Huntington, West Virginia Demographics

Huntington is 2nd in West Virginia out of 27 other cities in Current population (2012)

Huntington is 2nd in West Virginia out of 27 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Huntington is 2nd in West Virginia out of 28 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Huntington is 2nd in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Households

Huntington is 2nd in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Housing units

Huntington is 2nd in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Income below poverty line

Huntington is 3rd in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

Huntington is 3rd in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Huntington is 3rd in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Size in square miles

Huntington is 4th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	Huntington	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	49,160	2nd	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	16.2	3rd	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	3,029.3	3rd	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Huntington	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	5.5%	20th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.0%	30th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.2%	25th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Huntington	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	86.0%	19th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	23.9%	17th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Huntington	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	86.9%	26th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	8.6%	8th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	3rd	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.1%	14th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	12th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.7%	7th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	13th	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	86.1%	26th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Huntington	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	51.4%	28th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.3%	11th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Huntington	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	25,146	2nd	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	32.5%	4th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	21,396	2nd	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	52.7%	31st	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$84,200	25th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.2	28th	2.4	2.6

Income Demographics
	Huntington	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$20,011	24th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$28,483	29th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	30.2%	2nd	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Huntington	Rank	West Virginia	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,084	2nd	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$548,118	8th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,137	26th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$121,997	2nd	$2,553,258	$613,795,732