Suffolk city, Virginia (VA)

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County population in July 2007: 81,332 (72% urban, 28% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 16,814
Renter-occupied apartments: 6,469

% of renters here:	28%
State:	32%

Land area: 400 sq. mi.
Water area: 29.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 159 people per square mile

(high).

Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2005: 11.6%

Suffolk city:	11.6%
Virginia:	10.0%

Median age of residents in 2005: 35 years old
(Males: 34 years old, Females: 35 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 37 years old, Black residents: 32 years old, American Indian residents: 19 years old, Asian residents: 41 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 26 years old, Other race residents: 23 years old)

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	13.2%
Whole state:	9.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	5.9%
Whole state:	4.3%

2008 cost of living index in Suffolk city: 82.0 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 73%
Government: 22%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 5%
Unpaid family work: 0%

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

Races in Suffolk city, Virginia:

White Non-Hispanic (53.3%)
Black (43.5%)
Hispanic (1.3%)
Two or more races (1.2%)
American Indian (0.8%)

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

Median resident age:	36.0 years
Virginia median age:	35.7 years

Males: 30,410	(47.8%)
Females: 33,267	(52.2%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $30,481
County population in 2003: 73,423
Jobs in 2003: 23,169

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Total labor force in 2004: 34,679
Unemployment rate in 2004: 4.0%

Average household size:

Suffolk city:	2.7 people
Virginia:	2.5 people

Median household income in 2005: $60,484
2005 median house value: $206,800
Median contract rent in 2005: $471
Median monthly housing costs in 2005: $955
Estimated median household income in 2005: $47,777 ($41,115 in 2000)

This county	$47,777
Virginia:	$54,240

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $191,749

Suffolk city	$191,749
Virginia:	$212,300

Median monthly rent in 2000: $506
Institutionalized population: 874
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Suffolk city in 2000: $1028

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Single-family new house construction building permits:

2000: 639 buildings, average cost: $116,700
2001: 1003 buildings, average cost: $104,500
2002: 994 buildings, average cost: $106,700
2003: 1108 buildings, average cost: $106,200
2004: 848 buildings, average cost: $139,500
2005: 1090 buildings, average cost: $173,000
2006: 642 buildings, average cost: $207,100

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in 1000s)

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $1,411 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005: $1,381 (0.8%)

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

2005 air pollution in Suffolk city:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.094 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.078 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Camden County, North Carolina , Gates County, North Carolina , Isle of Wight County , Southampton County , Chesapeake city , Portsmouth city .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	3.2%
Virginia:	2.8%

Unemployment by year (%)

Current college students: 3,129
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 76.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 17.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,180 (58% naturalized citizens)

Suffolk city:	1.9%
Whole state:	8.1%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 240 1990 to 1994: 147 1985 to 1989: 123 1980 to 1984: 120 1975 to 1979: 77 1970 to 1974: 147 1970 to 1974: 182 1965 to 1969: 144

Mean travel time to work: 27.3 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 39.9%

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 19,352
One, attached: 983
Two: 1,215
3 or 4: 546
5 to 9: 864
10 to 19: 265
20 or more: 404
Mobile homes: 1,069
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6

Housing units in Suffolk city with a mortgage: 10,833 (1,660 second mortgage, 1,028 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,846

Agriculture in Suffolk city
Average size of farms: 286 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $165746
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $662.52
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 53.77%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 12.69%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $167045
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 76.43%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 2.07%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $108078
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 84.62%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 1.53
Corn for grain: 10780 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 4777 harvested acres
Upland cotton: 15389 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 14590 harvested acres
Vegetables: 300 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 12 acres

Suffolk city historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly above Virginia state average. It is 1.1 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one injury recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 11/11/1995, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado injured one person and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Construction (13%)
Transportation equipment (10%)
Public administration (9%)
Food (6%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
Educational services (3%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (17%)
Educational services (13%)
Public administration (7%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Food (4%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Registered nurses (4%)
Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)

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

Philippines (12%)
Germany (12%)
United Kingdom (11%)
Canada (6%)
Pakistan (5%)
India (5%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (4%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Suffolk city:

United States or American (14%)
English (10%)
German (6%)
Irish (4%)
Italian (2%)
Scotch-Irish (2%)
French (except Basque) (2%)

Suffolk city mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 22,815 (80%)
Carpooled: 3,900 (14%)
Bus or trolley bus: 220 (1%)
Subway or elevated: 23 (0%)
Railroad: 8 (0%)
Taxi: 79 (0%)
Motorcycle: 18 (0%)
Bicycle: 24 (0%)
Walked: 366 (1%)
Other means: 438 (2%)
Worked at home: 481 (2%)

People in group quarters in Suffolk city, Virginia

441 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
417 people in nursing homes
81 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
24 people in homes for the mentally retarded
16 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $57,004.

