People QuickFacts Lynchburg city Virginia Population, 2012 estimate 77,113 8,185,867 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 75,568 8,001,031 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.0% 2.3% Population, 2010 75,568 8,001,024 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.1% 6.3% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 19.5% 22.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 14.1% 12.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 53.0% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 65.8% 71.3% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 29.2% 19.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.5% 5.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.0% 2.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 3.2% 8.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 63.3% 64.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 76.2% 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 85.0% 86.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 30.1% 34.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 5,703 743,070 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 16.6 27.3  Housing units, 2011 32,257 3,387,654 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 55.4% 68.4% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 30.0% 21.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $146,100 $254,600 Households, 2007-2011 28,513 2,991,025 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.34 2.57 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $22,107 $33,040 Median household income, 2007-2011 $37,733 $63,302 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 23.2% 10.7%     Business QuickFacts Lynchburg city Virginia Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 2,216 193,042 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 54,953 2,998,278 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -4.5 3.3 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 3,925 510,297  Total number of firms, 2007 4,794 638,643 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 11.6% 9.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.0% 7.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 4.5% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 26.4% 30.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 2,801,602 92,417,797 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 541,451 60,513,396 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,665,130 105,663,299 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $23,171 $13,687 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 189,961 15,340,483 Building permits, 2011 61 23,297     Geography QuickFacts Lynchburg city Virginia Land area in square miles, 2010 49.13 39,490.09 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,538.2 202.6 FIPS Code 680 51 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Lynchburg, VA Metro Area   (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