People QuickFacts	Emporia	Virginia
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	5,871	8,104,384
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	5,927	8,001,031
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	-0.9%	1.3%
 	Population, 2010    	5,927	8,001,024
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	6.9%	6.4%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	25.8%	23.2%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	16.9%	12.2%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	53.9%	50.9% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	32.7%	68.6%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	62.5%	19.4%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.4%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.7%	5.5%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	1.5%	2.9%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	4.4%	7.9%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	31.2%	64.8% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	89.6%	84.3%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	2.9%	11.0%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	5.0%	14.4%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	72.3%	86.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	16.0%	34.4%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	397	743,070
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	15.0	27.3 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	2,565	3,364,939
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	48.2%	68.4%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	22.3%	21.4%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$94,500	$254,600
 	Households, 2007-2011    	2,525	2,991,025
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.23	2.57
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$19,492	$33,040
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$30,481	$63,302
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	28.9%	10.7%

   	Business QuickFacts	Emporia	Virginia
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	598	638,643
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	9.9%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.5%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	7.0%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	4.5%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	30.1%	30.1% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	311,546	92,417,797
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	60,513,396
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	131,626	105,663,299
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$23,509	$13,687
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	24,206	15,340,483

   	Geography QuickFacts	Emporia	Virginia
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	6.89	39,490.09
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	859.7	202.6
 	FIPS Code    	25808	51
 	Counties    	Emporia city
 	

(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