People QuickFacts Staunton city Virginia Population, 2012 estimate 23,921 8,185,867 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 23,746 8,001,031 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.7% 2.3% Population, 2010 23,746 8,001,024 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.7% 6.3% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 19.2% 22.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 20.0% 12.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 54.6% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 84.0% 71.3% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 12.5% 19.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.9% 5.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.3% 2.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 2.4% 8.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 82.0% 64.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 82.3% 84.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 3.0% 11.0% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 4.1% 14.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 83.0% 86.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 27.9% 34.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,121 743,070 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 20.5 27.3  Housing units, 2011 11,781 3,387,654 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 60.6% 68.4% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 27.9% 21.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $167,600 $254,600 Households, 2007-2011 10,517 2,991,025 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.10 2.57 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $24,595 $33,040 Median household income, 2007-2011 $42,757 $63,302 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 15.8% 10.7%     Business QuickFacts Staunton city Virginia Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 779 193,042 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 10,114 2,998,278 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -11.3 3.3 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 1,484 510,297  Total number of firms, 2007 2,566 638,643 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 9.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 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 S 4.5% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 22.5% 30.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 101,382 92,417,797 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 68,287 60,513,396 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 447,486 105,663,299 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $18,861 $13,687 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 65,549 15,340,483 Building permits, 2011 25 23,297     Geography QuickFacts Staunton city Virginia Land area in square miles, 2010 19.98 39,490.09 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,188.8 202.6 FIPS Code 790 51 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Staunton-Waynesboro, VA Micro 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