| People QuickFacts | Morgantown | West Virginia |
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Population, 2011 estimate | 30,293 | 1,854,908 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 29,662 | 1,852,999 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 2.1% | 0.1% |
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Population, 2010 | 29,660 | 1,852,994 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 2.7% | 5.6% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 8.2% | 20.9% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 8.1% | 16.0% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 | 46.5% | 50.7% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 89.7% | 93.9% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 4.1% | 3.4% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.2% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 3.4% | 0.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.0% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 2.0% | 1.5% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 2.6% | 1.2% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 87.9% | 93.2% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 62.5% | 87.7% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.6% | 1.3% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 6.8% | 2.3% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 91.4% | 82.6% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 46.6% | 17.6% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,159 | 166,372 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 16.2 | 25.5 |
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Housing units, 2010 | 12,664 | 881,917 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 40.5% | 74.3% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 52.1% | 12.0% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $166,100 | $96,500 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 10,082 | 740,080 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.23 | 2.43 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $18,648 | $22,010 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $25,948 | $39,550 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 36.4% | 17.5% |
| Business QuickFacts | Morgantown | West Virginia |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,705 | 120,381 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.2% | S |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | S |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 4.0% | 1.3% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.7% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 24.9% | 28.1% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | NA | 25,080,573 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 53,302 | 11,036,467 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 743,252 | 20,538,829 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $25,360 | $11,340 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 118,207 | 2,553,258 |