People QuickFacts	Portsmouth	Virginia
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	95,684	8,096,604
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	95,535	8,001,030
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.2%	1.2%
 	Population, 2010    	95,535	8,001,024
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	7.4%	6.4%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	23.7%	23.2%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	13.2%	12.2%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.9%	50.9% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	41.6%	68.6%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	53.3%	19.4%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.4%	0.4%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.1%	5.5%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	2.6%	2.9%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	3.1%	7.9%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	40.3%	64.8% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	80.8%	83.8%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	2.8%	10.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	4.4%	14.1%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	81.7%	86.1%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	18.7%	33.8%
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	23.5	27.1 			
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	61.5%	68.9%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	28.5%	21.4%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$180,400	$255,100
 	Households, 2006-2010    	37,325	2,974,481
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.49	2.56
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$22,302	$32,145
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$45,488	$61,406
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	15.2%	10.3%

   	Business QuickFacts	Portsmouth	Virginia
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	5,410	638,643
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	31.4%	9.9%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.5%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	4.8%	7.0%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.8%	4.5%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	37.7%	30.1% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	652,915	92,417,797
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	173,615	60,513,396
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	682,095	105,663,299
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$6,728	$13,687
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	106,189	15,340,483

   	Geography QuickFacts	Portsmouth	Virginia
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	33.65	39,490.09
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	2,838.8	202.6
 	FIPS Code    	64000	51
 	Counties    	Portsmouth 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