Hampton, Virginia demographics

Hampton, VA demographics: median age 36.8; 28.5% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Hampton city, Virginia · Incorporated city · GEOID 5135000. The survey estimates a population of 137,557 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Hampton is 36.8 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.2 years. There are 58,057 households (±609). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	36.8 ±0.2	39.0 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 137,557
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Under 18	29,611 ±778	21.5% MOE unavailable	21.7%	22.0%
18–34	35,956 ±793	26.1% MOE unavailable	22.8%	22.8%
35–64	49,028 ±1,287	35.6% MOE unavailable	38.8%	38.0%
65 and older	22,962 ±906	16.7% MOE unavailable	16.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 137,557
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Male	65,931 ±134	47.9% MOE unavailable	49.4%	49.5%
Female	71,626 ±134	52.1% MOE unavailable	50.6%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 137,557
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
White alone	50,457 ±575	36.7% MOE unavailable	60.2%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	67,805 ±1,337	49.3% MOE unavailable	18.6%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	418 ±123	0.3% MOE unavailable	0.4%	0.9%
Asian alone	3,131 ±282	2.3% MOE unavailable	6.9%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	152 ±125 · low precision	0.1% MOE unavailable	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	2,931 ±699	2.1% MOE unavailable	4.4%	7.1%
Two or more races	12,663 ±1,242	9.2% MOE unavailable	9.5%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 137,557
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	128,110 MOE unavailable	93.1% MOE unavailable	89.0%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9,447 MOE unavailable	6.9% MOE unavailable	11.0%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 58,057
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Married-couple family	21,263 ±939	36.6% ±1.6 pp	48.7%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	3,288 ±460	5.7% ±0.8 pp	4.6%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	9,565 ±703	16.5% ±1.2 pp	11.6%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	20,451 ±948	35.2% ±1.6 pp	28.5%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	3,490 ±448	6.0% ±0.8 pp	6.7%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 58,057
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Households with people under 18	16,776 ±875	28.9% ±1.5 pp	30.2%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	41,281 ±932	71.1% ±1.4 pp	69.8%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 58,057
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	20,451 ±948	35.2% ±1.6 pp	28.5%	28.7%
Two-person households	18,493 ±1,001	31.9% ±1.7 pp	34.0%	33.8%
Three-person households	8,492 ±822	14.6% ±1.4 pp	15.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	5,690 ±643	9.8% ±1.1 pp	12.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	2,755 ±576	4.7% ±1.0 pp	5.6%	5.9%
Six-person households	1,383 ±329	2.4% ±0.6 pp	2.1%	2.2%
Seven or more people	793 ±240	1.4% ±0.4 pp	1.2%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 137,557
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Native	129,440 ±929	94.1% MOE unavailable	86.9%	85.9%
Foreign born	8,117 ±929	5.9% MOE unavailable	13.1%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 129,317
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
English only	118,580 ±1,016	91.7% ±0.8 pp	82.6%	77.7%
Spanish	4,775 ±583	3.7% ±0.5 pp	7.9%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	611 ±258	0.5% ±0.2 pp	0.5%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	584 ±260	0.5% ±0.2 pp	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	261 ±172 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	624 ±297	0.5% ±0.2 pp	2.6%	2.0%
Korean	221 ±129 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	96 ±73 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.7%	1.1%
Vietnamese	691 ±300	0.5% ±0.2 pp	0.6%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	662 ±217	0.5% ±0.2 pp	0.6%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	478 ±224	0.4% ±0.2 pp	1.2%	1.1%
Arabic	1,123 ±476	0.9% ±0.4 pp	0.8%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	611 ±297	0.5% ±0.2 pp	1.1%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 93,424
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	6,549 ±809	7.0% ±0.9 pp	8.4%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	26,370 ±1,208	28.2% ±1.3 pp	23.9%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	24,066 ±1,268	25.8% ±1.4 pp	17.7%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	9,788 ±830	10.5% ±0.9 pp	7.8%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	16,336 ±1,052	17.5% ±1.1 pp	23.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10,315 ±790	11.0% ±0.8 pp	18.5%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 135,935
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Same house	113,842 ±1,773	83.7% ±1.3 pp	86.9%	87.7%
Moved within same county	8,335 ±1,461	6.1% ±1.1 pp	4.6%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	7,437 ±1,174	5.5% ±0.9 pp	4.7%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	5,790 ±1,078	4.3% ±0.8 pp	3.1%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	531 ±212	0.4% ±0.2 pp	0.7%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

7.0% of Hampton residents (±0.8 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.9% in Virginia and 8.4% nationally. 93.0% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Hampton	Virginia	U.S.	Compared with Virginia
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	7.0% ±0.8 pp	6.9%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	93.0% ±0.7 pp	91.0%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	16.9% ±1.0 pp	9.4%	6.2%	Higher

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Hampton . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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