People QuickFacts Oil City Pennsylvania Population, 2012 estimate 10,375 12,763,536 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 10,557 12,702,379 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -1.7% 0.5% Population, 2010 10,557 12,702,379 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 6.7% 5.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 24.5% 22.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 15.6% 15.4% Female persons, percent, 2010 52.6% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 96.2% 81.9% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.5% 10.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.2% 0.2% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.3% 2.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 1.5% 1.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 1.2% 5.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 95.3% 79.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 79.3% 87.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 0.8% 5.7% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 2.4% 10.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 85.1% 87.9% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 14.4% 26.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,097 1,007,939 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 19.8 25.7  Housing units, 2010 5,058 5,567,315 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 60.4% 70.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 29.3% 20.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $48,700 $163,200 Households, 2007-2011 4,233 4,952,566 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.45 2.47 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $16,920 $27,824 Median household income, 2007-2011 $33,318 $51,651 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 26.3% 12.6%     Business QuickFacts Oil City Pennsylvania Total number of firms, 2007 840 981,501 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 4.6% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.3% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 3.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 2.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 17.4% 27.0%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 234,840,418 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 6,380 142,859,202 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 65,033 166,842,778 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $6,100 $13,323 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 9,187 19,625,449     Geography QuickFacts Oil City Pennsylvania Land area in square miles, 2010 4.49 44,742.70 Persons per square mile, 2010 2,349.7 283.9 FIPS Code 56456 42 Counties Venango County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts