People QuickFacts Morgantown West Virginia Population, 2012 estimate 31,000 1,855,413 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 29,664 1,852,999 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 4.5% 0.1% Population, 2010 29,660 1,852,994 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 2.7% 5.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 8.2% 20.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 8.1% 16.0% Female persons, percent, 2010 46.5% 50.7%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 89.7% 93.9% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 4.1% 3.4% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.2% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 3.4% 0.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.0% 1.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 2.6% 1.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 87.9% 93.2%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 62.5% 87.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 4.6% 1.3% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 6.8% 2.3% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 91.4% 82.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 46.6% 17.6% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,159 166,372 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 16.2 25.5  Housing units, 2010 12,664 881,917 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 40.5% 74.3% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 52.1% 12.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $166,100 $96,500 Households, 2007-2011 10,082 740,080 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.23 2.43 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $18,648 $22,010 Median household income, 2007-2011 $25,948 $39,550 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 36.4% 17.5%     Business QuickFacts Morgantown West Virginia Total number of firms, 2007 2,705 120,381 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.2% S American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.0% 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 24.9% 28.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 25,080,573 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 53,302 11,036,467 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 743,252 20,538,829 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $25,360 $11,340 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 118,207 2,553,258     Geography QuickFacts Morgantown West Virginia Land area in square miles, 2010 10.17 24,038.21 Persons per square mile, 2010 2,917.0 77.1 FIPS Code 55756 54 Counties Monongalia 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