virginia
Total number of firms, 2007 | 591 | 638,643
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 8.6% | 9.9%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 7.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 4.5%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 24.9% | 30.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 92,417,797
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 28,870 | 60,513,396
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 124,881 | 105,663,299
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $19,848 | $13,687
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 15,426 | 15,340,483
Geography QuickFacts | Bedford | Virginia
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 6.88 | 39,490.09
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 904.6 | 202.6
FIPS Code | 5544 | 51
Counties | Bedford city
(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