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People QuickFacts | Wheeling | West Virginia
Population, 2011 estimate | 28,355 | 1,854,908
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 28,484 | 1,852,999
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | -0.5% | 0.1%
Population, 2010 | 28,486 | 1,852,994
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 5.1% | 5.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 18.5% | 20.9%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 20.6% | 16.0%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 53.1% | 50.7%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 91.2% | 93.9%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 5.1% | 3.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 0.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.9% | 0.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 2.4% | 1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 0.9% | 1.2%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 90.6% | 93.2%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 86.3% | 87.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 1.4% | 1.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 2.8% | 2.3%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 89.7% | 82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 25.7% | 17.6%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 2,615 | 166,372
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 17.2 | 25.5
Housing units, 2010 | 14,661 | 881,917
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 64.2% | 74.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 31.6% | 12.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $92,000 | $96,500
Households, 2007-2011 | 12,770 | 740,080
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.13 | 2.43
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $22,881 | $22,010
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $34,807 | $39,550
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 19.0% | 17.5%
Business QuickFacts | Wheeling | West Virginia
Total number of firms, 2007 | 3,061 | 120,381
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 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 | 23.5% | 28.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 25,080,573
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 11,036,467
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 402,129 | 20,538,829
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $13,855 | $11,340
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 76,523 | 2,553,258
Geography QuickFacts | Wheeling | West Virginia
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 13.79 | 24,038.21
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 2,065.5 | 77.1
FIPS Code | 86452 | 54
Counties | Marshall County  Ohio 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