Marital Status in Portsmouth City, Virginia (City)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Virginia and Portsmouth City
Female Male
Virginia
Portsmouth City
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
0%50%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-34.069831%-29.012984%-34.069831%34%34.069831%8.421102%29.012984%5.775851%42.490933%42%13,73913.7k15,46515.5k-35.205575%-48.103477%-35.205575%35%35.205575%3.496481%48.103477%3.826775%38.702055%39%14,19714.2k14,08614.1k-15.463238%-4.603221%-10.859008%-3.482955%-20.066458%20%15.463238%10.859008%15.463238%15%8,0925,628-3.343774%-7.314362%-2.421905%-6.119672%-10.658136%11%3.343774%2.421905%3.343774%3%4,2981,217
F number of females of given marital status
M number of males of given marital status

Detailed Marital Status#2

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of Virginia and Portsmouth City
Female Male
Virginia
Portsmouth City
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-34.069831%-29.012984%-34.069831%34%34.069831%8.421102%29.012984%5.775851%42.490933%42%13,73913.7k15,46515.5k-32.624113%-45.589836%-32.624113%33%32.624113%3.481503%45.589836%3.364594%36.105616%36%13,15613.2k13,14113.1k-3.879547%-0.544398%-2.124086%-0.663919%-4.423945%4%3.879547%2.124086%3.879547%4%1,7841,412-2.581461%-2.513641%-2.581461%3%2.581461%0.014978%2.513641%0.462181%2.596439%3%1,041945-3.343774%-7.314362%-2.421905%-6.119672%-10.658136%11%3.343774%2.421905%3.343774%3%4,2981,217-11.583691%-4.058823%-8.734922%-2.819035%-15.642514%16%11.583691%8.734922%11.583691%12%6,3084,216
F number of females of given marital status
M number of males of given marital status

The Married by Sex and Age#4

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Virginia and Portsmouth City
Female
Male
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 176.776%6.78%34.502%34.5%28.526%28.5%61.820%61.8%44.276%44.3%62.948%62.9%42.523%42.5%58.005%58.0%48.078%48.1%52.950%52.9%45.863%45.9%49.827%49.8%46.022%46.0%48.794%48.8%44.075%44.1%44.339%44.3%41.003%41.0%45.148%45.1%46.045%46.0%39.741%39.7%26.525%26.5%22.678%22.7%13.734%13.7%6.654%6.65%7.722%7.72%4.461%4.46%0.000%0%1.186%1.19%
F percentage of married females in age cohort
M percentage of married males in age cohort

The Divorced1 by Sex and Age#5

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Virginia and Portsmouth City
Female
Male
0%10%20%30%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 175.919%5.92%13.100%13.1%17.758%17.8%8.858%8.86%22.150%22.1%18.193%18.2%35.671%35.7%25.672%25.7%29.037%29.0%29.531%29.5%32.717%32.7%26.143%26.1%33.496%33.5%24.455%24.5%29.343%29.3%28.777%28.8%20.116%20.1%17.259%17.3%15.139%15.1%8.753%8.75%12.395%12.4%7.559%7.56%2.312%2.31%0.882%0.88%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%
F percentage of divorced females in age cohort
M percentage of divorced males in age cohort
1and Separated

The Never Married by Sex and Age#6

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Virginia and Portsmouth City
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 172.414%2.41%4.244%4.24%3.495%3.50%5.315%5.31%4.748%4.75%9.382%9.38%11.784%11.8%12.271%12.3%16.580%16.6%16.027%16.0%16.901%16.9%22.359%22.4%17.481%17.5%25.144%25.1%26.421%26.4%26.164%26.2%38.882%38.9%37.444%37.4%38.816%38.8%51.506%51.5%61.081%61.1%69.763%69.8%83.954%84.0%92.464%92.5%92.278%92.3%95.539%95.5%100.000%100%98.814%98.8%
F percentage of never married females in age cohort
M percentage of never married males in age cohort

The Widowed by Sex and Age#7

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of Virginia and Portsmouth City
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1784.891%84.9%48.155%48.2%50.221%50.2%24.007%24.0%28.826%28.8%9.477%9.48%10.022%10.0%4.051%4.05%6.306%6.31%1.493%1.49%4.519%4.52%1.671%1.67%3.001%3.00%1.607%1.61%0.160%0.16%0.719%0.72%0.000%0%0.148%0.15%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%
F percentage of widowed females in age cohort
M percentage of widowed males in age cohort

