City profile · Mid-size City
Newport News, Virginia
Verified Oct 19, 2026Who leads Newport News, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Phillip Jones
- Role
- Mayor (Ceremonial)
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Party
- Democrat
- Population
- 186,247
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 19, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 19, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcennva.gov/2965/Office-of-Mayor-Phillip-Jones ↗
- Official leadership pagennva.gov/2965/Office-of-Mayor-Phillip-Jones ↗
- City websitennva.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Phillip Jones CurrentMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026 · verified Oct 19, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 186,247
- Median household income
- $63,355
- Median age
- 34.1
- Land area
- 69 sq mi
- Population density
- 2,699.2 per sq mi
- County
- Newport News city
- Metro area
- Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
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