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People QuickFacts | Petersburg | Virginia
Population, 2011 estimate | 32,326 | 8,104,384
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 32,420 | 8,001,031
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | -0.3% | 1.3%
Population, 2010 | 32,420 | 8,001,024
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.5% | 6.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 20.7% | 23.2%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 15.0% | 12.2%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 53.3% | 50.9%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 16.1% | 68.6%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 79.1% | 19.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.3% | 0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.8% | 5.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 1.8% | 2.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 3.8% | 7.9%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 15.1% | 64.8%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 88.8% | 84.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 3.4% | 11.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 4.6% | 14.4%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 70.8% | 86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 13.9% | 34.4%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 2,828 | 743,070
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 21.6 | 27.3
Housing units, 2010 | 16,326 | 3,364,939
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 47.9% | 68.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 33.9% | 21.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $119,600 | $254,600
Households, 2007-2011 | 12,179 | 2,991,025
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.59 | 2.57
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $19,005 | $33,040
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $36,289 | $63,302
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 21.8% | 10.7%
Business QuickFacts | Petersburg | Virginia
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,687 | 638,643
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 39.6% | 9.9%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 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 | 22.6% | 30.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 595,891 | 92,417,797
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 356,054 | 60,513,396
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 324,219 | 105,663,299
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $9,823 | $13,687
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 36,635 | 15,340,483
Geography QuickFacts | Petersburg | Virginia
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 22.93 | 39,490.09
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,413.7 | 202.6
FIPS Code | 61832 | 51
Counties | Petersburg 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