People QuickFacts Bridgeport West Virginia Population, 2011 estimate 8,200 1,854,908 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 8,160 1,852,999 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 0.5% 0.1% Population, 2010 8,149 1,852,994 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 4.9% 5.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 21.9% 20.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 18.8% 16.0% Female persons, percent, 2010 52.3% 50.7%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 95.5% 93.9% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.1% 3.4% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.2% 0.2% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.9% 0.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.0% 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 1.1% 1.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 1.7% 1.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 94.1% 93.2%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 88.6% 87.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 1.6% 1.3% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 2.8% 2.3% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 94.6% 82.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 39.5% 17.6% Veterans, 2007-2011 778 166,372 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 22.5 25.5  Housing units, 2010 3,678 881,917 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 75.2% 74.3% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 18.5% 12.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $190,400 $96,500 Households, 2007-2011 3,356 740,080 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.37 2.43 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $36,504 $22,010 Median household income, 2007-2011 $72,721 $39,550 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 3.6% 17.5%     Business QuickFacts Bridgeport West Virginia Total number of firms, 2007 1,684 120,381 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.5% 0.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 22.3% 28.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 25,080,573 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 62,589 11,036,467 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 350,497 20,538,829 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $45,319 $11,340 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 42,610 2,553,258     Geography QuickFacts Bridgeport West Virginia Land area in square miles, 2010 10.52 24,038.21 Persons per square mile, 2010 775.0 77.1 FIPS Code 10180 54 Counties Harrison County (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