Newport News, Virginia demographics

Newport News, VA demographics: median age 34.4; 30.6% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Newport News city, Virginia · Incorporated city · GEOID 5156000. The survey estimates a population of 184,216 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Newport News is 34.4 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.1 years. There are 76,112 households (±550). 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	34.4 ±0.1	39.0 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 184,216
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Under 18	42,782 ±1,081	23.2% MOE unavailable	21.7%	22.0%
18–34	51,332 ±734	27.9% MOE unavailable	22.8%	22.8%
35–64	64,186 ±1,288	34.8% MOE unavailable	38.8%	38.0%
65 and older	25,916 ±968	14.1% MOE unavailable	16.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 184,216
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Male	89,428 ±97	48.5% MOE unavailable	49.4%	49.5%
Female	94,788 ±97	51.5% 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: 184,216
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
White alone	75,455 ±856	41.0% MOE unavailable	60.2%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	75,866 ±900	41.2% MOE unavailable	18.6%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	500 ±175	0.3% MOE unavailable	0.4%	0.9%
Asian alone	6,120 ±325	3.3% MOE unavailable	6.9%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	182 ±99 · low precision	0.1% MOE unavailable	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	6,007 ±1,078	3.3% MOE unavailable	4.4%	7.1%
Two or more races	20,086 ±1,476	10.9% MOE unavailable	9.5%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 184,216
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	164,343 MOE unavailable	89.2% MOE unavailable	89.0%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19,873 MOE unavailable	10.8% 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: 76,112
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Married-couple family	26,681 ±1,268	35.1% ±1.6 pp	48.7%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	4,065 ±482	5.3% ±0.6 pp	4.6%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	12,615 ±777	16.6% ±1.0 pp	11.6%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	27,269 ±1,179	35.8% ±1.5 pp	28.5%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	5,482 ±637	7.2% ±0.8 pp	6.7%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 76,112
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Households with people under 18	21,916 ±859	28.8% ±1.1 pp	30.2%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	54,196 ±935	71.2% ±1.1 pp	69.8%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 76,112
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	27,269 ±1,179	35.8% ±1.5 pp	28.5%	28.7%
Two-person households	23,270 ±1,277	30.6% ±1.7 pp	34.0%	33.8%
Three-person households	12,513 ±865	16.4% ±1.1 pp	15.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	7,608 ±617	10.0% ±0.8 pp	12.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	3,324 ±542	4.4% ±0.7 pp	5.6%	5.9%
Six-person households	1,377 ±311	1.8% ±0.4 pp	2.1%	2.2%
Seven or more people	751 ±212	1.0% ±0.3 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: 184,216
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Native	170,097 ±950	92.3% MOE unavailable	86.9%	85.9%
Foreign born	14,119 ±950	7.7% MOE unavailable	13.1%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 171,594
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
English only	153,301 ±1,187	89.3% ±0.7 pp	82.6%	77.7%
Spanish	10,335 ±1,048	6.0% ±0.6 pp	7.9%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	858 ±350	0.5% ±0.2 pp	0.5%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	683 ±220	0.4% ±0.1 pp	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	666 ±345 · low precision	0.4% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	1,189 ±371	0.7% ±0.2 pp	2.6%	2.0%
Korean	801 ±248	0.5% ±0.1 pp	0.7%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	235 ±139 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.7%	1.1%
Vietnamese	511 ±193	0.3% ±0.1 pp	0.6%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	1,012 ±304	0.6% ±0.2 pp	0.6%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	909 ±367	0.5% ±0.2 pp	1.2%	1.1%
Arabic	398 ±287 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.8%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	696 ±290	0.4% ±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: 120,123
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	9,611 ±868	8.0% ±0.7 pp	8.4%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	35,873 ±1,473	29.9% ±1.2 pp	23.9%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	25,919 ±1,435	21.6% ±1.2 pp	17.7%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	11,918 ±982	9.9% ±0.8 pp	7.8%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	22,982 ±1,575	19.1% ±1.3 pp	23.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13,820 ±856	11.5% ±0.7 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: 182,143
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Same house	156,195 ±1,630	85.8% ±0.9 pp	86.9%	87.7%
Moved within same county	10,350 ±1,176	5.7% ±0.6 pp	4.6%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	8,610 ±1,086	4.7% ±0.6 pp	4.7%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	5,867 ±698	3.2% ±0.4 pp	3.1%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	1,121 ±339	0.6% ±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

8.3% of Newport News residents (±0.8 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.9% in Virginia and 8.4% nationally. 91.6% 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	Newport News	Virginia	U.S.	Compared with Virginia
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	8.3% ±0.8 pp	6.9%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	91.6% ±0.7 pp	91.0%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	13.0% ±0.8 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 Newport News . 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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