Chesapeake city, Virginia (VA)

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County population in July 2007: 219,154 (90% urban, 10% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 52,323
Renter-occupied apartments: 17,577

% of renters here:	25%
State:	32%

Land area: 341 sq. mi.
Water area: 10.2 sq. mi.

Population density: 643 people per square mile

(high).

2008 cost of living index in Chesapeake city: 87.8 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 70%
Government: 25%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 4%
Unpaid family work: 0%

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Races in Chesapeake city, Virginia:

White Non-Hispanic (65.9%)
Black (28.5%)
Hispanic (2.0%)
Two or more races (1.6%)
Filipino (1.0%)
American Indian (0.9%)
Other race (0.7%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:	34.7 years
Virginia median age:	35.7 years

Males: 96,728	(48.6%)
Females: 102,456	(51.4%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $29,291
County population in 2003: 209,945
Jobs in 2003: 97,753

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Total labor force in 2004: 106,164
Unemployment rate in 2004: 3.7%

Average household size:

Chesapeake city:	2.8 people
Virginia:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2007: $63,517 ($50,743 in 1999)

This county:	$63,517
Virginia:	$59,562

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $845 (lower quartile is $654, upper quartile is $1,080)

This county:	$845
State:	$753

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $267,000 (it was $119,700 in 2000)

Chesapeake city:	$267,000
Virginia:	$262,100

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $187,400 - $373,800

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $325,442
Here: $325,442
State: $357,398

Townhouses or other attached units: $199,218
Here: $199,218
State: $371,438

In 2-unit structures: $275,000
Here: $275,000
State: $295,743

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $264,341
Here: $264,341
State: $305,320

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $153,219
Here: $153,219
State: $316,638

Mobile homes: $18,552
Here: $18,552
State: $37,843

Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,753
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $467

Institutionalized population: 3,205

Chesapeake city races chart

Single-family new house construction building permits:

2000: 1081 buildings, average cost: $115,700
2001: 952 buildings, average cost: $124,200
2002: 1190 buildings, average cost: $138,800
2003: 1088 buildings, average cost: $167,200
2004: 1295 buildings, average cost: $165,500
2005: 1443 buildings, average cost: $161,500
2006: 899 buildings, average cost: $152,300

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in $1000s)

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2007: $2,459 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2007: $1,924 (0.9%)

Chesapeake city household income distribution in 2007

Chesapeake city home values distribution

Chesapeake city contract rent distribution in 2007

Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2007: 8.0%

Chesapeake city:	8.0%
Virginia:	9.9%

(4.8% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 15.1% for Black residents)

Median age of residents in 2007: 36 years old
(Males: 34 years old, Females: 36 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 38 years old, Black residents: 32 years old, Asian residents: 36 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 26 years old, Other race residents: 32 years old)

Area name: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Chesapeake city is $706 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $811 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1118 a month.

Cities in this county include: Chesapeake.

Neighboring counties: Camden County, North Carolina , Currituck County, North Carolina , Norfolk city , Portsmouth city , Suffolk city , Virginia Beach city .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Unemployment in May 2009:

Here:	6.5%
Virginia:	7.0%

Unemployment by year (%)

Current college students: 10,785
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 85.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 24.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 5,971 (61% naturalized citizens)

Chesapeake city:	3.0%
Whole state:	8.1%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 897 1990 to 1994: 858 1985 to 1989: 928 1980 to 1984: 848 1975 to 1979: 689 1970 to 1974: 426 1970 to 1974: 480 1965 to 1969: 845

Mean travel time to work: 25.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 39.9%

Chesapeake city marital status for males

Chesapeake city marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 50,659
One, attached: 7,750
Two: 1,658
3 or 4: 3,161
5 to 9: 3,701
10 to 19: 1,938
20 or more: 1,765
Mobile homes: 2,040

Housing units in Chesapeake city with a mortgage: 40,166 (6,487 second mortgage, 4,508 home equity loan, 258 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7,791

Here:	83.8% with mortgage
State:	75.1% with mortgage

Religion statistics

Total adherents: 58,218
Total congregations: 116

Adherents

Name	Southern Baptist Convention	United Methodist Church	Catholic Church	Charismatic Churches Independent	Presbyterian Church (USA)
Adherents	19,113 (32.8%)	10,611 (18.2%)	9,133 (15.7%)	3,300 (5.7%)	2,266 (3.9%)
Congregations	26 (22.4%)	15 (12.9%)	5 (4.3%)	2 (1.7%)	6 (5.2%)

Name	Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Episcopal Church	Other
Adherents	1,769 (3.0%)	1,488 (2.6%)	1,252 (2.2%)	1,220 (2.1%)	8,066 (13.9%)
Congregations	8 (6.9%)	5 (4.3%)	6 (5.2%)	3 (2.6%)	40 (34.5%)

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.

