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Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area

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Total population

Male

Female

Median age (years)

Under 18 years

Male

Female

18 years and over

Male

Female

546,192

47.1%

52.9%

163,597

50.1%

49.9%

382,595

45.9%

54.1%

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE

Households

Family households

With own children under 18 years

Married-couple families

With own children under 18 years

Female, no husband present

With own children under 18 years

Nonfamily households

Male householder

Living alone

Female householder

Living alone

Average household size

Average family size

197,953

67.2%

35.5%

31.9%

14.6%

28.5%

17.9%

32.8%

14.5%

11.6%

18.3%

16.0%

2.61

3.21

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

Now married, except separated

Widowed

Divorced

Separated

Never married

Male 15 years and over

Now married, except separated

Widowed

Divorced

Separated

Never married

Female 15 years and over

Now married, except separated

Widowed

Divorced

Separated

Never married

411,466

33.7%

6.1%

11.7%

5.1%

43.3%

189,784

39.2%

2.7%

8.9%

4.2%

45.0%

221,682

29.0%

9.1%

14.1%

5.9%

41.9%

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

Less than high school diploma

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

Some college or associate's degree

Bachelor's degree

Graduate or professional degree

High school graduate or higher

Male, high school graduate or higher

Female, high school graduate or higher

Bachelor's degree or higher

Male, bachelor's degree or higher

Female, bachelor's degree or higher

312,792

18.6%

32.8%

31.4%

11.8%

5.5%

81.4%

81.5%

81.4%

17.3%

14.6%

19.4%

1,055,576

11.7%

29.6%

31.7%

17.1%

9.9%

88.3%

88.4%

88.2%

27.0%

27.5%

26.6%

EMPLOYMENT STATUS

Population 16 years and over

In labor force

Civilian labor force

Employed

Unemployed

Percent of civilian labor force

Armed Forces

Not in labor force

402,976

66.7%

62.3%

57.0%

5.3%

8.6%

4.4%

33.3%

1,294,201

68.2%

62.3%

58.9%

3.3%

5.4%

5.9%

31.8%

COMMUTING TO WORK

Workers 16 years and over

Car, truck, or van - drove alone

Car, truck, or van - carpooled

Public transportation (excluding taxicab)

Walked

Other means

Worked at home

Mean travel time to work (minutes)

238,571

78.3%

10.0%

3.1%

2.7%

1.8%

4.1%

23.1

818,377

80.0%

9.3%

1.3%

2.6%

1.5%

5.4%

23.3

Civilian employed population 16 years and over

Management, professional, and related occupations..................

Service occupations................................................................

Sales and office occupations...................................................

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.................................

Construction, extraction, maintenance, and repair occupations...

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......

Male civilian employed population 16 years and over.........

Management, professional, and related occupations...................

Service occupations................................................................

Sales and office occupations...................................................

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.................................

Construction, extraction, maintenance, and repair occupations..

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......

Female civilian employed population 16 years and over....

Management, professional, and related occupations..................

Service occupations................................................................

Sales and office occupations...................................................

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations................................

Construction, extraction, maintenance, and repair occupations...

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......

229,592

25.9%

22.6%

28.3%

0.1%

9.1%

14.0%

106,359

21.1%

19.9%

19.5%

0.1%

18.5%

20.8%

123,233

30.0%

25.0%

35.9%

0.0%

1.0%

762,637

35.4%

16.2%

26.8%

0.2%

11.0%

10.3%

388,279

33.0%

13.7%

17.1%

0.4%

20.7%

15.1%

374,358

37.9%

18.8%

36.9%

0.1%

1.0%

5.3%

INDUSTRY

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining................................................

Construction.......................................................................................................

Manufacturing.....................................................................................................

Wholesale trade...................................................................................................

Retail trade.........................................................................................................

Transportation and warehousing, and utilities..........................................................

Information...........................................................................................................

Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing..................................

Professional, scientific, management, administrative, waste management services......

Educational services, and health care and social assistance.....................................

Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation and food services.................

Other services (except public administration)............................................................

Public administration.............................................................................................

0.1%

4.9%

9.9%

1.8%

13.3%

6.2%

2.2%

5.3%

8.6%

23.9%

9.3%

4.1%

10.5%

0.4%

8.0%

9.0%

2.3%

12.2%

4.4%

2.3%

6.3%

10.9%

21.1%

8.7%

4.6%

9.7%

CLASS OF WORKER

Private wage and salary workers

Government workers

Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business

Unpaid family workers

72.5%

24.0%

3.3%

0.1%

73.0%

22.1%

4.7%

0.1%

INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2006 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)

Households197,953 623,695

Median household income (dollars) 40,709 54,824

1,317,827

49.5%

5.8%

10.2%

3.1%

31.4%

638,029

51.7%

2.4%

8.4%

2.8%

34.7%

679,798

47.5%

9.0%

12.0%

3.3%

28.3%

623,695

68.5%

32.7%

48.3%

20.9%

15.2%

9.3%

31.5%

14.7%

11.2%

16.8%

14.6%

2.56

3.09

1,658,215

48.9%

51.1%

35.2

414,770

50.7%

49.3%

1,243,445

48.3%

51.7%

OCCUPATION

Virginia Beach-Norfolk

Virginia

Vir Bch-Norfolk Metro

Black(local) Vir Bch-Norfolk Black USA

All statistics above are from the Census Bureau - 2007 American Community Survey

39,663,004

47.8%

52.2%

30.3

12,237,882

51.0%

49.0%

27,425,122

46.4%

53.6%

13,672,045

63.9%

34.6%

28.7%

13.4%

29.1%

18.2%

36.1%

16.4%

13.8%

19.7%

17.8%

2.66

3.4

29,594,243

30.5%

6.2%

11.5%

4.6%

47.2%

13,833,820

34.7%

2.7%

9.8%

3.8%

49.1%

15,760,423

26.8%

9.3%

13.1%

5.2%

45.6%

22,841,743

19.7%

34.1%

28.7%

11.6%

5.9%

80.3%

79.3%

81.2%

17.5%

16.0%

18.7%

28,864,386

62.9%

62.4%

54.9%

7.5%

12.0%

0.5%

37.1%

15,411,803

71.1%

10.5%

11.5%

2.9%

1.7%

2.3%

27.7

15,835,609

27.0%

24.1%

26.6%

0.3%

6.1%

15.9%

7,350,655

22.0%

20.6%

19.2%

0.5%

12.5%

25.3%

8,484,954

31.3%

27.1%

33.1%

0.1%

0.6%

7.8%

0.5%

3.9%

9.6%

2.1%

10.8%

7.6%

2.6%

6.5%

8.7%

27.2%

9.1%

4.3%

7.0%

76.2%

20.0%

3.7%

0.1%

13,672,045

34,169

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