People QuickFacts	Lynchburg city	Virginia
  	Population, 2008 estimate    	72,596	7,769,089
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008    	11.2%	9.7%
  	Population estimates base (April 1) 2000    	65,269	7,079,025
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2007    	6.5%	6.7%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2007    	20.9%	23.7%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2007    	16.7%	11.8%
  	Female persons, percent, 2007    	54.1%	50.9% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2007 (a)    	68.0%	73.2%
  	Black persons, percent, 2007 (a)    	28.3%	19.9%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2007 (a)    	0.3%	0.4%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2007 (a)    	1.9%	4.8%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2007 (a)    	Z	0.1%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2007    	1.4%	1.6%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2007 (b)    	1.9%	6.6%
  	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2007    	66.5%	67.3% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	51.6%	52.2%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	3.2%	8.1%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	5.6%	11.1%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	78.0%	81.5%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	25.2%	29.5%
  	Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000    	13,605	1,155,083
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	16.8	27.0 			
  	Housing units, 2007    	29,786	3,274,394
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	58.5%	68.1%
  	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000    	29.9%	21.5%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$85,300	$125,400 			
  	Households, 2000    	25,477	2,699,173
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.30	2.54
  	Median household income, 2007    	$36,374	$59,575
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$18,263	$23,975
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 2007    	19.4%	9.9%

   	Business QuickFacts	Lynchburg city	Virginia
  	Private nonfarm establishments, 2006    	2,448	197,263
  	Private nonfarm employment, 2006    	55,110	3,174,363
  	Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006    	-4.2%	9.3%
  	Nonemployer establishments, 2006    	3,316	478,718
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	4,840	529,520
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	10.7%	7.8%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.5%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	2.3%	5.8%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.1%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	3.6%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	31.9%	29.7% 			
  	Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)    	1,758,135	83,952,547
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	585,091	69,267,796
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	1,420,834	80,509,062
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$21,875	$11,069
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	130,883	10,929,429
  	Building permits, 2007    	500	38,362
  	Federal spending, 2007 ($1000)    	731,127	110,104,807

   	Geography QuickFacts	Lynchburg city	Virginia
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	49.39	39,594.07
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	1,332.0	178.8
  	FIPS Code    	680	51
  	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Lynchburg, VA Metro 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