Petersburg city, Virginia (VA)

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% of renters here:	48%
State:	32%

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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (25.4%), Manufacturing (17.4%), Retail trade (10.7%).

Type of workers:

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

Races in Petersburg city, Virginia:

Median resident age:	36.9 years
Virginia median age:	35.7 years

Males: 15,426	(45.7%)
Females: 18,314	(54.3%)

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Petersburg city:	2.4 people
Virginia:	2.5 people

This county:	$36,815
Virginia:	$59,562

This county:	$512
State:	$753

Petersburg city:	$159,543
Virginia:	$262,100

Detached houses: $166,066

Here:	$166,066
State:	$357,398

Townhouses or other attached units: $148,628

Here:	$148,628
State:	$371,438

In 2-unit structures: $131,227

Here:	$131,227
State:	$295,743

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $259,334

Here:	$259,334
State:	$305,320

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $1,320,194

Here:	$1,320,194
State:	$316,638

Mobile homes: $7,057

Here:	$7,057
State:	$37,843

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $55,000

Here:	$55,000
State:	$92,978

This county:	19.6%
Whole state:	9.6%

This county:	9.6%
Whole state:	4.3%

Area name: Richmond, VA HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Petersburg city is $678 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $757 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1010 a month.

Cities in this county include: Petersburg.

Neighboring counties: Chesterfield County , Dinwiddie County , Prince George County , Colonial Heights city .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Here:	14.1%
Virginia:	7.0%

Current college students: 1,388
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 68.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 14.8%

Number of foreign born residents: 769 (56% naturalized citizens)

Petersburg city:	2.3%
Whole state:	8.1%

Mean travel time to work: 23.3 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 39.4%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 9,735
• One, attached: 1,037
• Two: 1,016
• 3 or 4: 1,697
• 5 to 9: 730
• 10 to 19: 362
• 20 or more: 981
• Mobile homes: 387
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 10

Housing units in Petersburg city with a mortgage: 4,563 (666 second mortgage, 502 home equity loan, 12 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,166

Here:	67.8% with mortgage
State:	75.1% with mortgage

Petersburg city historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above Virginia state average. It is 48.3 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 4 fatalities and 246 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 8/6/1993, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado killed 4 people and injured 246 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

Petersburg city-area historical earthquake activity is near Virginia state average. It is 88% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 12/9/2003 at 20:59:14, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 MB, 4.5 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 37.8 miles away from Petersburg city center
On 5/5/2003 at 16:32:32, a magnitude 3.9 (3.9 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 52.6 miles away from the county center
On 3/15/1991 at 06:54:08, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, Depth: 10.9 mi) earthquake occurred 46.5 miles away from the county center
On 10/21/1998 at 05:56:47, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, 3.3 LG, Depth: 8.3 mi) earthquake occurred 54.4 miles away from Petersburg city center
On 9/22/2001 at 16:01:20, a magnitude 3.2 (3.2 LG, 2.5 LG, Depth: 1.2 mi) earthquake occurred 78.3 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB)

Means of transportation to work Drove a car alone: 9,676 (73%) Carpooled: 2,466 (19%) Bus or trolley bus: 312 (2%) Taxi: 119 (1%) Motorcycle: 12 (0%) Bicycle: 42 (0%) Walked: 282 (2%) Other means: 121 (1%) Worked at home: 146 (1%)

12.14% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($26,106 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	12.14%
Virginia average:	11.06%

0.56% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,345 average AGI)

Petersburg city:	0.56%
Virginia average:	0.41%

7.28% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($16,155 average AGI)
4.29% relocated from other states ($8,606 average AGI)

Petersburg city:	4.29%
Virginia average:	4.24%

from Chesterfield County, VA	1.53% ($26,487 average AGI)
from Prince George County, VA	0.97% ($26,449)
from Hopewell city, VA	0.89% ($22,927)
from Dinwiddie County, VA	0.78% ($27,832)
from Colonial Heights city, VA	0.65% ($27,544)
from Richmond city, VA	0.54% ($27,576)
from Henrico County, VA	0.34% ($25,190)

11.34% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,069 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	11.34%
Virginia average:	10.78%

0.41% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,050 average AGI)

Petersburg city:	0.41%
Virginia average:	0.22%

7.88% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($20,627 average AGI)
3.04% relocated to other states ($7,392 average AGI)

Petersburg city:	3.04%
Virginia average:	4.13%

to Chesterfield County, VA	2.00% ($30,566 average AGI)
to Dinwiddie County, VA	1.02% ($33,033)
to Hopewell city, VA	0.90% ($23,817)
to Prince George County, VA	0.87% ($38,876)
to Colonial Heights city, VA	0.75% ($27,264)
to Richmond city, VA	0.63% ($23,974)
to Henrico County, VA	0.40% ($28,333)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 17.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 16.2

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 14.8

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 15.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 10.7

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 7,916 (6,180 aged, 1,736 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%

Household type by relationship

• In family households: 26,573 (4,334 male householders, 4,193 female householders)

  4,360 spouses, 9,680 children (8,960 natural, 224 adopted, 496 stepchildren), 1,381 grandchildren, 502 brothers or sisters, 419 parents, 672 other relatives, 1,032 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 6,265 (2,322 male householders (1,877 living alone)), 2,946 female householders (2,579 living alone)), 997 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 902 (596 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 3,631 2-persons, 2,254 3-persons, 1,417 4-persons, 788 5-persons, 280 6-persons, 157 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,456 1-person, 673 2-persons, 89 3-persons, 41 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 5 6-persons.

95.6% of residents of Petersburg city speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (59% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (44% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (54% speak English very well, 46% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $341,901,000 ($10437 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $40,638,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $153,064,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $82,286,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,685,000
Federal grants: $78,459,000
Federal procurement contracts: $15,340,000 ($9,592,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $11,066,000 ($311,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $32,007,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $22,000,000
Federal Government insurance: $19,638,000

Here:	93 per 1000 residents
State:	70 per 1000 residents

Here:	79 per 1000 residents
State:	40 per 1000 residents

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

Here:	-51 per 1000 residents
State:	+14 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.00 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Here:	6.2
State:	6.6

Here:	4.2
State:	4.3

57% of Petersburg city residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Virginia.

Petersburg city:	56.5%
State average:	53.8%

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

• This state: 24805
• Northeast: 2733
• Midwest: 547
• South: 3898
• West: 514

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $71,600

Here:	5.0%
Virginia:	9.5%

Here:	6.2%
Virginia:	8.2%

Here:	20.0%
Virginia:	20.6%

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