Newport News city County vs. Surry County

	Newport News city County (VA)	Surry County (VA)
Population estimates, July 1, 2019, (V2019)	178,626	6,474
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 (estimates base) to July 1, 2019, (V2019)	-1.3%	-8.4%
Population estimates base, April 1, 2010, (V2019)	180,994	7,064
Population, Census, April 1, 2010	180,719	7,058
Persons under 5 years, percent	7.3%	4.1%
Persons under 18 years, percent	23.2%	16.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent	12.4%	22.7%
Female persons, percent	51.6%	50.6%
White alone, percent	48.3%	54.6%
Black or African American alone, percent	40.9%	42.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent	0.2%	0.4%
Asian alone, percent	3.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent	0.2%	0.1%
Two or More Races, percent	5.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino, percent	8.8%	2.5%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent	43.4%	52.9%
Veterans, 2014-2018	20,049	675
Foreign born persons, percent, 2014-2018	6.9%	1.3%
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2014-2018	49.1%	76.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2014-2018	$193,100	$190,400
Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2014-2018	$1,493	$1,372
Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2014-2018	$525	$456
Median gross rent, 2014-2018	$1,008	$923
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013	35.6%	2.5%
Households, 2014-2018	69,324	2,760
Persons per household, 2014-2018	2.47	2.39
Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2014-2018	81.2%	92.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2014-2018	10.3%	1.4%
Households with a computer, percent, 2014-2018	89.8%	86.1%
Households with a broadband Internet subscription, percent, 2014-2018	74.9%	64.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018	90.1%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018	25.5%	17.6%
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2014-2018	12.3%	11.9%
Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent	13.0%	10.0%
In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2014-2018	61.7%	57.8%
In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2014-2018	60.5%	56.1%
Total accommodation and food services sales, 2012 ($1,000)	323,798	1,606
Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2012 ($1,000)	1,546,771	944
Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000)	2,480,813	14,869
Total retail sales per capita, 2012	$13,727	$2,173
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2014-2018	23.3	41.4
Median household income (in 2018 dollars), 2014-2018	$51,884	$54,844
Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2018 dollars), 2014-2018	$26,993	$28,688
Persons in poverty, percent	15.5%	12.9%
All firms, 2012	10,889	244
Men-owned firms, 2012	5,145	146
Women-owned firms, 2012	4,521	59
Minority-owned firms, 2012	4,523	74
Nonminority-owned firms, 2012	5,719	158
Nonveteran-owned firms, 2012	8,576	222
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007	20.8%	0.0%
American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007	0.4%	0.0%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007	5.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007	3.3%	0.0%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007	30.1%	0.0%
Population per square mile, 2010	2,630.0	25.3
Land area in square miles, 2010	68.71	278.95

Source: United States Census Bureau

About this page: Side-by-side comparison between Newport News city county (VA) and Surry county (VA) using the main population, demographic, and social indicators from the United States Census Bureau.