| People QuickFacts | Altoona | Pennsylvania |
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Population, 2011 estimate | NA | 12,742,886 |
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Population, 2010 | 46,320 | 12,702,379 |
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Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 | -6.5% | 3.4% |
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Population, 2000 | 49,523 | 12,281,054 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.4% | 5.7% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 22.6% | 22.0% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 15.6% | 15.4% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 | 52.0% | 51.3% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 93.8% | 81.9% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 3.3% | 10.8% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.2% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.4% | 2.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 2.0% | 1.9% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 1.3% | 5.7% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 93.0% | 79.5% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 | 84.9% | 87.4% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 | 1.2% | 5.6% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 | 2.7% | 9.9% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 | 88.5% | 87.4% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 | 15.8% | 26.4% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 | 17.4 | 25.5 |
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Housing units, 2010 | 21,179 | 5,567,315 |
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Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 | 66.8% | 71.0% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 | 23.4% | 20.7% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 | $79,800 | $159,300 |
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Households, 2006-2010 | 18,944 | 4,940,581 |
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Persons per household, 2006-2010 | 2.37 | 2.47 |
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Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 | $19,245 | $27,049 |
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Median household income 2006-2010 | $35,629 | $50,398 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 | 17.8% | 12.4% |
| Business QuickFacts | Altoona | Pennsylvania |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 3,425 | 981,501 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 4.6% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.3% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 3.2% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 2.3% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 23.2% | 27.0% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 227,578 | 234,840,418 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 271,956 | 142,859,202 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 917,084 | 166,842,778 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $19,682 | $13,323 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 64,126 | 19,625,449 |