Poverty Rate in Newport News city, VA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
14.5%
Rank #1,846/3,222 · #88 in VA
43th
Newport News 14.5%
VA 9.9% +46.4%
US 12.6% +14.9%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Newport News city's poverty rate of 14.5% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Newport News city for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,843 | Sutter County, CA | 14.4% |
| #1,844 | Washington County, IN | 14.4% |
| #1,845 | Polk County, FL | 14.5% |
| #1,846 | Newport News city, VA | 14.5% |
| #1,847 | Lawrence County, IL | 14.5% |
| #1,848 | Randolph County, NC | 14.5% |
| #1,849 | Spartanburg County, SC | 14.5% |
About Poverty Rate
Newport News city, Virginia has a poverty rate of 14.5%, ranking #1,846 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 14.9% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Virginia, it ranks #88 of 133. This places it in the 43th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.