Charleston, West Virginia Population Profile

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Charleston, West Virginia Population

	Charleston, West Virginia	%, Charleston, West Virginia	United States
SEX AND AGE
Male	24,906	46.62%	49.06%
Female	28,515	53.38%	50.94%
Under 5 years	2,961	5.54%	6.81%
5 to 9 years	3,087	5.78%	7.3%
10 to 14 years	3,145	5.89%	7.29%
15 to 19 years	3,096	5.8%	7.18%
20 to 24 years	3,265	6.11%	6.74%
25 to 34 years	6,707	12.55%	14.18%
35 to 44 years	8,220	15.39%	16.04%
45 to 54 years	8,345	15.62%	13.39%
55 to 59 years	2,791	5.22%	4.79%
60 to 64 years	2,381	4.46%	3.84%
65 to 74 years	4,564	8.54%	6.54%
75 to 84 years	3,545	6.64%	4.39%
85 years and over	1,314	2.46%	1.51%
Median age (years)	40.8		35.3
18 years and over	42,378	79.33%	74.31%
- Male	19,303	36.13%	35.89%
- Female	23,075	43.19%	38.42%
21 years and over	40,442	75.7%	69.97%
62 years and over	10,797	20.21%	14.66%
65 years and over	9,423	17.64%	12.43%
- Male	3,405	6.37%	5.12%
- Female	6,018	11.27%	7.31%
RACE
One race	52,400	98.09%	97.57%
- White	43,072	80.63%	75.14%
- Black or African American	8,048	15.07%	12.32%
- American Indian and Alaska Native	127	0.24%	0.88%
- Asian	979	1.83%	3.64%
- - Asian Indian	393	0.74%	0.6%
- - Chinese	157	0.29%	0.86%
- - Filipino	139	0.26%	0.66%
- - Japanese	32	0.06%	0.28%
- - Korean	66	0.12%	0.38%
- - Vietnamese	62	0.12%	0.4%
- - Other Asian 1	130	0.24%	0.46%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	16	0.03%	0.14%
- - Native Hawaiian	4	0.01%	0.05%
- - Guamanian or Chamorro	2		0.02%
- - Samoan	2		0.03%
- - Other Pacific Islander 2	8	0.01%	0.04%
- Some other race	301	0.56%	5.46%
Two or more races	1,021	1.91%	2.43%
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races
White	43,958	82.29%	77.08%
Black or African American	8,656	16.2%	12.94%
American Indian and Alaska Native	460	0.86%	1.46%
Asian	1,135	2.12%	4.23%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	32	0.06%	0.31%
Some other race	305	0.57%	6.58%

	Charleston, West Virginia	%, Charleston, West Virginia	United States
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	53,421		281,421,906
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	432	0.81%	12.55%
- Mexican	137	0.26%	7.33%
- Puerto Rican	83	0.16%	1.21%
- Cuban	37	0.07%	0.44%
- Other Hispanic or Latino	175	0.33%	3.56%
Not Hispanic or Latino	52,989	99.19%	87.45%
- White alone	42,810	80.14%	69.13%
RELATIONSHIP
Total population	53,421		281,421,906
In households	51,751	96.87%	97.24%
- Householder	24,505	45.87%	37.48%
- Spouse	9,533	17.85%	19.36%
- Child	13,196	24.7%	29.63%
- - Own child under 18 years	9,966	18.66%	22.92%
- Other relatives	2,114	3.96%	5.57%
- - Under 18 years	830	1.55%	2.15%
- Nonrelatives	2,403	4.5%	5.19%
- - Unmarried partner	1,196	2.24%	1.95%
In group quarters	1,670	3.13%	2.76%
- Institutionalized population	833	1.56%	1.44%
- Noninstitutionalized population	837	1.57%	1.32%

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