The Married by Age#8

Percentage of age cohort. Gray areas represent percentile bands from the counties in Virginia.
Scope: population of Virginia and Portsmouth City
Portsmouth City
Virginia
Percentile:
0th - 100th
10th - 90th
20th - 80th
30th - 70th
40th - 60th
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%Count85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 172741,7223,8232,8173,0533,1432,5942,2722,4953,1701,98878412820
Count number of married in age cohort in Portsmouth City

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of Virginia and Portsmouth City
Portsmouth City
Virginia
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
60%40%20%0%20%40%60%CountWhite1Asian2White HispanicOther2Black2Mixed2-27.000819%-2.990996%-14.649581%-26.879610%-2.021344%-10.588712%-44.641395%45%47.490712%7.867892%54.349359%6.160976%55.358605%55%31,76231.8k-34.795613%-12.362911%-28.243950%-1.282239%-4.443744%-47.158524%47%49.451645%3.389831%-0.000000%62.233671%3.796395%52.841476%53%1,003-42.055394%-3.498542%-8.819242%-39.482514%-3.110551%-7.055691%-54.373178%54%37.609329%8.017493%48.216482%2.134761%45.626822%46%1,372-40.164547%-1.869858%-15.183246%-41.019609%-3.129282%-7.775608%-57.217651%57%40.837696%1.944652%45.991536%2.083965%42.782349%43%1,337-45.956377%-5.098647%-13.686108%-44.533707%-4.112980%-11.920476%-64.741132%65%28.222837%7.036031%33.662083%5.770754%35.258868%35%39,38339.4k-57.158177%-2.198391%-8.418231%-49.411043%-2.416518%-8.830633%-67.774799%68%28.203753%4.021448%36.610682%2.731124%32.225201%32%1,865
Count number of people of given race
1non-Hispanic 2including Hispanic

Map of Marital Status by Tract in Portsmouth City

Married Marital Status by Tract#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
12%21%30%38%47%56%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Tract#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
0%6%11%17%22%29%

Widowed Marital Status by Tract#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%2.8%5.7%8.5%11.4%14.2%

Never Married Marital Status by Tract#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
22%36%49%62%75%88%
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Map of Marital Status by Block Group in Portsmouth City

Married Marital Status by Block Group#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
8%21%33%46%58%71%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Block Group#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
0%8%16%23%31%39%

Widowed Marital Status by Block Group#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%3.3%6.6%9.9%13.1%16.5%

Never Married Marital Status by Block Group#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
7%24%41%58%75%92%
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Marital Status by Place in Portsmouth City

There is 1 place in Portsmouth City. This section compares all 1 of those to each other, Portsmouth City, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Portsmouth City.

Married by Place#18

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Portsmouth City, selected places in Portsmouth City, and entities that contain Portsmouth City
0%10%20%30%40%Count#VirginiaUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticVirginia BeachPortsmouthPortsmouthPortsmouth49.968319%49.968319%50%3,376,8643.38M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M46.760558%46.760558%47%650,827651k36.864263%36.864263%37%28,28328.3k36.864263%36.864263%37%28,28328.3k36.864263%36.864263%37%28,28328.3k
Count number of this marital status
# rank of place out of 1 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County Subdivision in Portsmouth City

There is 1 county subdivision in Portsmouth City. This section compares all 1 of those to each other, Portsmouth City, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Portsmouth City.

Married by County Subdivision#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Portsmouth City, selected county subdivisions in Portsmouth City, and entities that contain Portsmouth City
0%10%20%30%40%Count#VirginiaUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticVirginia BeachPortsmouthPortsmouthPortsmouthPortsmouth49.968319%49.968319%50%3,376,8643.38M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M46.760558%46.760558%47%650,827651k36.864263%36.864263%37%28,28328.3k36.864263%36.864263%37%28,28328.3k36.864263%36.864263%37%28,28328.3k36.864263%36.864263%37%28,28328.3k1
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county subdivision out of 1 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in the Virginia Beach Area

There are 16 counties in the Virginia Beach Area. This section compares Portsmouth City to all of the counties in the Virginia Beach Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Portsmouth City.

