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People QuickFacts |
Wheeling |
West Virginia |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
29,330 | 1,818,470 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
-6.6% | 0.6% |
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Population, 2000 |
31,419 | 1,808,344 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
4.9% | 5.6% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
20.6% | 22.3% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
21.6% | 15.3% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
54.3% | 51.4% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
92.7% | 95.0% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
5.0% | 3.2% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.1% | 0.2% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.9% | 0.5% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
Z | Z |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
1.1% | 0.9% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
0.6% | 0.7% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
60.9% | 63.3% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
1.7% | 1.1% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
4.1% | 2.7% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
81.9% | 75.2% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
23.2% | 14.8% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
18.5 | 26.2 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
15,706 | 844,623 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
62.7% | 75.2% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$67,100 | $72,800 |
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Households, 2000 |
13,719 | 736,481 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.17 | 2.40 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$27,388 | $29,696 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$17,923 | $16,477 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
18.0% | 17.9% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Wheeling |
West Virginia |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
D | 10,924,279 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
370,120 | 16,747,900 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$12,128 | $9,281 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
57,239 | 1,974,851 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
2,934 | 113,087 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 1.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.4% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 1.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.6% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | Z |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
20.1% | 27.7% |
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