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The last Census shows that Abingdon had a population<1> of 7,780 people in 2000. This represents 0.11% of the total population of Virginia, making it the state's 53rd most populous community. The following is a list of similarily sized communities (based on the 2000 Census):
Every year, the US Census produces an estimate for the number of people living in Abingdon. The most recent estimate is for the year 2007 and at that time, Abingdon had a population of 7,968 people. This is an increase of 2.42% since the 2000 Census. The following table contains the yearly population estimates since the last Census (the next Census will be in 2010).
The town of Abingdon had 3,788 Housing Units<3> at the time of the 2000 Census. The 2000 Census shows that Abingdon has an area<4> of 8.34 square miles [21.61 km²]. Using the above population and land area values, Abingdon had a 2000 population density of 932 people per square mile [2,415 people/km²], making it the state's 134th most densely populated area. Washington CountyAbingdon is located in Washington County and is the county seat. The county had a population of 51,147 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 7,780 people, Abingdon accounted for 15.21% of the Washington County total. In addition, where the community of Abingdon has a population density of 932 people per square mile [2,415 people/km²], Washington County averages 90.9 people per square mile [235.4 people/km²]. For more information, please visit our Census Page for Washington County. Population RingsTo help identify the number of people who live in Abingdon and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Abingdon. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.<5>
US Census QuickFactsThe Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Abingdon. A Census Quickfact is available for Washington County (QF-51191). Miscellaneous InformationThe Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Abingdon:
Abingdon is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division). For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Abingdon. Search for Local BusinessesPeople are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Abingdon. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches. For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area. If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results). Other Roadside StopsOff-the-Road Links
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