Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Virginia Beach city GEOCODE:51-1280 VA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 262,199 100.0% 393,069 100.0% 130,870 49.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 229,148 87.4% 336,194 85.5% 107,046 46.7 -1.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 9,488 3.6% 11,499 2.9% 2,011 21.2 -0.7 IN RURAL AREAS........ 4,658 1.8% 3,536 0.9% -1,122 -24.1 -0.9 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 227,454 86.7% 316,290 80.5% 88,836 39.1 -6.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 26,266 10.0% 54,800 13.9% 28,534 108.6 3.9 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 6,489 2.5% 16,947 4.3% 10,458 161.2 1.8 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 630 0.2% 1,612 0.4% 982 155.9 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 5,269 2.0% 12,128 3.1% 6,859 130.2 1.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 20,235 7.7% 34,915 8.9% 14,680 72.5 1.2 5-17.................. 60,533 23.1% 74,539 19.0% 14,006 23.1 -4.1 18-24.................. 40,383 15.4% 50,477 12.8% 10,094 25.0 -2.6 25-44.................. 87,849 33.5% 150,686 38.3% 62,837 71.5 4.8 45-64.................. 41,399 15.8% 59,346 15.1% 17,947 43.4 -0.7 65 AND OVER............ 11,800 4.5% 23,106 5.9% 11,306 95.8 1.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 80,768 30.8% 109,454 27.8% 28,686 35.5 -3.0 40 AND OVER............ 71,141 27.1% 109,994 28.0% 38,854 54.6 0.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.9 29.0 2.1 7.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $34,507 $36,271 1,764 5.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $37,250 $39,112 1,862 5.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,158 $15,242 2,084 15.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 22,345 8.9% 22,307 5.9% -38 -0.2 -3.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 85,302 100.0% 135,736 100.0% 50,434 59.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 67,720 79.4% 102,963 75.9% 35,243 52.0 -3.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 40,212 47.1% 70,859 52.2% 30,647 76.2 5.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 56,902 66.7% 86,595 63.8% 29,693 52.2 -2.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 33,177 38.9% 47,835 35.2% 14,658 44.2 -3.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 9,000 10.6% 12,287 9.1% 3,287 36.5 -1.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 6,941 8.1% 7,668 5.6% 727 10.5 -2.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 12,991 15.2% 23,082 17.0% 10,091 77.7 1.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.0 2.8 -0.2 -5.1 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 141,048 100.0% 233,138 100.0% 92,090 65.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 51,992 36.9% 67,265 28.9% 15,273 29.4 -8.0 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 31,552 22.4% 59,442 25.5% 27,890 88.4 3.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 111,803 100.0% 183,307 100.0% 71,504 64.0 FEMALE................ 51,603 46.2% 91,978 50.2% 40,375 78.2 4.0 EMPLOYED.............. 105,894 94.7% 174,616 95.3% 68,722 64.9 0.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 30,699 27.5% 52,996 28.9% 22,297 72.6 1.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 12,733 11.4% 22,668 12.4% 9,935 78.0 1.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 91,440 100.0% 147,037 100.0% 55,597 60.8 OCCUPIED.............. 85,155 93.1% 135,566 92.2% 50,411 59.2 -0.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 54,693 64.2% 84,723 62.5% 30,030 54.9 -1.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $107,390 $119,812 12,422 11.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 30,462 35.8% 50,843 37.5% 20,381 66.9 1.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $493 $577 84 17.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 65,753 71.9% 107,262 72.9% 41,509 63.1 1.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 2,231 2.4% 2,709 1.8% 478 21.4 -0.6 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1970.0 1978.0 8.0 0.4 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