People QuickFacts Norfolk city Virginia Population, 2012 estimate 245,782 8,185,867 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 242,803 8,001,031 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.2% 2.3% Population, 2010 242,803 8,001,024 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.9% 6.3% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 20.9% 22.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 9.4% 12.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 48.3% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 49.3% 71.3% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 43.1% 19.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.6% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 3.4% 5.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 3.4% 2.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 6.9% 8.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 44.6% 64.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 77.2% 84.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 6.8% 11.0% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 9.5% 14.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 84.8% 86.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 24.7% 34.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 27,673 743,070 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 21.4 27.3  Housing units, 2011 95,011 3,387,654 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 46.4% 68.4% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 42.0% 21.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $211,600 $254,600 Households, 2007-2011 85,076 2,991,025 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.60 2.57 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $24,357 $33,040 Median household income, 2007-2011 $43,914 $63,302 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 17.1% 10.7%     Business QuickFacts Norfolk city Virginia Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 5,558 191,063 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 109,275 3,029,030 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 -4.9% 1.0% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 10,614 510,297  Total number of firms, 2007 14,430 638,643 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 20.7% 9.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.5% 7.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.8% 4.5% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 30.5% 30.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 1,280,817 92,417,797 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 3,280,443 60,513,396 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,724,146 105,663,299 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $11,540 $13,687 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 505,017 15,340,483 Building permits, 2012 496 27,278     Geography QuickFacts Norfolk city Virginia Land area in square miles, 2010 54.12 39,490.09 Persons per square mile, 2010 4,486.4 202.6 FIPS Code 710 51 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area   (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