People QuickFacts	Chesapeake	Virginia
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	228,417	8,185,867
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	222,209	8,001,031
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	2.8%	2.3%
 	Population, 2010    	222,209	8,001,024
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	6.5%	6.4%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	25.9%	23.2%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	10.4%	12.2%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.4%	50.9% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	62.6%	68.6%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	29.8%	19.4%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.4%	0.4%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	2.9%	5.5%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	3.0%	2.9%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	4.4%	7.9%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	60.4%	64.8% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	86.3%	84.3%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	4.6%	11.0%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	7.0%	14.4%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	89.5%	86.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	28.1%	34.4%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	26,949	743,070
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	23.9	27.3 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	83,196	3,364,939
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	74.3%	68.4%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	16.1%	21.4%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$271,700	$254,600
 	Households, 2007-2011    	78,898	2,991,025
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.74	2.57
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$29,985	$33,040
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$70,115	$63,302
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	7.4%	10.7%

   	Business QuickFacts	Chesapeake	Virginia
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	16,371	638,643
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	18.2%	9.9%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.0%	0.5%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.7%	7.0%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.0%	4.5%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	32.9%	30.1% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	1,437,051	92,417,797
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	2,123,285	60,513,396
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	3,977,784	105,663,299
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$18,152	$13,687
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	369,770	15,340,483

   	Geography QuickFacts	Chesapeake	Virginia
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	340.80	39,490.09
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	652.0	202.6
 	FIPS Code    	16000	51
 	Counties    	Chesapeake city
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts