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Black health in Norfolk City, Virginia

99,000

Black residents (ACS)

41.84%

Of county population

$38,900

Median household income, Black

9.90%

Uninsured, Black residents

Norfolk, Virginia, an independent city of roughly 107,000 Black residents (~42% of the city), anchors the historically-Black Hampton Roads medical corridor. The Eastern Virginia Medical School (now Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University) is the region's academic medical centre; Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is the city's level-I trauma centre. The Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters (CHKD) serves Norfolk and the broader Tidewater region.

Virginia's 2019 adoption of Medicaid expansion cut the city's Black uninsured rate substantially; Norfolk's Department of Public Health has used the expansion to expand its HIV/AIDS program and the largest publicly-funded PrEP clinic in southeastern Virginia.

Headline outcomes

Race-stratified county-level figures pulled from CDC WONDER small-area estimates, the annual County Health Rankings, and the CDC NVSS state/county life tables. County values with cell counts below CDC suppression thresholds are marked as data pending.

Life expectancy (Black)

73.40 yrs

At birth, CDC NVSS Small-Area LE

Infant mortality (Black)

11.80

Per 1,000 live births, CDC WONDER

CVD mortality (Black)

335.80

Age-adjusted per 100k, CDC WONDER I00-I99

County Health Rankings

#55

Overall rank in Virginia (lower = better)

HRSA Medically Underserved Area / Population HPSA: Primary Care

Policy context in Norfolk City

Virginia has adopted Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, which gives low-income Black adults in this county a direct pathway to primary-care and prescription coverage. Medicaid in this state covers doula services. Postpartum Medicaid coverage extends for 12 months after delivery — the federal recommended standard, in place here.

Where to get help in Norfolk City

Find Black health providers & resources in Norfolk City

Black clinicians in Norfolk City

Directory filtered to this county & state

Federally Qualified Health Centers

Sliding-scale FQHCs across Virginia

Crisis & support resources

988, postpartum helplines, Black-serving crisis lines

Virginia state profile

Statewide context, Medicaid policy, all 10 health facets

References & primary sources

  1. Demographics: US Census ACS 5-year 2019–2023, Tables B03002 (race), B01003 (total population), S1903 (median income), B27010B (uninsured by race).
  2. Mortality and life expectancy: CDC WONDER county-level Multiple Cause of Death and Underlying Cause of Death, pooled 2020–2022; CDC NVSS Small-Area Life Expectancy Estimates, 2016–2020 release.
  3. County Health Rankings: University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute & Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2024 release.
  4. HRSA shortage-area designations: HRSA HPSA Find and MUA/P Find, current as of 2025.
  5. Rural-Urban Continuum Codes: USDA Economic Research Service, 2023 release.

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