Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Newport News city GEOCODE:51-0860 VA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 144,903 100.0% 170,045 100.0% 25,142 17.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 123,685 85.4% 143,406 84.3% 19,721 15.9 -1.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 4,900 3.4% 4,646 2.7% -254 -5.2 -0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 95,860 66.2% 106,558 62.7% 10,698 11.2 -3.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 45,704 31.5% 56,982 33.5% 11,278 24.7 2.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 1,962 1.4% 3,981 2.3% 2,019 102.9 1.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 454 0.3% 681 0.4% 227 50.0 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 2,615 1.8% 4,562 2.7% 1,947 74.5 0.9 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 11,480 7.9% 15,672 9.2% 4,192 36.5 1.3 5-17.................. 29,580 20.4% 30,999 18.2% 1,419 4.8 -2.2 18-24.................. 23,230 16.0% 20,526 12.1% -2,704 -11.6 -4.0 25-44.................. 42,732 29.5% 60,488 35.6% 17,756 41.6 6.1 45-64.................. 26,554 18.3% 26,506 15.6% -48 -0.2 -2.7 65 AND OVER............ 11,327 7.8% 15,854 9.3% 4,527 40.0 1.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 41,060 28.3% 46,671 27.4% 5,611 13.7 -0.9 40 AND OVER............ 45,989 31.7% 53,154 31.3% 7,166 15.6 -0.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.8 29.5 1.7 6.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $27,284 $27,469 185 0.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $31,559 $31,180 -379 -1.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,710 $12,711 1,001 8.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 18,927 13.5% 23,169 14.0% 4,242 22.4 0.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 51,674 100.0% 63,940 100.0% 12,266 23.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 38,490 74.5% 45,912 71.8% 7,422 19.3 -2.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 21,099 40.8% 27,396 42.8% 6,297 29.8 2.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 30,267 58.6% 34,675 54.2% 4,408 14.6 -4.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 15,780 30.5% 17,525 27.4% 1,745 11.1 -3.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 6,864 13.3% 9,534 14.9% 2,670 38.9 1.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 4,682 9.1% 6,213 9.7% 1,531 32.7 0.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 10,768 20.8% 14,743 23.1% 3,975 36.9 2.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.6 -0.1 -4.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 80,613 100.0% 102,848 100.0% 22,235 27.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 27,414 34.0% 31,598 30.7% 4,184 15.3 -3.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 13,098 16.2% 18,969 18.4% 5,871 44.8 2.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 63,369 100.0% 78,263 100.0% 14,894 23.5 FEMALE................ 28,278 44.6% 38,245 48.9% 9,967 35.2 4.2 EMPLOYED.............. 58,981 93.1% 72,950 93.2% 13,969 23.7 0.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 13,421 21.2% 19,264 24.6% 5,843 43.5 3.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 8,430 13.3% 11,130 14.2% 2,700 32.0 0.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 54,986 100.0% 69,728 100.0% 14,742 26.8 OCCUPIED.............. 51,314 93.3% 63,952 91.7% 12,638 24.6 -1.6 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 26,682 52.0% 31,993 50.0% 5,311 19.9 -2.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $77,370 $92,070 14,699 19.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 24,632 48.0% 31,959 50.0% 7,327 29.7 2.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $381 $439 58 15.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 34,296 62.4% 38,806 55.7% 4,510 13.2 -6.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,474 2.7% 2,437 3.5% 963 65.3 0.8 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1962.8 1969.0 6.2 0.3 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis