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People QuickFacts | Wise County | Virginia
Population, 2013 estimate | 40,589 | 8,260,405
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 41,452 | 8,001,031
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | -2.1% | 3.2%
Population, 2010 | 41,452 | 8,001,024
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 5.3% | 6.2%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 20.1% | 22.6%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 15.2% | 13.4%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 48.2% | 50.8%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 93.1% | 70.8%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 5.4% | 19.7%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.2% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.4% | 6.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 1.0% | 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 1.2% | 8.6%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 92.0% | 63.6%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 88.4% | 84.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 1.5% | 11.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 | 2.6% | 14.9%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 72.9% | 87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 13.1% | 35.2%
Veterans, 2009-2013 | 2,901 | 726,470
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 22.2 | 27.7
Housing units, 2013 | 17,682 | 3,412,460
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 70.8% | 67.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 6.4% | 21.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $83,900 | $244,600
Households, 2009-2013 | 15,406 | 3,022,739
Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 2.48 | 2.6
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $19,107 | $33,493
Median household income, 2009-2013 | $36,218 | $63,907
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 21.9% | 11.3%
Business QuickFacts | Wise County | Virginia
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 809 | 192,730
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 12,166 | 3,089,241
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | 7.1% | 2.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 1,558 | 529,636
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,794 | 638,643
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 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 | 28.1% | 30.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 92,417,797
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 496,136 | 60,513,396
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 438,617 | 105,663,299
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $10,513 | $13,687
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 40,082 | 15,340,483
Building permits, 2012 | 20 | 27,278
Geography QuickFacts | Wise County | Virginia
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 403.19 | 39,490.09
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 102.8 | 202.6
FIPS Code | 195 | 51
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Big Stone Gap, VA Micro Area
(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