Norfolk city, Virginia (VA)

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County population in July 2007: 235,747 (all urban)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 39,271
Renter-occupied apartments: 46,939

% of renters here:	54%
State:	32%

Land area: 54 sq. mi.
Water area: 42.6 sq. mi.

Population density: 4388 people per square mile

(very high).

2008 cost of living index in Norfolk city: 88.7 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 75%
Government: 21%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 4%
Unpaid family work: 0%

Norfolk city, Virginia business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Norfolk city, Virginia:

White Non-Hispanic (47.0%)
Black (44.1%)
Hispanic (3.8%)
Two or more races (2.5%)
Filipino (1.8%)
Other race (1.7%)
American Indian (1.1%)

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

Median resident age:	29.6 years
Virginia median age:	35.7 years

Males: 119,830	(51.1%)
Females: 114,573	(48.9%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $35,995
County population in 2003: 237,547
Jobs in 2003: 220,211

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Total labor force in 2004: 99,974
Unemployment rate in 2004: 5.4%

Average household size:

Norfolk city:	2.5 people
Virginia:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2007: $40,701 ($31,815 in 1999)

This county:	$40,701
Virginia:	$59,562

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $665 (lower quartile is $537, upper quartile is $855)

This county:	$665
State:	$753

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $200,100 (it was $88,300 in 2000)

Norfolk city:	$200,100
Virginia:	$262,100

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $157,700 - $310,800

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $264,249
Here: $264,249
State: $357,398

Townhouses or other attached units: $282,355
Here: $282,355
State: $371,438

In 2-unit structures: $328,029
Here: $328,029
State: $295,743

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $199,295
Here: $199,295
State: $305,320

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $294,348
Here: $294,348
State: $316,638

Mobile homes: $23,253
Here: $23,253
State: $37,843

Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,365
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $447

Institutionalized population: 3,000

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Single-family new house construction building permits:

2000: 177 buildings, average cost: $111,100
2001: 227 buildings, average cost: $140,400
2002: 276 buildings, average cost: $136,400
2003: 437 buildings, average cost: $134,700
2004: 382 buildings, average cost: $162,300
2005: 526 buildings, average cost: $174,300
2006: 351 buildings, average cost: $180,800

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in $1000s)

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2007: $1,713 (0.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2007: $1,886 (1.0%)

Norfolk city household income distribution in 2007

Norfolk city contract rent distribution in 2007

Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2007: 17.1%

Norfolk city:	17.1%
Virginia:	9.9%

(9.7% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 24.7% for Black residents)

Median age of residents in 2007: 29 years old
(Males: 26 years old, Females: 33 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 34 years old, Black residents: 26 years old, Asian residents: 32 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 22 years old, Other race residents: 23 years old)

Area name: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Norfolk 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: Norfolk.

2005 air pollution in Norfolk city:

Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 20 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) 24-hour (standard limit: 150 µg/m³): 37 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual (standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³): 13.5 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) 24-hour (standard limit: 35 µg/m³): 30 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Chesapeake city , Portsmouth city , Virginia Beach city .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Unemployment in May 2009:

Here:	8.5%
Virginia:	7.0%

Unemployment by year (%)

Current college students: 19,085
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 78.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 19.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 11,634 (49% naturalized citizens)

Norfolk city:	5.0%
Whole state:	8.1%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 2,795 1990 to 1994: 2,192 1985 to 1989: 1,565 1980 to 1984: 1,441 1975 to 1979: 960 1970 to 1974: 712 1970 to 1974: 670 1965 to 1969: 1,299

Mean travel time to work: 21.7 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 66.5%

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 45,263
One, attached: 6,349
Two: 7,265
3 or 4: 8,750
5 to 9: 10,976
10 to 19: 6,712
20 or more: 8,260
Mobile homes: 802
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 39

Housing units in Norfolk city with a mortgage: 25,423 (3,732 second mortgage, 2,332 home equity loan, 126 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 9,928

Here:	71.9% with mortgage
State:	75.1% with mortgage

Religion statistics

Total adherents: 84,575
Total congregations: 153

Adherents

Name	Southern Baptist Convention	Catholic Church	American Baptist Churches in the USA	United Methodist Church	Presbyterian Church (USA)
Adherents	24,548 (29.0%)	11,059 (13.1%)	8,268 (9.8%)	7,670 (9.1%)	5,064 (6.0%)
Congregations	28 (18.3%)	7 (4.6%)	12 (7.8%)	17 (11.1%)	18 (11.8%)

