People QuickFacts	Virginia Beach	Virginia
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	435,619	7,642,884
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	2.4%	8.0%
  	Population, 2000    	425,257	7,078,515
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	7.2%	6.5%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	27.5%	24.6%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	8.4%	11.2%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	50.5%	51.0% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	71.4%	72.3%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	19.0%	19.6%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.4%	0.3%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	4.9%	3.7%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	2.7%	2.0%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	4.2%	4.7% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	45.8%	52.2%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	6.6%	8.1%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	10.3%	11.1%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	90.4%	81.5%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	28.1%	29.5%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	23.9	27.0 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	162,277	2,904,192
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	65.6%	68.1%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$123,200	$125,400 			
  	Households, 2000    	154,455	2,699,173
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.70	2.54
  	Median household income, 1999    	$48,705	$46,677
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$22,365	$23,975
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	6.5%	9.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Virginia Beach	Virginia
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	2,251,068	69,267,796
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	4,168,686	80,509,062
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$9,679	$11,050
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	875,114	10,929,429
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	30,003	529,520
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	7.7%	7.8%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	S	0.5%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	4.5%	5.8%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	2.1%	3.6%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.1%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	31.7%	29.7% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Virginia Beach	Virginia
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	248	39,594
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	1,712.7	178.8
  	FIPS Code    	82000	51
 	Counties    	Virginia Beach city
 	

(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