Portsmouth city, Virginia (VA)

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County population in 2005: 100,169 (all urban)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 22,347
Renter-occupied apartments: 15,823

% of renters here:	41%
State:	32%

Land area: 33 sq. mi.
Water area: 13.5 sq. mi.

Population density: 3021 people per square mile

(very high).

Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2005: 16.8%

Portsmouth city:	16.8%
Virginia:	10.0%

(7.3% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 25.6% for Black residents)

Median age of residents in 2005: 35 years old
(Males: 34 years old, Females: 38 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 40 years old, Black residents: 30 years old, Asian residents: 40 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 48 years old)

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 69%
Government: 26%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 4%
Unpaid family work: 0%

Portsmouth city, Virginia business tout: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Portsmouth city, Virginia:

Black (50.6%)
White Non-Hispanic (45.1%)
Hispanic (1.7%)
Two or more races (1.6%)
American Indian (1.1%)
Other race (0.6%)

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

Median resident age:	34.5 years
Virginia median age:	35.7 years

Males: 48,583	(48.3%)
Females: 51,982	(51.7%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $37,178
County population in 2003: 99,112
Jobs in 2003: 50,231

Total labor force in 2004: 44,161
Unemployment rate in 2004: 5.6%

Average household size:

Portsmouth city:	2.5 people
Virginia:	2.5 people

Median household income in 2005: $40,172
2005 median house value: $128,600
Median contract rent in 2005: $561
Median monthly housing costs in 2005: $839
Estimated median household income in 2005: $39,209 ($33,742 in 2000)

This county	$39,209
Virginia:	$54,240

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $145,286

Portsmouth city	$145,286
Virginia:	$212,300

Median monthly rent in 2000: $540
Institutionalized population: 1,798
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Portsmouth city in 2000: $899

Portsmouth city races chart

Single-family new house construction building permits:

2000: 213 buildings, average cost: $73,500
2001: 194 buildings, average cost: $71,700
2002: 153 buildings, average cost: $95,800
2003: 132 buildings, average cost: $129,400
2004: 129 buildings, average cost: $135,300
2005: 168 buildings, average cost: $103,500
2006: 193 buildings, average cost: $114,400

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in 1000s)

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $1,162 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005: $1,262 (1.1%)

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

Neighboring counties: Chesapeake city , Norfolk city , Suffolk city .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	4.4%
Virginia:	2.8%

Unemployment by year (%)

Current college students: 5,211
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 75.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 13.8%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,595 (55% naturalized citizens)

Portsmouth city:	1.6%
Whole state:	8.1%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 219
1990 to 1994: 266
1985 to 1989: 261
1980 to 1984: 127
1975 to 1979: 160
1970 to 1974: 162
1970 to 1974: 87
1965 to 1969: 313

Mean travel time to work: 23.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 45.3%

Portsmouth city marital status for males

Portsmouth city marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 26,090
One, attached: 3,482
Two: 1,706
3 or 4: 3,041
5 to 9: 4,084
10 to 19: 1,221
20 or more: 1,778
Mobile homes: 165
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 38

Housing units in Portsmouth city with a mortgage: 15,395 (2,088 second mortgage, 1,462 home equity loan, 62 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,733

Portsmouth city historical area-adjusted tornado activity is above Virginia state average. It is 1.4 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 4 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.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Construction (15%)
Transportation equipment (14%)
Public administration (8%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
Health care (4%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (16%)
Educational services (13%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Public administration (7%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
Social assistance (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Cashiers (5%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
Health technologists and technicians (3%)

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

Philippines (19%)
Germany (11%)
United Kingdom (5%)
Mexico (4%)
Vietnam (3%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (3%)
Panama (3%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Portsmouth city:

United States or American (9%)
English (8%)
Irish (5%)
German (5%)
Italian (2%)
Scotch-Irish (1%)
African (1%)

Portsmouth city mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 31,996 (73%)
Carpooled: 6,873 (16%)
Bus or trolley bus: 1,141 (3%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 13 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 9 (0%)
Ferryboat: 65 (0%)
Taxi: 73 (0%)
Motorcycle: 71 (0%)
Bicycle: 263 (1%)
Walked: 1,438 (3%)
Other means: 780 (2%)
Worked at home: 1,200 (3%)

People in group quarters in Portsmouth city, Virginia

2292 people in military ships
1237 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
415 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
356 people in nursing homes
198 people in military barracks, etc.
192 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
51 people in homes for the mentally retarded
30 people in crews of maritime vessels
20 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
13 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
10 people in military transient quarters for temporary residents

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $39,651.

