Richmond city, Virginia (VA)

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County population in 2005: 193,777 (all urban)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 39,010
Renter-occupied apartments: 45,539

% of renters here:	54%
State:	32%

Land area: 60 sq. mi.
Water area: 2.5 sq. mi.

Population density: 3226 people per square mile

(very high).

Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2005: 18.5%

Richmond city:	18.5%
Virginia:	10.0%

(9.8% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 23.0% for Black residents)

Median age of residents in 2005: 35 years ols
(Males: 33 years old, Females: 38 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 40 years old, Black residents: 34 years old, American Indian residents: 47 years old, Asian residents: 33 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 22 years old, Other race residents: 24 years old)

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 76%
Government: 19%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 5%
Unpaid family work: 0%

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

Races in Richmond city, Virginia:

Black (57.2%)
White Non-Hispanic (37.7%)
Hispanic (2.6%)
Other race (1.5%)
Two or more races (1.5%)
American Indian (0.7%)

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

Median resident age:	33.9 years
Virginia median age:	35.7 years

Males: 92,068	(46.5%)
Females: 105,722	(53.5%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $42,096
County population in 2003: 194,285
Jobs in 2003: 171,514

Total labor force in 2004: 97,041
Unemployment rate in 2004: 5.6%

Average household size:

Richmond city:	2.2 people
Virginia:	2.5 people

Median household income in 2005: $34,396
2005 median house value: $149,400
Median contract rent in 2005: $576
Median monthly housing costs in 2005: $791
Estimated median household income in 2005: $36,163 ($31,121 in 2000)

This county	$36,163
Virginia:	$54,240

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $156,008

Richmond city	$156,008
Virginia:	$212,300

Median montly rent in 2000: $540
Institutionalized population: 3,179
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Richmond city in 2000: $951

Richmond city races chart

Single-family new house construction building permits:

2000: 170 buildings, average cost: $93,300
2001: 179 buildings, average cost: $107,600
2002: 161 buildings, average cost: $114,500
2003: 279 buildings, average cost: $115,600
2004: 319 buildings, average cost: $144,100
2005: 525 buildings, average cost: $161,200
2006: 483 buildings, average cost: $139,900

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in 1000s)

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $1,646 (1.0%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005: $1,383 (1.1%)

Area name: Richmond, VA HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Richmond 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.

2005 air pollution in Richmond city:

Carbon Monoxide: 2 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.016 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.005 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides 24-hour: 0.016 ppm (standard limit: 0.14 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Chesterfield County , Henrico County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	4.3%
Virginia:	2.8%

Unemployment by year (%)

Current college students: 19,116
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: 29.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 7,643 (36% naturalized citizens)

Richmond city:	3.9%
Whole state:	8.1%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 2,904
1990 to 1994: 1,334
1985 to 1989: 1,097
1980 to 1984: 678
1975 to 1979: 467
1970 to 1974: 297
1970 to 1974: 177
1965 to 1969: 689

Mean travel time to work: 22.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 58.0%

Richmond city marital status for males

Richmond city marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 44,935
One, attached: 7,771
Two: 6,010
3 or 4: 7,572
5 to 9: 9,240
10 to 19: 5,689
20 or more: 10,375
Mobile homes: 676
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 14

Housing units in Richmond city with a mortgage: 25,823 (3,084 second mortgage, 3,311 home equity loan, 131 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 10,153

Richmond city historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above Virginia state average. It is 10.5 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 13 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 6/13/1951, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured 12 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Construction (10%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
Finance and insurance (7%)
Educational services (6%)
Public administration (6%)
Health care (5%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (15%)
Educational services (12%)
Finance and insurance (9%)
Public administration (8%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (3%)

Most common occupations for females

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Customer service representatives (3%)

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

Mexico (10%)
Guatemala (8%)
El Salvador (6%)
United Kingdom (5%)
Korea (5%)
Germany (4%)
Trinidad and Tobago (3%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Richmond city:

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

Richmond city mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 62,743 (71%)
Carpooled: 11,165 (13%)
Bus or trolley bus: 7,183 (8%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 31 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 41 (0%)
Railroad: 17 (0%)
Taxi: 82 (0%)
Motorcycle: 100 (0%)
Bicycle: 969 (1%)
Walked: 3,941 (4%)
Other means: 629 (1%)
Worked at home: 2,023 (2%)

People in group quarters in Richmond city, Virginia

5670 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
1670 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
1618 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
1365 people in nursing homes
348 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
163 people in other group homes
129 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
107 people in homes for the mentally ill
52 people in other nonhousehold living situations
47 people in homes for the mentally retarded
25 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
25 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
23 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
16 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
3 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $52,932.