Religions in Chesapeake city - Chesapeake

Agriculture in Chesapeake city
Average size of farms: 228 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $133952
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $621.50
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 53.60%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 7.92%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $112455
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 87.07%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.53%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $61002
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 84.33%
Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 3.37
Corn for grain: 14232 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 9222 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 31605 harvested acres
Vegetables: 260 harvested acres

Chesapeake city historical area-adjusted tornado activity is above Virginia state average. It is 1.3 times above overall U.S. average.
On 4/8/1962, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado killed one person and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Magnitude types:

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (14%)
Public administration (10%)
Transportation equipment (9%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
Educational services (5%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Educational services (16%)
Health care (14%)
Public administration (7%)
Finance and insurance (7%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
Social assistance (4%)

Most common occupations for males in 2005 (%):

Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Engineers (4%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)

Most common occupations for females in 2005 (%):

Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Registered nurses (4%)
Business operations specialists (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Philippines (23%)
Germany (6%)
Canada (6%)
United Kingdom (6%)
Korea (5%)
Mexico (5%)
Jamaica (4%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Chesapeake city (%):

United States or American (13%)
English (11%)
German (9%)
Irish (8%)
Italian (4%)
Scotch-Irish (2%)
Scottish (2%)

Chesapeake city mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 81,395 (84%)
Carpooled: 10,201 (11%)
Bus or trolley bus: 723 (1%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 11 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 34 (0%)
Taxi: 86 (0%)
Motorcycle: 56 (0%)
Bicycle: 121 (0%)
Walked: 1,112 (1%)
Other means: 938 (1%)
Worked at home: 2,300 (2%)

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

People in group quarters in Chesapeake city, Virginia

987 people in state prisons
716 people in nursing homes
582 people in federal prisons and detention centers
562 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
391 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
318 people in military barracks, etc.
200 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
137 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
89 people in other group homes
80 people in homes for the mentally ill
17 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
13 people in other types of correctional institutions
8 people in unknown juvenile institutions
7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
7 people in other nonhousehold living situations

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $59,074.

11.51% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($43,011 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	11.51%
Virginia average:	11.06%

0.47% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,569 average AGI)
Chesapeake city: 0.47%
Virginia average: 0.41%

7.18% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($25,860 average AGI)
3.86% relocated from other states ($15,582 average AGI)
Chesapeake city: 3.86%
Virginia average: 4.24%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Virginia Beach city, VA	3.11% ($45,089 average AGI)
from Norfolk city, VA	1.55% ($33,743)
from Portsmouth city, VA	1.13% ($34,686)
from Suffolk city, VA	0.36% ($46,510)
from Newport News city, VA	0.16% ($38,425)
from Hampton city, VA	0.14% ($37,212)
from San Diego County, CA	0.14% ($56,718)

11.10% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($41,763 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	11.10%
Virginia average:	10.78%

0.22% of residents moved to foreign countries ($932 average AGI)
Chesapeake city: 0.22%
Virginia average: 0.22%

6.80% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($23,079 average AGI)
4.07% relocated to other states ($17,753 average AGI)
Chesapeake city: 4.07%
Virginia average: 4.13%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Virginia Beach city, VA	2.18% ($37,055 average AGI)
to Portsmouth city, VA	1.39% ($29,004)
to Norfolk city, VA	1.24% ($28,015)
to Suffolk city, VA	0.61% ($55,060)
to Newport News city, VA	0.14% ($32,910)
to Currituck County, NC	0.14% ($69,495)
to Hampton city, VA	0.13% ($37,634)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.6

Births per 1000 population in Chesapeake city

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 6.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 6.8

Deaths per 1000 population in Chesapeake city

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 10.9

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Chesapeake city

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 21,879 (18,321 aged, 3,558 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%

Short term general hospitals per 100,000 population in 2004: 0.47
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 7528.230
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 144.370
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 29032.02

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1367.780
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 706.950
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 3.2

Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 31.07
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 82.2

Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 9.59
Beer, wine & liquor stores per 100,000 population in 2005: 1

EPA green book nonattainment status in 2004-2006: 1

Household type by relationship

Households: 195,051

In family households: 175,703 (40,845 male householders, 13,422 female householders)
42,397 spouses, 65,218 children (59,344 natural, 1,858 adopted, 4,016 stepchildren), 4,720 grandchildren, 1,416 brothers or sisters, 1,444 parents, 2,682 other relatives, 3,559 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 19,348 (6,685 male householders (4,957 living alone)), 8,883 female householders (7,592 living alone)), 3,780 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 4,133 (3,175 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 19,391 2-persons, 14,260 3-persons, 12,834 4-persons, 5,169 5-persons, 1,893 6-persons, 720 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 12,549 1-person, 2,523 2-persons, 337 3-persons, 113 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons.

