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People QuickFacts |
Roanoke |
Virginia |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
91,552 | 7,642,884 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
-3.5% | 8.0% |
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Population, 2000 |
94,911 | 7,078,515 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
6.5% | 6.5% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
22.6% | 24.6% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
16.4% | 11.2% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
53.1% | 51.0% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
69.4% | 72.3% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
26.7% | 19.6% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.2% | 0.3% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.2% | 3.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
Z | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
1.8% | 2.0% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
1.5% | 4.7% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
53.4% | 52.2% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
3.1% | 8.1% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
5.3% | 11.1% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
76.0% | 81.5% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
18.7% | 29.5% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
19.3 | 27.0 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
45,257 | 2,904,192 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
56.3% | 68.1% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$80,300 | $125,400 |
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Households, 2000 |
42,003 | 2,699,173 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.20 | 2.54 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$30,719 | $46,677 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$18,468 | $23,975 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
15.9% | 9.6% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Roanoke |
Virginia |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
999,799 | 69,267,796 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
1,712,312 | 80,509,062 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$18,384 | $11,050 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
214,221 | 10,929,429 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
7,257 | 529,520 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
7.4% | 7.8% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.5% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
3.6% | 5.8% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 3.6% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.1% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
22.4% | 29.7% |
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