People QuickFacts Suffolk city Virginia Population, 2012 estimate 85,181 8,185,867 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 84,596 8,001,031 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.7% 2.3% Population, 2010 84,585 8,001,024 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.8% 6.3% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 25.7% 22.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 11.8% 12.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.9% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 53.0% 71.3% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 42.7% 19.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.7% 5.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.1% 2.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 3.2% 8.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 50.8% 64.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 86.6% 84.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 2.7% 11.0% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 4.0% 14.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 85.6% 86.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 25.3% 34.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 10,539 743,070 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 27.8 27.3  Housing units, 2011 33,393 3,387,654 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 75.1% 68.4% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 14.0% 21.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $254,800 $254,600 Households, 2007-2011 30,305 2,991,025 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.72 2.57 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $28,990 $33,040 Median household income, 2007-2011 $65,351 $63,302 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 11.4% 10.7%     Business QuickFacts Suffolk city Virginia Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 1,498 193,042 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 20,698 2,998,278 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 26.9 3.3 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 4,859 510,297  Total number of firms, 2007 5,218 638,643 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 24.0% 9.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.5% 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 7.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 4.5% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 29.6% 30.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 1,307,801 92,417,797 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 715,834 60,513,396 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 820,304 105,663,299 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $10,108 $13,687 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 72,760 15,340,483 Building permits, 2011 278 23,297     Geography QuickFacts Suffolk city Virginia Land area in square miles, 2010 400.17 39,490.09 Persons per square mile, 2010 211.4 202.6 FIPS Code 800 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