People QuickFacts Manassas city Virginia Population, 2012 estimate 40,605 8,185,867 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 37,821 8,001,031 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 7.4% 2.3% Population, 2010 37,821 8,001,024 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 8.2% 6.3% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 28.1% 22.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 7.0% 12.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 49.6% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 74.9% 71.3% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 15.5% 19.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.1% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 5.3% 5.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 3.1% 2.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 31.5% 8.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 46.9% 64.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 81.8% 84.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 24.5% 11.0% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 34.4% 14.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 80.2% 86.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 27.6% 34.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,695 743,070 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 32.3 27.3  Housing units, 2011 13,158 3,387,654 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 66.4% 68.4% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 25.2% 21.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $278,900 $254,600 Households, 2007-2011 11,872 2,991,025 Persons per household, 2007-2011 3.08 2.57 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $28,781 $33,040 Median household income, 2007-2011 $73,091 $63,302 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 13.8% 10.7%     Business QuickFacts Manassas city Virginia Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 1,409 193,042 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 22,248 2,998,278 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -8.5 3.3 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 2,681 510,297  Total number of firms, 2007 3,549 638,643 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 7.9% 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 25.9% 30.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 1,408,656 92,417,797 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 60,513,396 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 921,227 105,663,299 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $26,459 $13,687 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 75,620 15,340,483 Building permits, 2011 44 23,297     Geography QuickFacts Manassas city Virginia Land area in square miles, 2010 9.88 39,490.09 Persons per square mile, 2010 3,827.6 202.6 FIPS Code 683 51 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 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