2022 population: 1,971,437 ( 92,169 from 2010 , 7,465 from 2020)
Land area: 5680.8 square miles
Population density: 347.0 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	1,073,046	54.43%	1.0%
Black:	592,747	30.07%	2.7%
Indian:	6,935	0.35%	7.2%
Asian:	79,714	4.04%	32.1%
2+ races:	66,558	3.38%	33.7%
Hispanic:	152,437	7.73%	54.3%

Total non-White:	898,391	45.57%	12.9%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	51,315	13.1
Deaths:	45,457	11.6
Net Migration:	-4,888	-1.2
Net Immigration:	6,017	1.5

Change in White population:	-10,646	-0.6
Change in Non-White pop.:	102,815	5.5

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
1,879,268
1,083,692	57.67%
577,128	30.71%
6,468	0.34%
60,361	3.21%
49,792	2.65%
98,805	5.26%
795,576	42.33%

2000
1,769,830
1,082,455	61.16%
549,691	31.06%
6,434	0.36%
44,389	2.51%
30,679	1.73%
53,338	3.01%
687,375	38.84%

1990
1,621,790
1,077,010	66.41%
471,944	29.10%
5,742	0.35%
34,104	2.10%
n/a
32,990	2.03%
544,780	33.59%

1980
1,368,373
921,508	67.34%
403,769	29.51%
1,130	0.08%
20,014	1.46%
n/a
20,764	1.52%
446,865	32.66%

1970
1,210,493
851,633	70.35%
334,707	27.65%
1,341	0.11%
7,907	0.65%
n/a
13,423	1.11%
358,860	29.65%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
243,793	13.8
133,613	7.5
-5,460	-0.3
4,054	0.2

1,237	0.1
108,201	6.1

Number	Rate
1990's
269,525	16.6
133,837	8.3
-49,114	-3.0
14,754	0.9

5,445	0.3
142,595	8.8

Number	Rate
1980's
261,638	19.1
113,906	8.3
23,888	1.7
n/a

155,502	11.4
97,915	7.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
129	0.0
n/a

69,875	5.8
88,005	7.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area

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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
38.1
430,888	21.9%
1,540,549	78.1%
317,103	16.1%

775,491
2.46

505,969	65.2%
359,543	71.1%
59,801	11.8%
269,522	34.8%

2010
Number	Percent
36.2
439,031	23.4%
1,440,237	76.6%
227,403	12.1%

710,505
2.54

483,513	68.1%
340,000	70.3%
62,625	13.0%
226,992	31.9%

2000
Number	Percent
34.3
461,537	26.1%
1,308,293	73.9%
193,055	10.9%

656,456
2.58

461,772	70.3%
341,113	73.9%
59,830	13.0%
194,684	29.7%

1990
Number	Percent
30.5
425,004	26.2%
1,196,786	73.8%
159,606	9.8%

579,268
2.67

423,969	73.2%
331,952	78.3%
43,691	10.3%
155,299	26.8%

1980
Number	Percent
28.3
388,224	28.4%
980,149	71.6%
116,361	8.5%

459,546
2.83

351,534	76.5%
279,755	79.6%
38,652	11.0%
108,012	23.5%

2022 Housing Data for Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	35,647	4.6%
$10,000 to $14,999	24,083	3.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	22,910	3.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	26,348	3.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	28,419	3.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	27,717	3.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	26,056	3.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	27,922	3.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	28,293	3.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	59,025	7.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	79,506	10.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	103,438	13.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	85,348	11.0%
$125,000 to $149,999	60,080	7.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	69,427	9.0%
$200,000 or more	71,272	9.2%

Median Household Income	77,327
Per Capita Income	40,179

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	94

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	36,018	4.6%
Public Assistance	17,219	2.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	85,122	11.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	791,545	67.1%
Unemployed	45,312	3.8%
In Armed Forces	72,426	6.1%

Total Labor Force	909,283	77.0%
Not in Labor Force	270,986	23.0%

Real Unemployment Rate		26.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	295,116	271,668	52.1%
Non-Profit	21,774	48,878	30.8%
Self-Employed	44,324	32,823	57.5%

Local Government	31,129	50,076	38.3%
State Government	14,692	21,655	40.4%
Federal Government	51,109	27,154	65.3%

Total Private + Self	339,440	304,491	52.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	118,704	147,763	44.5%
Total	458,144	452,254	50.3%

Pct. Govt.	21.5%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	144,397	15.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	188,795	20.7%
Professional, Technical	226,625	24.8%
Service Occupations	159,204	17.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	3,176	0.3%
All others	193,037	21.2%