11.82% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($50,874 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	11.82%
Virginia average:	11.06%

0.37% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,365 average AGI)
Suffolk city: 0.37%
Virginia average: 0.41%

7.69% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($32,518 average AGI)
3.75% relocated from other states ($16,992 average AGI)
Suffolk city: 3.75%
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	1.72% ($55,060 average AGI)
from Portsmouth city, VA	1.55% ($41,580)
from Virginia Beach city, VA	1.54% ($55,256)
from Norfolk city, VA	0.80% ($46,925)
from Newport News city, VA	0.44% ($45,374)
from Isle of Wight County, VA	0.39% ($39,207)
from Hampton city, VA	0.28% ($53,775)

9.72% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($46,410 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.72%
Virginia average:	10.78%

0.20% of residents moved to foreign countries ($909 average AGI)
Suffolk city: 0.20%
Virginia average: 0.22%

6.07% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($28,266 average AGI)
3.45% relocated to other states ($17,236 average AGI)
Suffolk city: 3.45%
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 Portsmouth city, VA	1.45% ($29,397 average AGI)
to Chesapeake city, VA	1.05% ($46,510)
to Isle of Wight County, VA	0.71% ($50,397)
to Virginia Beach city, VA	0.61% ($38,396)
to Norfolk city, VA	0.45% ($33,896)
to Newport News city, VA	0.33% ($26,533)
to Hampton city, VA	0.21% ($38,271)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 15.1

Births per 1000 population in Suffolk city

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.2

Deaths per 1000 population in Suffolk city

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 12.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 9.9

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Suffolk city

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 9,706 (7,638 aged, 2,068 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%

Short term general hospitals per 100,000 population in 2004: 1.31
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 10756.54
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 180.190
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 48832.68

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1487.450
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 913.990
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 5.06

Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 30.3
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 55.7

Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 6.33
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: 62,712

In family households: 56,059 (12,679 male householders, 5,081 female householders)
12,760 spouses, 20,483 children (18,776 natural, 363 adopted, 1,344 stepchildren), 1,850 grandchildren, 548 brothers or sisters, 568 parents, 1,001 other relatives, 1,089 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 6,653 (2,700 male householders (2,155 living alone)), 2,830 female householders (2,531 living alone)), 1,123 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 965 (880 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 6,977 2-persons, 4,440 3-persons, 3,908 4-persons, 1,537 5-persons, 635 6-persons, 263 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,686 1-person, 670 2-persons, 108 3-persons, 59 4-persons, 7 5-persons.

96.0% of residents of Suffolk city speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $584,582,000 ($7633 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $221,408,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $216,905,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $69,212,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $5,894,000
Federal grants: $65,997,000
Federal procurement contracts: $189,858,000 ($158,718,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $36,715,000 ($27,552,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,926,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $161,769,000
Federal Government insurance: $125,417,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 5,692

Here:	72 per 1000 residents
State:	70 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 3,380

Here:	43 per 1000 residents
State:	40 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +191

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

Net internal migration: +12,916

Here:	+164 per 1000 residents
State:	+14 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Suffolk city

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 79.12 millions of gallons per day (7% from ground, 93% from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.5
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.8
State:	4.3

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 940
1995 to 1998: 3,441
1990 to 1994: 2,326
1980 to 1989: 3,585
1970 to 1979: 4,422
1960 to 1969: 2,966
1950 to 1959: 2,497
1940 to 1949: 1,993
1939 or earlier: 2,534

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Suffolk city, Virginia:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 93 3 rooms: 290 4 rooms: 869 5 rooms: 2,961 6 rooms: 4,079 7 rooms: 3,685 8 rooms: 2,945 9+ rooms: 1,892

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Suffolk city, Virginia:
	1 room: 39 2 rooms: 239 3 rooms: 708 4 rooms: 1,703 5 rooms: 1,879 6 rooms: 1,094 7 rooms: 481 8 rooms: 208 9+ rooms: 118

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Suffolk city:
	no bedroom: 12 1 bedroom: 294 2 bedrooms: 2,406 3 bedrooms: 9,441 4 bedrooms: 4,095 5+ bedrooms: 566

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Suffolk city:
	no bedroom: 47 1 bedroom: 949 2 bedrooms: 2,873 3 bedrooms: 2,245 4 bedrooms: 251 5+ bedrooms: 104

Cars and other vehicles available in Suffolk city in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 745 1 vehicle: 3,865 2 vehicles: 7,733 3 vehicles: 3,339 4 vehicles: 896 5+ vehicles: 236

Cars and other vehicles available in Suffolk city in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 1,649 1 vehicle: 3,029 2 vehicles: 1,299 3 vehicles: 393 4 vehicles: 61 5+ vehicles: 38

54% of Suffolk city residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Virginia.

Suffolk city:	53.9%
State average:	53.8%

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

This state: 42429
Northeast: 5033
Midwest: 2284
South: 10615
West: 1486

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $96,500

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Electricity (38%) Utility gas (33%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%) Wood (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (53%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%) Utility gas (16%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%) Wood (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,050

Here:	12.1%
Virginia:	9.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 438

Here:	11.8%
Virginia:	8.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 375

Here:	14.1%
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)

Suffolk city Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2006:

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)

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