South Charleston, West Virginia Demographics

South Charleston is 1st in West Virginia out of 26 other cities in Retail sales per capita

South Charleston is 2nd in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Female residents

South Charleston is 4th in West Virginia out of 30 other cities in Retail sales

South Charleston is 5th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Race - Two or More

South Charleston is 6th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Foreign born residents

South Charleston is 6th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

South Charleston is 7th in West Virginia out of 28 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

South Charleston is 7th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

South Charleston is 8th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

South Charleston is 9th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Size Demographics
	South Charleston	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	13,340	11th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	7.6	14th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,766.7	19th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	South Charleston	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	5.9%	16th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.9%	12th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.6%	16th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	South Charleston	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.6%	9th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	29.8%	7th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	South Charleston	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	86.9%	25th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	8.4%	9th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	6th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.1%	13th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	22nd	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.0%	5th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	23rd	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	86.4%	25th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	South Charleston	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	54.3%	2nd	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.0%	6th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	South Charleston	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	6,819	11th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	27.9%	8th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	6,025	11th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	66.7%	17th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$108,300	13th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.2	26th	2.4	2.6

Income Demographics
	South Charleston	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$26,311	10th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$43,008	13th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.3%	22nd	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	South Charleston	Rank	West Virginia	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,605	11th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$685,426	4th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$54,429	1st	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$74,442	7th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732