Newport News city, Virginia (VA)

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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (19.3%), Manufacturing (15.3%), Retail trade (12.8%).

Type of workers:

Races in Newport News city, Virginia:

Median resident age:	32.0 years
Virginia median age:	35.7 years

Males: 87,178	(48.4%)
Females: 92,972	(51.6%)

Recent posts about Newport News city, Virginia on our local forum with over 1,500,000 registered users. Newport News city is mentioned 25 times on our forum:

	"Single Mingle" Areas in Hampton Roads/VA Beach  (4 replies)
	Newport News doing well economically  (40 replies)

Mean price in 2009:

Detached houses: $226,899

Here:	$226,899
State:	$330,816

Townhouses or other attached units: $199,574

Here:	$199,574
State:	$310,878

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $343,133

Here:	$343,133
State:	$242,971

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $310,799

Here:	$310,799
State:	$270,208

Mobile homes: $33,810

Here:	$33,810
State:	$37,843

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $1,992 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $1,717 (0.9%)

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.

Cities in this county include: Newport News.

Neighboring counties: James City County , York County , Hampton city .

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 (commute): 23.0 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 56.1%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 37,603
• One, attached: 5,852
• Two: 1,172
• 3 or 4: 5,855
• 5 to 9: 9,522
• 10 to 19: 6,059
• 20 or more: 5,893
• Mobile homes: 2,134
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 27

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

Religion statistics:

Here		34.5%
USA		50.2%

Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations

Food Environment Statistics:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Means of transportation to work: Drove a car alone: 67,921 (79%) Carpooled: 11,186 (13%) Bus or trolley bus: 2,257 (3%) Streetcar or trolley car: 15 (0%) Taxi: 132 (0%) Motorcycle: 143 (0%) Bicycle: 305 (0%) Walked: 2,287 (3%) Other means: 619 (1%) Worked at home: 1,417 (2%)

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%

from Hampton city, VA	2.91% ($28,463 average AGI)
from York County, VA	0.97% ($38,658)
from Virginia Beach city, VA	0.41% ($34,507)
from Norfolk city, VA	0.40% ($27,919)
from James City County, VA	0.32% ($36,521)
from Gloucester County, VA	0.26% ($32,328)
from Isle of Wight County, VA	0.19% ($31,656)

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%

to Hampton city, VA	2.68% ($29,005 average AGI)
to York County, VA	0.99% ($50,167)
to James City County, VA	0.47% ($48,830)
to Norfolk city, VA	0.44% ($29,034)
to Virginia Beach city, VA	0.43% ($31,044)
to Gloucester County, VA	0.31% ($39,033)
to Isle of Wight County, VA	0.27% ($46,386)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 20.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 17.7

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 7.8

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 11.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 11.1

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%

Homicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 116.8. This is more than state average.

Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 86.2. This is less than state average.

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 146,117 (31,320 male householders, 15,435 female householders)

  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

• In nonfamily households: 28,185 (10,824 male householders (8,366 living alone)), 12,171 female householders (10,435 living alone)), 5,190 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 5,848 (1,938 institutionalized population)

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.

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:

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-67 per 1000 residents
State:	+14 per 1000 residents

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:

• This state: 86678
• Northeast: 21453
• Midwest: 12231
• South: 38268
• West: 7975

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $82,000

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2004:

• Total number of recipients: 4,221
• Number of aged recipients: 433
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 3,788
• Number of recipients under 18: 972
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 2,427
• Number of recipients older than 64: 822
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,372
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,803

Newport News city on our top lists:

• #8 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Obama (Democrat) in the 2008 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"
• #11 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for McCain (Republican) in the 2008 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"
• #12 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Obama (Democrat) in the 2008 Presidential Election"
• #15 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2006 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #21 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2006 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #24 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #30 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2005 and 2006 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #31 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2003 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #35 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2006"
• #39 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006"
• #40 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox Denominations adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #45 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2006"
• #51 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest federal government expenditure per capita in fiscal year 2004 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #51 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most beer, wine & liquor stores per 100,000 population in 2005 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #52 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2003 (pop 50,000+)"
• #57 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for McCain (Republican) in the 2008 Presidential Election"
• #76 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox Denominations adherents"
• #80 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2005 and 2006"

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