Emporia, Virginia


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Emporia
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Population 2002:5,734
Population 2000:5,665
Area codes:434
Elevation:119 feet
Population growth:+69 (+1.22%)
Land area:6.9 square miles
Foreign born:3.2% (2.1% Latin America, 0.5% Asia, 0.4% Oceania)
Industries:Manufacturing (23.7%), Educational,health and social services (18.0%), Retail trade (15.2%), Public administration (11.4%).
Races
Black:56.2%
White Non-Hispanic:41.3%
Hispanic:1.5%
Marital Status
Now married:45.2%
Never married:26.8%
Widowed:13.9%
Divorced:8.0%
Separated:6.1%
Median
House value:$68,700
Household income:$30,333
Resident age:38.8 years
Emporia Compared to Virginia State Average
Number of college students:much below
Median house value:below
Hispanic race population percentage:much below
Black race population percentage:above
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher:much below
Institutionalized population percentage:above
Foreign-born population percentage:much below
Population density:below
Median age:above
Median household income:below
Education
High school or higher:58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher:14.2%
Unemployed:6.8%
Graduate or professional degree:4.3%
Crime Statistics
2002 crime index:615.2 - nationwide average is 329, higher means more crime
2002 larceny counts:298 (5105.4 per 100,000)
2002 burglaries:59 (1010.8 per 100,000)
2002 assaults:33 (565.4 per 100,000)
2002 auto thefts:30 (514.0 per 100,000)
2002 robberies:26 (445.4 per 100,000)
2002 rapes:5 (85.7 per 100,000)
2002 murders:none
Ancestries
United States:9.3%
English:8.5%
Irish:2.9%
German:2.0%
Subsaharan African:1.4%
Scottish:1.2%
 

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Emporia, Virginia ZIP Codes: 23847