The population of Portsmouth City county is estimated at 94,997. In 2017 there were 1,470 births and 1,031 deaths in Portsmouth City county. Portsmouth City county has 16,979 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,983 that are owned free and clear and 15,362 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Portsmouth City County filed 44,100 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.1% of all Virginia filings and 0.030% of the entire nation. Portsmouth City had a combined total federal tax liability of $256,271,000 on earned income of $1,866,944,000. Other notable statistics from Portsmouth City County were 1,280 unemployment claims which collected a total of $4,949,000 and 10,720 charitable contributions valued at $46,423,000. 10,920 filings from Portsmouth City County paid a combined total of $30,817,000 in property taxes and 9,990 filings paid $66,580,000 on mortgage interest costs.

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21.9% of the Portsmouth City population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 14.0% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 45% of Portsmouth City voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 1,140 votes.
At $48,532 the median income is 67.9% of the Virginia average. An estimated 2,418 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Portsmouth City, the equivalant of around 5.4% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.2%.

Top 15 Industries in Portsmouth City County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
7,793	Health care and social assistance
3,227	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
3,081	Retail trade
2,624	Accommodation and food services
2,433	Food services and drinking places
2,224	Restaurants and other eating places
2,196	Manufacturing
1,889	Ambulatory health care services
1,724	Employment services
1,711	Transportation and warehousing
1,328	Limited-service restaurants
1,197	Support activities for transportation
1,100	Other services (except public administration)
901	Services to buildings and dwellings
815	Full-service restaurants

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