Newport News
A city in Virginia, coextensive with its county-equivalent — population 179,062 as of 2020.
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Newport News by the numbers
Population
179,062Population figure, 2020
Households & income
- Area
- 69 sq mi (178.7 km²), 50.63 sq mi water
- Median age
- 34.4
- Households
- 76,112
- Persons per household
- 2.3
- Median household income
- $69,634
- Median house value
- $260,600
Municipal office
- Office
- PLANNING TECHNICIAN
- Address
- 2400 WASHINGTON AVE, NEWPORT NEWS, VA 23607