Name	Episcopal Church	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Vasiloupulis	Assemblies of God	Other
Adherents	4,951 (5.9%)	1,694 (2.0%)	1,400 (1.7%)	1,158 (1.4%)	18,763 (22.2%)
Congregations	10 (6.5%)	3 (2.0%)	1 (0.7%)	5 (3.3%)	52 (34.0%)

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

Religions in Norfolk city - Norfolk

Norfolk city historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above Virginia state average. It is 4.1 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 7 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 11/3/1971, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado injured 4 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Magnitude types:

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (13%)
Public administration (9%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Educational services (6%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
Transportation equipment (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (14%)
Educational services (13%)
Accommodation and food services (10%)
Public administration (6%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)

Most common occupations for males in 2005 (%):

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Engineers (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)

Most common occupations for females in 2005 (%):

Child care workers (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)

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

Philippines (29%)
United Kingdom (5%)
Jamaica (5%)
Germany (4%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (4%)
Mexico (3%)
Vietnam (3%)

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

German (7%)
Irish (6%)
United States or American (6%)
English (6%)
Italian (3%)
French (except Basque) (1%)
Scotch-Irish (1%)

Norfolk city mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 74,836 (67%)
Carpooled: 15,917 (14%)
Bus or trolley bus: 4,739 (4%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 16 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 7 (0%)
Railroad: 5 (0%)
Ferryboat: 38 (0%)
Taxi: 338 (0%)
Motorcycle: 215 (0%)
Bicycle: 512 (0%)
Walked: 7,596 (7%)
Other means: 3,578 (3%)
Worked at home: 4,286 (4%)

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

People in group quarters in Norfolk city, Virginia

14523 people in military ships
3191 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
1618 people in military barracks, etc.
1326 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
1095 people in nursing homes
438 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
237 people in military transient quarters for temporary residents
213 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
213 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
155 people in crews of maritime vessels
106 people in other group homes
103 people in military disciplinary barracks
84 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
81 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
44 people in halfway houses
38 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
14 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
8 people in other nonhousehold living situations
6 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
4 people in religious group quarters
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
2 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $43,134.

15.13% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($28,837 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	15.13%
Virginia average:	11.06%

1.94% of residents moved from foreign countries ($2,895 average AGI)
Norfolk city: 1.94%
Virginia average: 0.41%

7.15% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($14,669 average AGI)
6.04% relocated from other states ($11,273 average AGI)
Norfolk city: 6.04%
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	3.58% ($31,781 average AGI)
from Chesapeake city, VA	1.18% ($28,015)
from Portsmouth city, VA	0.56% ($27,978)
from Newport News city, VA	0.36% ($29,034)
from Hampton city, VA	0.36% ($26,191)
from San Diego County, CA	0.21% ($35,309)
from Suffolk city, VA	0.15% ($33,896)

15.50% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,059 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	15.50%
Virginia average:	10.78%

0.83% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,433 average AGI)
Norfolk city: 0.83%
Virginia average: 0.22%

8.10% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($17,205 average AGI)
6.56% relocated to other states ($13,421 average AGI)
Norfolk city: 6.56%
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	3.74% ($31,192 average AGI)
to Chesapeake city, VA	1.47% ($33,743)
to Portsmouth city, VA	0.73% ($27,518)
to Hampton city, VA	0.49% ($29,496)
to Newport News city, VA	0.33% ($27,919)
to Suffolk city, VA	0.27% ($46,925)
to San Diego County, CA	0.20% ($30,622)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 18.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 17.1

Births per 1000 population in Norfolk city

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 8.8

Deaths per 1000 population in Norfolk city

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 14.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 11.7

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Norfolk city

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 27,685 (22,937 aged, 4,748 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 19%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%

Short term general hospitals per 100,000 population in 2004: 1.26
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 19397.9
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 387.660
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 50318.08

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1744.310
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 877.330
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 3.45

Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 38.57
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 103.040

Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 6.9
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: 210,991

In family households: 166,553 (31,975 male householders, 20,293 female householders)
32,346 spouses, 61,947 children (56,680 natural, 1,550 adopted, 3,717 stepchildren), 6,234 grandchildren, 2,460 brothers or sisters, 1,734 parents, 3,589 other relatives, 5,975 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 44,438 (16,701 male householders (11,986 living alone)), 17,209 female householders (14,020 living alone)), 10,528 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 23,412 (2,983 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 20,454 2-persons, 13,548 3-persons, 10,308 4-persons, 4,841 5-persons, 2,167 6-persons, 950 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 26,006 1-person, 6,248 2-persons, 1,102 3-persons, 434 4-persons, 80 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons.

