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Newport News city, Virginia business tout: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...
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Area name: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Newport News 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.
Neighboring counties: James City County , York County , Hampton city .
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Current college students: 10,611 People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 84.5% People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 19.9%
Number of foreign born residents: 8,610 (53% naturalized citizens)
Mean travel time to work: 23.0 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 56.1%
Housing units in structures:
Housing units in Newport News city with a mortgage: 24,895 (3,455 second mortgage, 2,296 home equity loan, 110 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 7,414
Newport News city historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above Virginia state average. It is 3.9 times above overall U.S. average. Tornadoes in this county have caused 12 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004. On 8/6/1993, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado injured 10 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
Means of transportation to work
13.71% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,950 average adjusted gross income)
1.10% of residents moved from foreign countries ($2,113 average AGI)Newport News city: 1.10%Virginia average: 0.41% 7.11% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($16,372 average AGI) 5.50% relocated from other states ($12,465 average AGI)Newport News city: 5.50%Virginia average: 4.24%
14.19% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,499 average adjusted gross income)
0.61% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,308 average AGI)Newport News city: 0.61%Virginia average: 0.22% 7.61% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($19,940 average AGI) 5.96% relocated to other states ($14,251 average AGI)Newport News city: 5.96%Virginia average: 4.13%
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 20.0 Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 17.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.6 Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 7.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 11.6 Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 11.5
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 21,502 (17,836 aged, 3,666 disabled) Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16% Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Household type by relationship
31,862 spouses, 55,132 children (50,359 natural, 1,187 adopted, 3,586 stepchildren), 3,712 grandchildren, 1,420 brothers or sisters, 1,126 parents, 2,392 other relatives, 3,718 non-relatives
Size of family households: 18,343 2-persons, 12,644 3-persons, 9,736 4-persons, 4,106 5-persons, 1,352 6-persons, 574 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 18,801 1-person, 3,552 2-persons, 470 3-persons, 93 4-persons, 56 5-persons, 23 6-persons.
26,959 married couples with children. 16,977 single-parent households (2,322 men, 14,655 women).
91.7% of residents of Newport News city speak English at home. 3.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all). 2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all). 2.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (44% speak English very well, 35% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all). 0.3% of residents speak other language at home (73% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
In fiscal year 2004: Federal Government expenditure: $2,381,543,000 ($13092 per capita) Department of Defense expenditure: $1,563,316,000 Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $537,687,000 Federal other direct payments to individuals: $180,733,000 Federal direct payments not to individuals: $8,245,000 Federal grants: $166,018,000 Federal procurement contracts: $1,110,164,000 ($1,079,285,000 Department of Defense) Federal salaries and wages: $378,696,000 ($349,851,000 Department of Defense) Federal Government direct loans: $1,496,000 Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $292,199,000 Federal Government insurance: $259,279,000
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 28.52 millions of gallons per day (8% from ground, 92% from surface)
47% of Newport News city residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 44% lived in Virginia.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $82,000
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