Alexandria, Virginia

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The last Census shows that Alexandria had a population^<1> of 128,283 people in 2000. This represents 1.81% of the total population of Virginia, making it the state's 8th most populous community.

The following is a list of similarily sized communities (based on the 2000 Census):

Rank	Community	Population	Direction	Distance<2>
6	Newport News	180,150	S	124 mi [199.6 km]
7	Hampton	146,437	S	128 mi [206 km]
8	Alexandria	128,283
9	Portsmouth	100,565	S	142 mi [228.5 km]
10	Roanoke	94,911	SW	189 mi [304.2 km]

Every year, the US Census produces an estimate for the number of people living in Alexandria. The most recent estimate is for the year 2007 and at that time, Alexandria had a population of 140,024 people. This is an increase of 9.15% since the 2000 Census.

The following table contains the yearly population estimates since the last Census (the next Census will be in 2010).

The city of Alexandria had 64,251 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Alexandria has a total area of 15.41 square miles [39.91 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 15.18 square miles [39.31 km²] of the area is land, with the balance (1.49%) being water (0.23 square miles [0.6 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Alexandria had a 2000 population density of 8,451 people per square mile [21,890 people/km²], making it the mostly densely populated area in Virginia.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Alexandria and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Alexandria. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Alexandria. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Alexandria, it also contains a comparison between Alexandria and the state of Virginia.

Click here for the Alexandria QuickFact (QF-5101000).

The following communities are nearby Alexandria and also have Census QuickFacts:

Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	Population (2007 est)	Population (2000 Census)	Change in Population
Arlington	QF-5190072	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]		189,453
Springfield	QF-5174592	W	6 mi [9.66 km]		30,417
Woodbridge	QF-5187312	SW	14 mi [22.53 km]		31,941
Rockville (MD)	QF-2467675	N	18 mi [28.97 km]	58,706	47,388	23.88%
Bowie (MD)	QF-2408775	NE	20 mi [32.19 km]	53,193	50,269	5.82%
Manassas	QF-5148952	W	22 mi [35.41 km]	35,412	35,135	0.79%
Gaithersburg (MD)	QF-2431175	N	23 mi [37.01 km]	57,670	52,613	9.61%

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Alexandria Neighborhood Page.

A Census Quickfact is available for Alexandria City (QF-24510).

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Alexandria:

Alexandria 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 Alexandria.

Search for Local Businesses

People 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) Alexandria. 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).

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