2022 population: 98,537 ( 13,952 from 2010 , 4,211 from 2020)
Land area: 399.2 square miles
Population density: 246.9 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	46,658	47.35%	8.4%
Black:	41,550	42.17%	16.2%
Indian:	283	0.29%	22.0%
Asian:	2,193	2.23%	59.6%
2+ races:	2,716	2.76%	64.6%
Hispanic:	5,137	5.21%	112.7%

Total non-White:	51,879	52.65%	24.9%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	2,599	13.8
Deaths:	2,264	12.0
Net Migration:	3,705	19.6
Net Immigration:	153	0.8

Change in White population:	3,624	4.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	10,328	12.2

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
84,585
43,034	50.88%
35,771	42.29%
232	0.27%
1,374	1.62%
1,650	1.95%
2,415	2.86%
41,551	49.12%

2000
63,677
33,940	53.30%
27,524	43.22%
185	0.29%
502	0.79%
653	1.03%
809	1.27%
29,737	46.70%

1990
52,141
28,352	54.38%
23,157	44.41%
151	0.29%
188	0.36%
n/a
293	0.56%
23,789	45.62%

1980
47,621
24,641	51.74%
22,485	47.22%
50	0.10%
99	0.21%
n/a
341	0.72%
22,980	48.26%

1970
9,858
6,163	62.52%
3,627	36.79%
8	0.08%
11	0.11%
n/a
44	0.45%
3,695	37.48%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
10,349	16.3
6,141	9.6
15,702	24.7
172	0.3

9,094	14.3
11,814	18.6

Number	Rate
1990's
8,371	16.1
5,781	11.1
11,647	22.3
160	0.3

5,588	10.7
5,948	11.4

Number	Rate
1980's
7,717	16.2
5,270	11.1
2,679	5.6
n/a

3,711	7.8
809	1.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-970	-9.8
n/a

18,478	187.4
19,285	195.6

Age, Family & Household Data for Suffolk city, VA

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
38.5
22,407	22.7%
76,130	77.3%
14,013	14.2%

36,318
2.59

25,558	70.4%
18,569	72.7%
2,916	11.4%
10,760	29.6%

2010
Number	Percent
37.9
22,137	26.2%
62,448	73.8%
9,727	11.5%

30,868
2.70

23,135	74.9%
16,818	72.7%
2,742	11.9%
7,733	25.1%

2000
Number	Percent
36.1
17,678	27.8%
45,999	72.2%
7,388	11.6%

23,290
2.69

17,760	76.3%
12,866	72.4%
2,288	12.9%
5,530	23.7%

1990
Number	Percent
33.6
14,106	27.1%
38,035	72.9%
6,763	13.0%

18,651
2.76

14,440	77.4%
10,663	73.8%
1,714	11.9%
4,211	22.6%

1980
Number	Percent
31.2
14,155	29.7%
33,466	70.3%
5,467	11.5%

15,759
2.99

12,580	79.8%
9,581	76.2%
1,141	9.1%
3,179	20.2%

2022 Housing Data for Suffolk city, VA

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	1,283	3.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,178	3.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,097	3.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	1,237	3.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	1,071	2.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	1,126	3.1%
$35,000 to $39,999	849	2.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	1,067	2.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	1,175	3.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	2,094	5.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	3,678	10.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	4,515	12.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	4,353	12.0%
$125,000 to $149,999	3,360	9.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	4,015	11.1%
$200,000 or more	4,220	11.6%

Median Household Income	87,758
Per Capita Income	44,004

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	97
Compared to U.S.	97

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	1,536	4.2%
Public Assistance	632	1.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	4,379	12.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	39,736	68.4%
Unemployed	2,699	4.6%
In Armed Forces	2,270	3.9%

Total Labor Force	44,705	77.0%
Not in Labor Force	13,377	23.0%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	14,758	12,815	53.5%
Non-Profit	1,117	2,413	31.6%
Self-Employed	1,440	1,598	47.4%

Local Government	1,512	2,091	42.0%
State Government	615	1,176	34.3%
Federal Government	3,221	1,568	67.3%

Total Private + Self	16,198	14,413	52.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	6,465	7,248	47.1%
Total	22,663	21,661	51.1%

Pct. Govt.	23.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	7,405	16.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	9,281	20.9%
Professional, Technical	10,949	24.7%
Service Occupations	6,836	15.4%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	54	0.1%
All others	9,887	22.3%

White Collar		62.3%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	7,081	16.0%
Manufacturing	5,521	12.4%
Retail trade	4,440	10.0%
Public administration	3,674	8.3%
Educational services	3,429	7.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	3,349	7.5%
Transportation and warehousing	3,070	6.9%
Construction	2,511	5.7%
Accommodation and food services	2,407	5.4%
Other services	2,012	4.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	1,741	3.9%
Finance and insurance	1,474	3.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	845	1.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	769	1.7%
Wholesale trade	678	1.5%
Information	612	1.4%
Utilities	454	1.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	263	0.6%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	19	0.0%
Management	9	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	1,372	1.45%
Puerto Rican	1,442	1.52%
Cuban	98	0.10%
Dominican	493	0.52%

