Bluefield, West Virginia Demographics

Bluefield is 1st in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Bluefield is 5th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Female residents

Bluefield is 8th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Income below poverty line

Bluefield is 10th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Bluefield is 10th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Residents 65 or older

Bluefield is 11th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Race - Two or More

Bluefield is 11th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Residents younger than 5

Bluefield is 12th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Housing units

Bluefield is 12th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Size in square miles

Bluefield is 13th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Foreign born residents

Size Demographics
	Bluefield	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	10,502	14th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	8.9	12th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,179.7	27th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Bluefield	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	6.2%	11th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.8%	15th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.2%	10th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Bluefield	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.9%	13th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	23.6%	18th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Bluefield	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	73.7%	31st	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	23.0%	1st	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	10th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	24th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	28th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.3%	11th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	29th	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	73.4%	30th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Bluefield	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	53.2%	5th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.0%	13th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Bluefield	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	5,457	12th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	16.6%	24th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	4,726	14th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	67.1%	15th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$73,700	30th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.2	27th	2.4	2.6

Income Demographics
	Bluefield	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$21,731	21st	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$31,234	27th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	22.6%	8th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Bluefield	Rank	West Virginia	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,213	15th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$222,592	16th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$20,203	18th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$16,875	21st	$2,553,258	$613,795,732