Beckley, West Virginia Demographics

Beckley is 2nd in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Beckley is 3rd in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Race - Two or More

Beckley is 4th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Female residents

Beckley is 4th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Beckley is 4th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Race - Asian

Beckley is 5th in West Virginia out of 26 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Beckley is 5th in West Virginia out of 28 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Beckley is 5th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Foreign born residents

Beckley is 6th in West Virginia out of 30 other cities in Retail sales

Beckley is 6th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Income below poverty line

Size Demographics
	Beckley	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	17,606	8th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	9.5	10th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,856.1	17th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Beckley	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	6.3%	9th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.2%	18th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.9%	15th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Beckley	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.9%	22nd	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	23.4%	19th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Beckley	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	72.3%	32nd	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	21.2%	2nd	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	4th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.4%	4th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	27th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.2%	3rd	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	9th	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	71.7%	32nd	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Beckley	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	53.4%	4th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.5%	5th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Beckley	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	8,839	8th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	20.9%	18th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	7,384	8th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	63.3%	20th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$97,200	17th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.3	15th	2.4	2.6

Income Demographics
	Beckley	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$22,589	20th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$32,938	23rd	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	23.2%	6th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Beckley	Rank	West Virginia	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,111	8th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$589,465	6th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$35,499	5th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$85,605	5th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732