People QuickFacts	Huntington	West Virginia
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	49,007	1,818,470
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	-5.0%	0.6%
  	Population, 2000    	51,475	1,808,344
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	4.9%	5.6%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	17.7%	22.3%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	18.0%	15.3%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	53.0%	51.4% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	89.6%	95.0%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	7.5%	3.2%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.2%	0.2%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.8%	0.5%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	Z	Z
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	1.5%	0.9%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	0.8%	0.7% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	51.7%	63.3%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	1.5%	1.1%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	3.4%	2.7%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	79.6%	75.2%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	22.4%	14.8%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	17.8	26.2 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	25,888	844,623
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	54.6%	75.2%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$65,400	$72,800 			
  	Households, 2000    	22,955	736,481
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.12	2.40
  	Median household income, 1999    	$23,234	$29,696
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$16,717	$16,477
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	24.7%	17.9%

   	Business QuickFacts	Huntington	West Virginia
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	488,157	10,924,279
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	483,394	16,747,900
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$9,615	$9,281
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	112,343	1,974,851
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	3,864	113,087
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	1.3%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.4%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	1.1%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.6%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	Z
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	27.9%	27.7% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Huntington	West Virginia
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	15	24,077
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	3,233.4	75.1
  	FIPS Code    	39460	54
 	Counties    	Cabell County
 Wayne 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