12.46% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($36,829 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	12.46%
Virginia average:	11.06%

0.26% of residents moved from foreign countries ($273 average AGI)
Richmond city: 0.26%
Virginia average: 0.41%

8.96% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($25,306 average AGI)
3.24% relocated from other states ($11,250 average AGI)
Richmond city: 3.24%
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 Henrico County, VA	3.26% ($36,315 average AGI)
from Chesterfield County, VA	2.29% ($32,676)
from Hanover County, VA	0.36% ($33,281)
from Fairfax County, VA	0.28% ($38,933)
from Virginia Beach city, VA	0.16% ($39,431)
from Petersburg city, VA	0.11% ($23,974)
from Powhatan County, VA	0.10% ($40,690)

12.57% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($44,440 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	12.57%
Virginia average:	10.78%

0.07% of residents moved to foreign countries ($193 average AGI)
Richmond city: 0.07%
Virginia average: 0.22%

9.50% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($33,314 average AGI)
3.00% relocated to other states ($10,933 average AGI)
Richmond city: 3.00%
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 Henrico County, VA	4.06% ($44,791 average AGI)
to Chesterfield County, VA	2.96% ($40,801)
to Hanover County, VA	0.33% ($45,043)
to Fairfax County, VA	0.15% ($37,185)
to New York County, NY	0.10% ($55,338)
to Virginia Beach city, VA	0.10% ($43,191)
to Petersburg city, VA	0.09% ($27,576)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 15.7

Births per 1000 population in Richmond city

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.1

Deaths per 1000 population in Richmond city

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 14.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 15.6

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Richmond city

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 36,435 (29,914 aged, 6,521 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%

Household type by relationship

Households: 186,529

In family households: 135,270 (23,052 male householders, 21,173 female householders)
23,646 spouses, 47,467 children (44,345 natural, 1,205 adopted, 1,917 stepchildren), 6,402 grandchildren, 2,804 brothers or sisters, 1,396 parents, 4,237 other relatives, 5,093 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 51,259 (17,444 male householders (13,146 living alone)), 22,897 female householders (18,642 living alone)), 10,918 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 11,261 (2,886 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 19,779 2-persons, 11,371 3-persons, 7,326 4-persons, 3,472 5-persons, 1,416 6-persons, 861 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 31,788 1-person, 7,017 2-persons, 1,114 3-persons, 299 4-persons, 79 5-persons, 33 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons.

14,405 married couples with children.
20,218 single-parent households (2,122 men, 18,096 women).

93.3% of residents of Richmond city speak English at home.
3.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (53% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (80% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $4,160,844,000 ($21615 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $369,570,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $1,072,474,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $437,066,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $25,936,000
Federal grants: $1,788,118,000
Federal procurement contracts: $237,104,000 ($87,889,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $600,145,000 ($206,139,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $269,886,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $96,249,000
Federal Government insurance: $56,416,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 16,973

Here:	88 per 1000 residents
State:	70 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 12,514

Here:	65 per 1000 residents
State:	40 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +2,406

Here:	+12 per 1000 residents
State:	+18 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -10,695

Here:	-55 per 1000 residents
State:	+14 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Richmond city

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 89.03 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.5
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.0
State:	4.3

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 284
1995 to 1998: 1,042
1990 to 1994: 1,875
1980 to 1989: 6,769
1970 to 1979: 13,151
1960 to 1969: 14,566
1950 to 1959: 16,403
1940 to 1949: 12,063
1939 or earlier: 26,129

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

1 room: 7
2 rooms: 128
3 rooms: 729
4 rooms: 2,548
5 rooms: 7,216
6 rooms: 9,145
7 rooms: 8,128
8 rooms: 5,619
9 or more rooms: 5,490

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

1 room: 1,571
2 rooms: 4,617
3 rooms: 9,356
4 rooms: 13,446
5 rooms: 9,486
6 rooms: 4,056
7 rooms: 1,678
8 rooms: 799
9 or more rooms: 530

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

no bedroom: 45
1 bedroom: 922
2 bedrooms: 9,440
3 bedrooms: 18,503
4 bedrooms: 8,171
5 or more bedrooms: 1,929

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Richmond city:

no bedroom: 1,887
1 bedroom: 14,702
2 bedrooms: 20,050
3 bedrooms: 6,753
4 bedrooms: 1,840
5 or more bedrooms: 307

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

no vehicle: 3,495
1 vehicle: 14,343
2 vehicles: 14,986
3 vehicles: 4,829
4 vehicles: 1,099
5 or more vehicles: 258

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

no vehicle: 14,789
1 vehicle: 21,370
2 vehicles: 7,322
3 vehicles: 1,573
4 vehicles: 342
5 or more vehicles: 143

49% of Richmond city residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Virginia.

Richmond city:	49.1%
State average:	53.8%

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

This state: 132899
Northeast: 18511
Midwest: 6446
South: 26988
West: 3427

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $67,900

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 (50%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (32%)
Electricity (16%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Utility gas (56%)
Electricity (30%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
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): 2,549

Here:	12.7%
Virginia:	9.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1,047

Here:	11.9%
Virginia:	8.2%

Students in private undegraduate colleges: 4,373

Here:	28.7%
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)

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