People QuickFacts	Charles Town	West Virginia
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	5,337	1,854,908
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	5,264	1,852,999
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	1.4%	0.1%
 	Population, 2010    	5,259	1,852,994
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	8.3%	5.6%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	26.9%	20.9%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	12.4%	16.0%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.1%	50.7% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	76.9%	93.9%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	13.3%	3.4%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.2%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	2.1%	0.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	3.6%	1.5%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	9.0%	1.2%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	72.3%	93.2% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	85.8%	87.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	1.8%	1.3%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	4.5%	2.3%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	85.6%	82.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	29.6%	17.6%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	467	166,372
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	36.5	25.5 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	2,270	881,917
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	61.7%	74.3%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	23.1%	12.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$232,600	$96,500
 	Households, 2007-2011    	2,063	740,080
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.46	2.43
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$28,041	$22,010
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$62,402	$39,550
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	7.3%	17.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Charles Town	West Virginia
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	F	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    	F	0.7%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	28.1% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	25,080,573
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	11,036,467
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	20,538,829
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	NA	$11,340
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	2,553,258

   	Geography QuickFacts	Charles Town	West Virginia
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	5.81	24,038.21
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	905.8	77.1
 	FIPS Code    	14610	54
 	Counties    	Jefferson 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