White Collar		61.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	125,164	1950.5%
Retail trade	100,069	1559.4%
Educational services	88,329	1376.5%
Manufacturing	82,067	1278.9%
Public administration	75,451	1175.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	73,010	1137.8%
Accommodation and food services	68,155	1062.1%
Construction	57,030	888.7%
Other services	43,157	672.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	42,745	666.1%
Transportation and warehousing	39,847	621.0%
Finance and insurance	36,109	562.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	18,979	295.8%
Wholesale trade	18,013	280.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	17,825	277.8%
Information	12,702	197.9%
Utilities	6,691	104.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	5,502	85.7%
Management	708	11.0%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	505	7.9%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	48,693	2.46%
Puerto Rican	38,052	1.93%
Cuban	6,279	0.32%
Dominican	4,892	0.25%

Total Central American	21,173	1.07%
Costa Rican	307	0.02%
Guatemalan	4,720	0.24%
Honduran	5,508	0.28%
Nicaraguan	1,273	0.06%
Panamanian	2,905	0.15%
Salvadoran	6,432	0.33%
Other Central American	28	0.00%

Total South American	12,604	0.64%
Argentinean	633	0.03%
Bolivian	882	0.04%
Chilean	797	0.04%
Colombian	3,284	0.17%
Ecuadorian	1,643	0.08%
Paraguayan	157	0.01%
Peruvian	3,121	0.16%
Uruguayan	92	0.00%
Venezuelan	1,754	0.09%
Other South American	241	0.01%

Other Hispanic	13,047	0.66%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	33,398	1.69%
Indian	7,908	0.40%
Chinese	7,900	0.40%
Vietnamese	6,385	0.32%
Korean	5,750	0.29%
Japanese	1,878	0.10%
Thai	1,409	0.07%
Bangladeshi	724	0.04%
Cambodian	688	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,691,480	91.0%
Spanish	77,863	4.2%
Tagalog	20,508	1.1%
Other Indo-European	14,148	0.8%
French, Haitian, Cajun	9,313	0.5%
Other Asian	9,192	0.5%
Chinese	6,422	0.3%
German, other Germanic	6,375	0.3%
Other	6,203	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	203,734	10.3%
German	183,309	9.3%
American	181,977	9.2%
Irish	171,344	8.7%
Italian	75,690	3.8%
African	38,362	1.9%
Scottish	34,357	1.7%
Polish	34,246	1.7%
French	33,989	1.7%
European	32,872	1.7%
Scotch-Irish	20,452	1.0%
British	12,321	0.6%
Swedish	11,760	0.6%
Norwegian	11,665	0.6%
Dutch	11,536	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,923,607	97.3%
Not a citizen	52,598	2.7%

Native	1,847,881	93.5%
Foreign-born	128,324	6.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
34,483	2.6%	72,092	5.3%	341,198	25.3%	446,546	33.1%	275,445	20.4%	178,106	13.2%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	34,483	2.6%
9-12 Years	72,092	5.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	341,198	25.3%
Some College	446,546	33.1%
Bach. Degree	275,445	20.4%
Grad Degree	178,106	13.2%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	766,670	731,135	35,535	4.6%
1991	787,728	743,939	43,789	5.6%
1992	803,855	753,573	50,282	6.3%
1993	799,795	754,650	45,145	5.6%
1994	809,225	762,850	46,375	5.7%
1995	815,902	775,088	40,814	5.0%
1996	819,148	778,847	40,301	4.9%
1997	831,785	793,595	38,190	4.6%
1998	837,496	808,619	28,877	3.4%
1999	843,473	814,978	28,495	3.4%

2000	824,186	802,353	21,833	2.6%
2001	844,852	815,039	29,813	3.5%
2002	864,818	826,656	38,162	4.4%
2003	876,231	836,556	39,675	4.5%
2004	885,380	845,600	39,780	4.5%
2005	900,747	861,378	39,369	4.4%
2006	909,546	874,871	34,675	3.8%
2007	923,198	889,396	33,802	3.7%
2008	933,857	889,806	44,051	4.7%
2009	928,863	861,104	67,759	7.3%

2010	939,598	864,263	75,335	8.0%
2011	942,397	870,489	71,908	7.6%
2012	941,605	875,586	66,019	7.0%
2013	945,055	884,752	60,303	6.4%
2014	948,170	893,835	54,335	5.7%
2015	938,457	891,304	47,153	5.0%
2016	938,347	894,434	43,913	4.7%
2017	953,338	913,543	39,795	4.2%
2018	955,825	923,761	32,064	3.4%
2019	964,927	935,186	29,741	3.1%

2020	948,707	881,052	67,655	7.1%
2021	940,744	898,076	42,668	4.5%
2022	954,330	923,244	31,086	3.3%
2023	980,066	949,109	30,957	3.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	869,801
Median Value	$292,830

Occupied	775,491	89.2%
Vacant	94,310	10.8%

Owned	490,018	63.2%
Rented	285,473	36.8%
Median Rent	$1,320

Single-Family Units	626,991	72.1%
Detached	541,227	62.2%
Attached	85,764	9.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	150,215	17.3%
Mobile Homes	33,452	3.8%

Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC Market Area