Total Central American	482	0.51%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	10	0.01%
Honduran	57	0.06%
Nicaraguan	73	0.08%
Panamanian	27	0.03%
Salvadoran	315	0.33%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	235	0.25%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	57	0.06%
Chilean	44	0.05%
Colombian	35	0.04%
Ecuadorian	21	0.02%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	44	0.05%
Uruguayan	34	0.04%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	451	0.48%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	482	0.51%
Vietnamese	355	0.37%
Korean	212	0.22%
Bangladeshi	170	0.18%
Indian	136	0.14%
Japanese	90	0.09%
Thai	84	0.09%
Chinese	56	0.06%
Cambodian	11	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	83,840	94.4%
Spanish	2,491	2.8%
Other Indo-European	552	0.6%
German, other Germanic	392	0.4%
Tagalog	355	0.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	340	0.4%
Vietnamese	246	0.3%
Other	211	0.2%
Other Asian	191	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
African	10,281	10.8%
English	8,678	9.1%
German	8,125	8.6%
Irish	6,316	6.7%
American	5,646	6.0%
Italian	2,666	2.8%
European	1,824	1.9%
French	1,497	1.6%
Scottish	1,240	1.3%
Polish	1,193	1.3%
Dutch	800	0.8%
Scotch-Irish	750	0.8%
Swedish	726	0.8%
Welsh	544	0.6%
Norwegian	505	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	93,304	98.4%
Not a citizen	1,552	1.6%

Native	91,203	96.1%
Foreign-born	3,653	3.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
2,131	3.3%	3,574	5.5%	17,052	26.4%	21,150	32.7%	12,702	19.6%	8,038	12.4%
Average years of education: 13.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	2,131	3.3%
9-12 Years	3,574	5.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	17,052	26.4%
Some College	21,150	32.7%
Bach. Degree	12,702	19.6%
Grad Degree	8,038	12.4%
Average years of education: 13.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	25,037	23,479	1,558	6.2%	4.4%
1991	25,470	23,899	1,571	6.2%	5.8%
1992	25,756	23,805	1,951	7.6%	6.2%
1993	25,675	23,946	1,729	6.7%	5.2%
1994	26,186	24,313	1,873	7.2%	4.8%
1995	27,026	25,347	1,679	6.2%	4.4%
1996	28,055	26,409	1,646	5.9%	4.3%
1997	29,306	27,763	1,543	5.3%	3.7%
1998	30,073	28,971	1,102	3.7%	2.8%
1999	30,863	29,825	1,038	3.4%	2.7%

2000	29,329	28,599	730	2.5%	2.3%
2001	31,115	30,125	990	3.2%	3.3%
2002	33,118	31,636	1,482	4.5%	4.4%
2003	34,716	33,142	1,574	4.5%	4.3%
2004	36,172	34,539	1,633	4.5%	4.1%
2005	37,895	36,274	1,621	4.3%	3.8%
2006	39,333	37,846	1,487	3.8%	3.3%
2007	39,827	38,414	1,413	3.5%	3.3%
2008	40,828	39,026	1,802	4.4%	4.3%
2009	40,753	37,961	2,792	6.9%	6.8%

2010	41,816	38,562	3,254	7.8%	7.3%
2011	41,842	38,738	3,104	7.4%	6.6%
2012	41,732	38,861	2,871	6.9%	5.9%
2013	41,988	39,393	2,595	6.2%	5.6%
2014	42,508	40,105	2,403	5.7%	5.1%
2015	42,458	40,380	2,078	4.9%	4.4%
2016	43,013	41,030	1,983	4.6%	4.0%
2017	44,209	42,424	1,785	4.0%	3.7%
2018	44,705	43,282	1,423	3.2%	2.9%
2019	45,522	44,198	1,324	2.9%	2.7%

2020	44,546	41,643	2,903	6.5%	6.2%
2021	45,037	43,069	1,968	4.4%	3.9%
2022	45,681	44,255	1,426	3.1%	2.9%
2023	46,999	45,550	1,449	3.1%	2.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	38,847
Median Value	$314,400

Occupied	36,318	93.5%
Vacant	2,529	6.5%

Owned	25,584	70.4%
Rented	10,734	29.6%
Median Rent	$1,376

Single-Family Units	31,374	80.8%
Detached	29,022	74.7%
Attached	2,352	6.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	4,742	12.2%
Mobile Homes	870	2.2%

Suffolk city, VA

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Suffolk city, VA

2022 Housing Data for Suffolk city, VA

2022 Income & Employment Data for Suffolk city, VA

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Suffolk city, VA

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Suffolk city, VA

Historical Labor Force Data for Suffolk city, VA