Suffolk, Virginia demographics

Suffolk, VA demographics: median age 38.7; 33.3% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Suffolk city, Virginia · Incorporated city · GEOID 5176432. The survey estimates a population of 98,796 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Suffolk is 38.7 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.3 years. There are 37,908 households (±357). 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	38.7 ±0.3	39.0 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 98,796
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Under 18	23,310 ±700	23.6% MOE unavailable	21.7%	22.0%
18–34	21,062 ±463	21.3% MOE unavailable	22.8%	22.8%
35–64	39,324 ±906	39.8% MOE unavailable	38.8%	38.0%
65 and older	15,100 ±639	15.3% MOE unavailable	16.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 98,796
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Male	48,037 ±102	48.6% MOE unavailable	49.4%	49.5%
Female	50,759 ±102	51.4% 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: 98,796
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
White alone	45,942 ±480	46.5% MOE unavailable	60.2%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	41,515 ±676	42.0% MOE unavailable	18.6%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	573 ±386 · low precision	0.6% MOE unavailable	0.4%	0.9%
Asian alone	1,843 ±265	1.9% MOE unavailable	6.9%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	9 ±16 · low precision	0.0% MOE unavailable	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	2,444 ±520	2.5% MOE unavailable	4.4%	7.1%
Two or more races	6,470 ±768	6.5% MOE unavailable	9.5%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 98,796
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	93,624 MOE unavailable	94.8% MOE unavailable	89.0%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5,172 MOE unavailable	5.2% 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: 37,908
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Married-couple family	18,590 ±723	49.0% ±1.9 pp	48.7%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	1,746 ±251	4.6% ±0.7 pp	4.6%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	5,493 ±501	14.5% ±1.3 pp	11.6%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	10,172 ±560	26.8% ±1.5 pp	28.5%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	1,907 ±328	5.0% ±0.9 pp	6.7%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 37,908
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Households with people under 18	12,464 ±567	32.9% ±1.5 pp	30.2%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	25,444 ±613	67.1% ±1.5 pp	69.8%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 37,908
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	10,172 ±560	26.8% ±1.5 pp	28.5%	28.7%
Two-person households	12,540 ±624	33.1% ±1.6 pp	34.0%	33.8%
Three-person households	6,421 ±590	16.9% ±1.5 pp	15.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	4,871 ±482	12.8% ±1.3 pp	12.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	2,300 ±382	6.1% ±1.0 pp	5.6%	5.9%
Six-person households	1,088 ±276	2.9% ±0.7 pp	2.1%	2.2%
Seven or more people	516 ±136	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: 98,796
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Native	94,400 ±618	95.6% MOE unavailable	86.9%	85.9%
Foreign born	4,396 ±618	4.4% MOE unavailable	13.1%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 92,578
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
English only	86,766 ±667	93.7% ±0.7 pp	82.6%	77.7%
Spanish	2,830 ±409	3.1% ±0.4 pp	7.9%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	392 ±220 · low precision	0.4% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	345 ±209 · low precision	0.4% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	127 ±64 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	407 ±176	0.4% ±0.2 pp	2.6%	2.0%
Korean	16 ±21 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	273 ±250 · low precision	0.3% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.7%	1.1%
Vietnamese	292 ±186 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	307 ±159 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	189 ±105 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	1.2%	1.1%
Arabic	178 ±117 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.8%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	456 ±233 · low precision	0.5% ±0.3 pp · low precision	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: 67,698
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	5,955 ±625	8.8% ±0.9 pp	8.4%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	17,044 ±863	25.2% ±1.3 pp	23.9%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	15,794 ±961	23.3% ±1.4 pp	17.7%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	6,332 ±503	9.4% ±0.7 pp	7.8%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	13,716 ±806	20.3% ±1.2 pp	23.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8,857 ±614	13.1% ±0.9 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: 97,593
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Same house	86,060 ±1,218	88.2% ±1.2 pp	86.9%	87.7%
Moved within same county	2,831 ±725	2.9% ±0.7 pp	4.6%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	5,827 ±857	6.0% ±0.9 pp	4.7%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	2,618 ±546	2.7% ±0.6 pp	3.1%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	257 ±125	0.3% ±0.1 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

6.4% of Suffolk residents (±0.7 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.9% in Virginia and 8.4% nationally. 90.2% 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	Suffolk	Virginia	U.S.	Compared with Virginia
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	6.4% ±0.7 pp	6.9%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	90.2% ±1.2 pp	91.0%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	15.4% ±0.9 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 Suffolk . 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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