12.99% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($29,726 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	12.99%
Virginia average:	11.06%

0.59% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,129 average AGI)
Portsmouth city: 0.59%
Virginia average: 0.41%

8.49% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($19,865 average AGI)
3.91% relocated from other states ($8,732 average AGI)
Portsmouth city: 3.91%
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 Chesapeake city, VA	2.91% ($29,004 average AGI)
from Virginia Beach city, VA	1.65% ($34,399)
from Norfolk city, VA	1.62% ($27,518)
from Suffolk city, VA	1.06% ($29,397)
from Newport News city, VA	0.27% ($27,765)
from Hampton city, VA	0.24% ($35,258)
from San Diego County, CA	0.10% ($39,472)

11.75% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,441 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	11.75%
Virginia average:	10.78%

0.36% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,001 average AGI)
Portsmouth city: 0.36%
Virginia average: 0.22%

7.56% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($21,728 average AGI)
3.83% relocated to other states ($10,711 average AGI)
Portsmouth city: 3.83%
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 Chesapeake city, VA	2.41% ($34,686 average AGI)
to Norfolk city, VA	1.24% ($27,978)
to Suffolk city, VA	1.18% ($41,580)
to Virginia Beach city, VA	1.17% ($28,405)
to Newport News city, VA	0.29% ($24,726)
to Hampton city, VA	0.26% ($28,227)
to Isle of Wight County, VA	0.20% ($43,041)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 17.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 15.7

Births per 1000 population in Portsmouth city

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.0

Deaths per 1000 population in Portsmouth city

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 14.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 13.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Portsmouth city

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 15,742 (12,997 aged, 2,745 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%

Household type by relationship

Households: 95,730

In family households: 80,678 (15,703 male householders, 9,925 female householders)
16,224 spouses, 28,742 children (26,543 natural, 660 adopted, 1,539 stepchildren), 4,142 grandchildren, 1,013 brothers or sisters, 812 parents, 1,868 other relatives, 2,249 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 15,052 (5,775 male householders (4,534 living alone)), 6,734 female householders (5,970 living alone)), 2,543 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 4,835 (1,825 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 10,337 2-persons, 6,802 3-persons, 4,894 4-persons, 2,250 5-persons, 953 6-persons, 392 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 10,504 1-person, 1,599 2-persons, 294 3-persons, 91 4-persons, 15 5-persons, 6 6-persons.

95.4% of residents of Portsmouth city speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (75% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $1,835,274,000 ($18484 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,021,240,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $347,730,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $168,952,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $7,789,000
Federal grants: $158,307,000
Federal procurement contracts: $456,909,000 ($385,988,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $695,587,000 ($595,572,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,442,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $129,006,000
Federal Government insurance: $458,909,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 8,650

Here:	86 per 1000 residents
State:	70 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 5,768

Here:	58 per 1000 residents
State:	40 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +161

Here:	+2 per 1000 residents
State:	+18 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -3,312

Here:	-33 per 1000 residents
State:	+14 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Portsmouth city

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

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.2
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.3
State:	4.3

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 383
1995 to 1998: 1,411
1990 to 1994: 1,148
1980 to 1989: 4,910
1970 to 1979: 6,364
1960 to 1969: 7,021
1950 to 1959: 8,101
1940 to 1949: 6,940
1939 or earlier: 5,327

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Portsmouth city, Virginia:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 172
3 rooms: 481
4 rooms: 1,576
5 rooms: 4,829
6 rooms: 6,026
7 rooms: 5,070
8 rooms: 2,607
9 or more rooms: 1,586

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Portsmouth city, Virginia:

1 room: 259
2 rooms: 977
3 rooms: 2,250
4 rooms: 5,241
5 rooms: 4,088
6 rooms: 1,772
7 rooms: 797
8 rooms: 307
9 or more rooms: 132

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Portsmouth city:

no bedroom: 60
1 bedroom: 415
2 bedrooms: 5,148
3 bedrooms: 12,294
4 bedrooms: 3,956
5 or more bedrooms: 474

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Portsmouth city:

no bedroom: 394
1 bedroom: 3,219
2 bedrooms: 7,915
3 bedrooms: 3,580
4 bedrooms: 677
5 or more bedrooms: 38

Cars and other vehicles available in Portsmouth city in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 1,513
1 vehicle: 6,939
2 vehicles: 9,329
3 vehicles: 3,466
4 vehicles: 867
5 or more vehicles: 233

Cars and other vehicles available in Portsmouth city in renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 4,025
1 vehicle: 7,772
2 vehicles: 3,356
3 vehicles: 545
4 vehicles: 74
5 or more vehicles: 51

52% of Portsmouth city residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Virginia.

Portsmouth city:	51.9%
State average:	53.8%

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

This state: 64480
Northeast: 7644
Midwest: 4605
South: 18577
West: 2703

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $64,400

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 (73%)
Electricity (18%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Utility gas (52%)
Electricity (42%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
Other fuel (1%)
No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,368

Here:	11.2%
Virginia:	9.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 474

Here:	8.7%
Virginia:	8.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 680

Here:	15.0%
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 (Noninstitutionalized)

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Total Number Of Recipients

1999: 4,266
2000: 4,062
2001: 4,054
2002: 3,896
2003: 3,915
2004: 3,874

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of aged recipients

1999: 453
2000: 430
2001: 418
2002: 387
2003: 372
2004: 352

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

1999: 3,813
2000: 3,632
2001: 3,636
2002: 3,509
2003: 3,543
2004: 3,522

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

1999: 1,137
2000: 1,035
2001: 988
2002: 925
2003: 951
2004: 930

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

1999: 2,296
2000: 2,234
2001: 2,297
2002: 2,231
2003: 2,231
2004: 2,245

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

1999: 833
2000: 793
2001: 769
2002: 740
2003: 733
2004: 699

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

1999: 1,353
2000: 1,288
2001: 1,279
2002: 1,223
2003: 1,194
2004: 1,165

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

1999: 1,580
2000: 1,587
2001: 1,615
2002: 1,635
2003: 1,693
2004: 1,695

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