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People QuickFacts | Covington city | Virginia
Population, 2012 estimate | 5,771 | 8,185,867
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 5,961 | 8,001,031
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -3.2% | 2.3%
Population, 2010 | 5,961 | 8,001,024
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 5.2% | 6.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 20.7% | 22.9%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 19.0% | 12.5%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.1% | 50.9%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 84.2% | 71.3%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 12.9% | 19.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.3% | 0.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.7% | 5.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.0% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.9% | 2.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 1.6% | 8.2%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 82.7% | 64.5%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 76.1% | 84.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 1.5% | 11.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 3.4% | 14.4%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 79.6% | 86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 10.7% | 34.4%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 769 | 743,070
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 19.4 | 27.3
Housing units, 2011 | 3,040 | 3,387,654
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 70.3% | 68.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.5% | 21.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $64,900 | $254,600
Households, 2007-2011 | 2,546 | 2,991,025
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.34 | 2.57
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $21,474 | $33,040
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $36,242 | $63,302
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 20.5% | 10.7%
Business QuickFacts | Covington city | Virginia
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 238 | 193,042
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 3,651 | 2,998,278
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -23 | 3.3
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 242 | 510,297
Total number of firms, 2007 | 402 | 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 | S | 4.5%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 30.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 92,417,797
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 13,015 | 60,513,396
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 104,599 | 105,663,299
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $16,849 | $13,687
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 15,340,483
Building permits, 2011 | 2 | 23,297
Geography QuickFacts | Covington city | Virginia
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 5.47 | 39,490.09
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,090.2 | 202.6
FIPS Code | 580 | 51
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical 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