Careers, Jobs and Education Resources for: Newport News, VA
Newport News is an independent city in Virginia. It is at the south-western end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River extending southeast from Skiffe's Creek along many miles of waterfront to the river's mouth at Newport News Point on the harbor of Hampton Roads. The area known as Newport News was part of Warwick County, one of the eight original shires of Virginia formed by the House of Burgesses in the British Colony of Virginia by order of King Charles I in 1634. The county was largely composed of farms and undeveloped land until almost 250 years later. In 1881, 15 years of explosive development began under the leadership of Collis P. Huntington, who extended the new Peninsula Subdivision of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway from Richmond. With the new railro...
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General Information
| Newport News City |
County | 178,026 |
Population (as of 2000) |
| Virginia |
State | 190,725 |
Population (current) |
| 56.8 |
Square Miles of Land | 2.0 |
Average Persons Per Household (as of 2000) |
| 0.5 |
Square Miles of Water | $92,585 |
Average House Value (as of 2000) |
|
| $35,396 |
Average House Income (as of 2000) |
Business Information
| 3,707 |
Number of Businesses (as of 2003) | $637,963,000 |
Total First Quarter Payroll (as of 2003) |
| 82,197 |
Number of Employees (as of 2003) | $2,646,748,000 |
Total Annual Payroll (as of 2003) |
Gender (as of 2000)
Ethnicity (as of 2000)
Median Ages (as of 2000)