94.4% of residents of Chesapeake city speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $1,145,005,000 ($5332 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $349,396,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $616,817,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $146,852,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $8,981,000
Federal grants: $95,006,000
Federal procurement contracts: $192,891,000 ($169,022,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $84,457,000 ($29,290,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,483,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $407,022,000
Federal Government insurance: $6,691,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 15,067

Here:	69 per 1000 residents
State:	70 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 7,333

Here:	33 per 1000 residents
State:	40 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +651

Here:	+3 per 1000 residents
State:	+18 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: +11,677

Here:	+53 per 1000 residents
State:	+14 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Chesapeake city

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 12.13 millions of gallons per day (37% from ground, 63% from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.8
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.4
State:	4.3

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 2,132
1995 to 1998: 7,842
1990 to 1994: 11,644
1980 to 1989: 18,126
1970 to 1979: 12,127
1960 to 1969: 9,714
1950 to 1959: 6,484
1940 to 1949: 2,437
1939 or earlier: 2,166

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Chesapeake city, Virginia:
	1 room: 22 2 rooms: 250 3 rooms: 949 4 rooms: 3,021 5 rooms: 7,563 6 rooms: 10,533 7 rooms: 11,165 8 rooms: 11,014 9+ rooms: 7,806

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Chesapeake city, Virginia:
	1 room: 119 2 rooms: 1,473 3 rooms: 2,075 4 rooms: 5,901 5 rooms: 4,195 6 rooms: 2,050 7 rooms: 978 8 rooms: 599 9+ rooms: 187

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Chesapeake city:
	no bedroom: 68 1 bedroom: 683 2 bedrooms: 6,584 3 bedrooms: 25,494 4 bedrooms: 16,778 5+ bedrooms: 2,716

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Chesapeake city:
	no bedroom: 246 1 bedroom: 3,061 2 bedrooms: 8,968 3 bedrooms: 4,338 4 bedrooms: 897 5+ bedrooms: 67

Cars and other vehicles available in Chesapeake city in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 1,516 1 vehicle: 11,439 2 vehicles: 25,604 3 vehicles: 10,173 4 vehicles: 2,700 5+ vehicles: 891

Cars and other vehicles available in Chesapeake city in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 2,463 1 vehicle: 8,329 2 vehicles: 5,560 3 vehicles: 966 4 vehicles: 214 5+ vehicles: 45

53% of Chesapeake city residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Virginia.

Chesapeake city:	52.8%
State average:	53.8%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 109334
Northeast: 23161
Midwest: 12020
South: 37552
West: 7791

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $98,300

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (48.1%) Electricity (38.5%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9.1%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3.3%) Wood (0.5%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (64.5%) Utility gas (25.9%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6.0%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3.2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2,560

Here:	9.4%
Virginia:	9.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 854

Here:	6.6%
Virginia:	8.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,511

Here:	17.5%
Virginia:	20.6%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Total Number Of Recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of aged recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of blind and disabled recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients under 18

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients between 18 and 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients older than 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients also receiving OASDI

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Amount of payments (thousands of dollars)

Chesapeake city Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2008:

Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)

Vehicles involved in fatal accidents (per 100,000 population)

Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers (per 100,000 population)

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	A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA Home Purchase Loans		B) Conventional Home Purchase Loans		C) Refinancings		D) Home Improvement Loans		E) Loans on Dwellings For 5+ Families		F) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D)		G) Loans On Manufactured Home Dwelling (A B C & D)
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007 (Based on 38 full tracts)
	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value
LOANS ORIGINATED	856	$249,996	3,195	$219,985	6,226	$185,251	1,034	$82,401	3	$462,667	788	$146,358	23	$36,957
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED	24	$234,667	282	$213,748	1,061	$180,992	179	$77,642	0	$0	112	$140,982	12	$40,167
APPLICATIONS DENIED	65	$251,600	561	$206,465	4,153	$210,162	808	$101,363	0	$0	312	$162,904	59	$40,356
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN	57	$226,842	317	$220,861	2,263	$203,688	201	$150,323	0	$0	150	$149,427	5	$35,600
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS	5	$176,800	88	$228,682	662	$220,292	34	$131,676	0	$0	35	$157,914	0	$0

Choose year: 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003

	A) Conventional Home Purchase Loans		B) Refinancings		C) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A & B)
Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007 (Based on 37 full tracts)
	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value
LOANS ORIGINATED	731	$235,852	498	$245,323	72	$183,722
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED	73	$240,055	110	$240,082	12	$174,500
APPLICATIONS DENIED	13	$267,154	19	$238,789	5	$153,800
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN	31	$263,065	36	$246,139	1	$166,000
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS	6	$213,667	1	$239,000	1	$150,000

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