Married by County#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Portsmouth City, selected other counties in the Virginia Beach Area, and entities that contain Portsmouth City
0%20%40%60%Count#MathewsCurrituckYorkJames CityPoquosonGloucesterIsle of WightGatesChesapeakeSuffolkVirginia BeachVirginiaUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticVirginia BeachNewport NewsHamptonPortsmouthPortsmouthPortsmouthNorfolkWilliamsburg61.519827%61.519827%62%4,825161.472308%61.472308%61%12,50912.5k260.189132%60.189132%60%32,33332.3k358.716806%58.716806%59%35,17935.2k458.348457%58.348457%58%5,787557.936379%57.936379%58%17,86717.9k657.317441%57.317441%57%17,11917.1k753.871739%53.871739%54%5,183852.305110%52.305110%52%97,53797.5k951.352057%51.352057%51%35,37935.4k1050.005906%50.005906%50%182,041182k1149.968319%49.968319%50%3,376,8643.38M48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M46.760558%46.760558%47%650,827651k40.270218%40.270218%40%58,59858.6k1239.789860%39.789860%40%44,49744.5k1336.864263%36.864263%37%28,28328.3k36.864263%36.864263%37%28,28328.3k36.864263%36.864263%37%28,28328.3k1434.591555%34.591555%35%70,12470.1k1526.288242%26.288242%26%3,56616
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 16 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in Virginia

There are 133 counties in Virginia. This section compares Portsmouth City to the 50 most populous counties in Virginia and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Portsmouth City. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 34,417.

Married by County#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Portsmouth City, selected other counties in Virginia, and entities that contain Portsmouth City
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%Count#LoudounYorkBedfordHanoverJames CityFranklinGloucesterIsle of WightFrederickStaffordFauquierAugustaRockinghamShenandoahFairfaxSpotsylvaniaRoanokeCulpeperPittsylvaniaPrince WilliamPulaskiManassasCampbellTazewellWashingtonOrangeChesterfieldChesapeakeSuffolkHenryAlbemarleWarrenVirginia BeachVirginiaPrince GeorgeUnited StatesSouthWiseHalifaxSouth AtlanticVirginia BeachHenricoAlexandriaArlingtonNewport NewsHamptonMontgomeryDanvilleRoanokePortsmouthPortsmouthPortsmouthLynchburgNorfolkCharlottesvilleHarrisonburgRichmond60.849335%60.849335%61%165,697166k160.189132%60.189132%60%32,33332.3k259.697882%59.697882%60%38,25538.3k358.720136%58.720136%59%49,00949.0k458.716806%58.716806%59%35,17935.2k558.142345%58.142345%58%27,42427.4k657.936379%57.936379%58%17,86717.9k757.317441%57.317441%57%17,11917.1k856.928506%56.928506%57%37,75137.8k956.867732%56.867732%57%62,15762.2k1056.757250%56.757250%57%31,12031.1k1156.719869%56.719869%57%35,32435.3k1256.701676%56.701676%57%36,22536.2k1356.169186%56.169186%56%20,02620.0k1455.728918%55.728918%56%505,225505k1555.388496%55.388496%55%56,43756.4k1655.085387%55.085387%55%42,93342.9k1754.987954%54.987954%55%21,22721.2k1854.919458%54.919458%55%28,74128.7k1954.825602%54.825602%55%186,060186k2054.721317%54.721317%55%15,95416.0k2154.609884%54.609884%55%17,33717.3k2254.437161%54.437161%54%24,99725.0k2354.240772%54.240772%54%19,79319.8k2453.474464%53.474464%53%24,67924.7k2553.275063%53.275063%53%15,17715.2k2652.576660%52.576660%53%139,672140k2752.305110%52.305110%52%97,53797.5k2851.352057%51.352057%51%35,37935.4k2951.340680%51.340680%51%22,36422.4k3051.239048%51.239048%51%44,26944.3k3151.007969%51.007969%51%16,06716.1k3250.005906%50.005906%50%182,041182k3349.968319%49.968319%50%3,376,8643.38M49.865439%49.865439%50%15,37915.4k3448.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.668596%47.668596%48%15,89715.9k3547.515698%47.515698%48%13,92413.9k3647.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M46.760558%46.760558%47%650,827651k46.713954%46.713954%47%121,048121k3743.885344%43.885344%44%55,91355.9k3843.751105%43.751105%44%84,16484.2k3940.270218%40.270218%40%58,59858.6k4039.789860%39.789860%40%44,49744.5k4139.571444%39.571444%40%33,35233.4k4238.634587%38.634587%39%13,34413.3k4338.438595%38.438595%38%31,05831.1k4436.864263%36.864263%37%28,28328.3k36.864263%36.864263%37%28,28328.3k36.864263%36.864263%37%28,28328.3k4534.725532%34.725532%35%22,88122.9k4634.591555%34.591555%35%70,12470.1k4732.050665%32.050665%32%12,65212.7k4827.839415%27.839415%28%12,49612.5k4926.357565%26.357565%26%48,15048.2k50
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 50 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in the United States

There are 3,142 counties in the United States. This section compares Portsmouth City to the 50 most populous counties in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Portsmouth City. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 941,618.

