Martinsville city, Virginia QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Martinsville city Virginia
?  Population, 2000 15,4167,078,515
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 -4.6%14.4%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 5.6%6.5%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 22.6%24.6%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 20.6%11.2%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 55.4%72.3%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 42.5%19.6%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%0.3%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.5%3.7%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) 0.0%0.1%
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.7%2.0%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.8%2.0%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 54.8%51.0%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 2.3%4.7%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 54.1%70.2%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 7,1182,987,611
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 1,789972,894
?  Housing units, 2000 7,2492,904,192
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 60.2%68.1%
?  Households, 2000 6,4982,699,173
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.272.54
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 30.8%35.9%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $28,344$40,209
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 17.3%11.6%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 26.8%17.0%

Business QuickFacts Martinsville city Virginia
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 743172,182
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 18,0552,700,589
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 -9.4%16.3%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 1,419349,652
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 724,14883,814,009
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 248,78462,569,924
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $16,020$9,293
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 32246,666
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 683138,494
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 1253,151
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 124,36757,842,231
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 791253,219

Geography QuickFacts Martinsville city Virginia
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 1139,594
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 1,401.5178.8
?  Metropolitan Area None 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

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