People QuickFacts Hopewell Virginia Population, 2011 estimate 22,580 8,104,384 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 22,591 8,001,031 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 Z 1.3% Population, 2010 22,591 8,001,024 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.7% 6.4% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 25.1% 23.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 14.9% 12.2% Female persons, percent, 2010 53.6% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 55.4% 68.6% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 37.0% 19.4% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.4% 0.4% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.8% 5.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 3.2% 2.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 6.6% 7.9% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 53.1% 64.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 84.5% 84.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 4.5% 11.0% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 6.2% 14.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 76.3% 86.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 10.6% 34.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,065 743,070 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 21.9 27.3  Housing units, 2010 10,121 3,364,939 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 50.1% 68.4% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 26.3% 21.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $140,000 $254,600 Households, 2007-2011 8,859 2,991,025 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.53 2.57 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $19,463 $33,040 Median household income, 2007-2011 $36,477 $63,302 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 20.1% 10.7%     Business QuickFacts Hopewell Virginia Total number of firms, 2007 1,056 638,643 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 12.7% 9.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 7.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 6.8% 4.5% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 48.3% 30.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 1,495,977 92,417,797 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 58,132 60,513,396 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 173,896 105,663,299 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $7,534 $13,687 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 47,791 15,340,483     Geography QuickFacts Hopewell Virginia Land area in square miles, 2010 10.28 39,490.09 Persons per square mile, 2010 2,198.0 202.6 FIPS Code 38424 51 Counties Hopewell 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