91.1% of residents of Norfolk city speak English at home.
3.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (71% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $6,223,526,000 ($26167 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $4,758,893,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $648,919,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $303,016,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $31,118,000
Federal grants: $332,059,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,682,043,000 ($1,588,452,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,226,370,000 ($3,023,047,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $156,998,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $233,756,000
Federal Government insurance: $1,531,680,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 21,860

Here:	94 per 1000 residents
State:	70 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 10,699

Here:	46 per 1000 residents
State:	40 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +2,239

Here:	+10 per 1000 residents
State:	+18 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -15,412

Here:	-66 per 1000 residents
State:	+14 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Norfolk city

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.32 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.4
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.1
State:	4.3

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 825
1995 to 1998: 2,652
1990 to 1994: 3,615
1980 to 1989: 10,425
1970 to 1979: 12,467
1960 to 1969: 14,852
1950 to 1959: 22,379
1940 to 1949: 13,274
1939 or earlier: 13,927

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Norfolk city, Virginia:
	1 room: 17 2 rooms: 247 3 rooms: 1,084 4 rooms: 2,500 5 rooms: 7,213 6 rooms: 10,064 7 rooms: 8,926 8 rooms: 4,900 9+ rooms: 4,320

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Norfolk city, Virginia:
	1 room: 1,492 2 rooms: 4,902 3 rooms: 9,065 4 rooms: 14,219 5 rooms: 9,443 6 rooms: 4,876 7 rooms: 1,764 8 rooms: 679 9+ rooms: 499

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Norfolk city:
	no bedroom: 146 1 bedroom: 908 2 bedrooms: 8,286 3 bedrooms: 19,687 4 bedrooms: 8,558 5+ bedrooms: 1,686

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Norfolk city:
	no bedroom: 2,012 1 bedroom: 13,936 2 bedrooms: 20,507 3 bedrooms: 8,078 4 bedrooms: 2,072 5+ bedrooms: 334

Cars and other vehicles available in Norfolk city in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 2,613 1 vehicle: 13,281 2 vehicles: 16,587 3 vehicles: 5,227 4 vehicles: 1,243 5+ vehicles: 320

Cars and other vehicles available in Norfolk city in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 12,049 1 vehicle: 22,428 2 vehicles: 10,134 3 vehicles: 1,825 4 vehicles: 270 5+ vehicles: 233

44% of Norfolk city residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 37% lived in Virginia.

Norfolk city:	43.7%
State average:	53.8%

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

This state: 114557
Northeast: 28595
Midwest: 17805
South: 47321
West: 10369

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $74,200

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (61.3%) Electricity (19.3%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17.1%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1.6%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (51.5%) Utility gas (38.8%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4.4%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2.0%) No fuel used (1.6%) Other fuel (1.5%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2,505

Here:	9.7%
Virginia:	9.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1,029

Here:	8.9%
Virginia:	8.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2,776

Here:	17.4%
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)

Norfolk 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)

Fatalities (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 84 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	725	$200,531	2,480	$193,713	4,603	$156,641	833	$78,735	49	$832,571	1,351	$149,172	9	$77,000
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED	29	$167,552	285	$194,926	845	$151,076	192	$63,458	3	$353,667	178	$150,579	7	$51,714
APPLICATIONS DENIED	53	$202,792	604	$172,272	3,428	$165,504	933	$81,599	4	$321,250	576	$152,694	23	$48,522
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN	38	$200,237	282	$190,337	1,789	$157,458	213	$95,596	3	$171,667	261	$148,280	3	$143,333
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS	7	$172,143	83	$192,663	570	$182,968	46	$64,065	1	$416,000	73	$153,589	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 80 full tracts)
	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value
LOANS ORIGINATED	680	$189,466	359	$203,384	161	$163,876
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED	86	$188,116	82	$213,817	28	$151,500
APPLICATIONS DENIED	14	$163,500	14	$223,286	7	$180,000
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN	24	$192,625	37	$199,811	12	$176,917
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS	5	$178,000	1	$177,000	1	$150,000

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