Married by County#34

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Portsmouth City, selected other counties in the United States, and entities that contain Portsmouth City
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#FairfaxSanta ClaraMontgomeryNassauOaklandSalt LakeContra CostaWakeSuffolkFairfieldOrangeHonoluluVirginiaMiddlesexWestchesterKingTarrantAlamedaSt. LouisRiversideUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticSan DiegoHarrisHennepinPalm BeachMaricopaVirginia BeachQueensAlleghenySan BernardinoMecklenburgSacramentoPimaDallasHillsboroughBexarClarkFresnoTravisBrowardOrangeLos AngelesFranklinCookMiami-DadeCuyahogaKingsWayneFultonMilwaukeePortsmouthPortsmouthPortsmouthNew YorkBronxPhiladelphia55.728918%55.728918%56%505,225505k153.294394%53.294394%53%809,423809k253.282824%53.282824%53%439,757440k353.245234%53.245234%53%593,014593k452.141990%52.141990%52%528,360528k551.927590%51.927590%52%431,457431k651.731163%51.731163%52%462,130462k751.579426%51.579426%52%407,446407k851.112208%51.112208%51%627,478627k950.910406%50.910406%51%387,194387k1050.294014%50.294014%50%1,277,3881.28M1150.234299%50.234299%50%405,114405k1249.968319%49.968319%50%3,376,8643.38M49.887583%49.887583%50%649,460649k1349.779598%49.779598%50%392,203392k1449.697098%49.697098%50%851,934852k1549.287172%49.287172%49%742,044742k1648.279556%48.279556%48%635,456635k1748.178006%48.178006%48%393,649394k1848.085207%48.085207%48%875,082875k1948.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M47.276963%47.276963%47%1,251,0951.25M2047.227045%47.227045%47%1,613,8101.61M2147.204219%47.204219%47%463,578464k2247.008209%47.008209%47%551,403551k2346.897917%46.897917%47%1,517,5651.52M2446.760558%46.760558%47%650,827651k45.377673%45.377673%45%868,275868k2545.369877%45.369877%45%470,384470k2645.337491%45.337491%45%739,678740k2745.335632%45.335632%45%363,609364k2845.220904%45.220904%45%533,102533k2945.056972%45.056972%45%370,125370k3044.988475%44.988475%45%873,606874k3144.942383%44.942383%45%479,986480k3244.529699%44.529699%45%646,276646k3344.195458%44.195458%44%732,568733k3443.786151%43.786151%44%319,610320k3543.621650%43.621650%44%402,654403k3643.023143%43.023143%43%659,232659k3742.666240%42.666240%43%434,574435k3842.518919%42.518919%43%3,471,3473.47M3942.460539%42.460539%42%418,331418k4041.889718%41.889718%42%1,776,1191.78M4140.824687%40.824687%41%901,939902k4240.298035%40.298035%40%417,644418k4340.197400%40.197400%40%840,930841k4438.194735%38.194735%38%540,737541k4537.957569%37.957569%38%305,782306k4637.805425%37.805425%38%286,798287k4736.864263%36.864263%37%28,28328.3k36.864263%36.864263%37%28,28328.3k36.864263%36.864263%37%28,28328.3k33.355074%33.355074%33%477,149477k4831.190048%31.190048%31%352,504353k4929.523746%29.523746%30%374,491374k50
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 50 by percentage of this marital status

Definitions

This page reports on the marital status of the residents of Portsmouth City aged 15 and older. The following definitions are used in this page:

  • Never Married: a person over the age of 15 that has never been married
  • Married: married and not separated at the time of the survey, including cases where one spouse is absent for reasons other than a separation
  • Separated: including legal and de-facto separations for reasons of marital discord
  • Divorced: and not remarried at the time of the survey
  • Widowed: and not remarried at the time of the survey

These definition were taken directly from the US Census Bureau, and reflect the marital status at the time of the survey.

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Principal City:
Portsmouth
Cities:
Portsmouth
ZIP Codes:
23701, 23702, 23703, 23704, 23707, 23708, 23709
Unified School District:
Portsmouth
Congressional District:
VA-3
State Senate Districts:
VA-2, VA-14, VA-18
State House Districts:
VA-79, VA-80
Neighboring Cities:
Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Suffolk
Nearby Cities:
Franklin, Poquoson, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg
Nearby Counties:
Camden, Gates, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, Surry, York