Chesapeake, Virginia

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The last Census shows that Chesapeake had a population^<1> of 199,184 people in 2000. This represents 2.8% of the total population of Virginia, making it the state's 3rd most populous community.

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

Rank	Community	Population	Direction	Distance<2>
1	Virginia Beach	425,257	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]
2	Norfolk	234,403	N	8 mi [12.87 km]
3	Chesapeake	199,184
4	Richmond	197,790	NW	83 mi [133.6 km]
5	Arlington	189,453	N	152 mi [244.6 km]

Every year, the US Census produces an estimate for the number of people living in Chesapeake. The most recent estimate is for the year 2007 and at that time, Chesapeake had a population of 219,154 people. This is an increase of 10.03% 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 Chesapeake had 72,672 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Chesapeake has a total area of 350.9 square miles [908 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 340.7 square miles [882 km²] of the area is land, with the balance (2.9%) being water (10.18 square miles [26.37 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Chesapeake had a 2000 population density of 584 people per square mile [1,514 people/km²], making it the state's 186th most densely populated area.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Chesapeake and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Chesapeake. 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 Chesapeake. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Chesapeake, it also contains a comparison between Chesapeake and the state of Virginia.

Click here for the Chesapeake QuickFact (QF-5116000).

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

Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	Population (2007 est)	Population (2000 Census)	Change in Population
Portsmouth	QF-5164000	NW	5 mi [8.05 km]	101,967	100,565	1.39%
Norfolk	QF-5157000	N	8 mi [12.87 km]	235,747	234,403	0.57%
Virginia Beach	QF-5182000	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]	434,743	425,257	2.23%
Suffolk	QF-5176432	W	17 mi [27.36 km]	81,332	63,677	27.73%
Hampton	QF-5135000	N	18 mi [28.97 km]	146,439	146,437
Newport News	QF-5156000	NW	23 mi [37.01 km]	179,153	180,150	-0.55%

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Chesapeake City (QF-51550).

Miscellaneous Information

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

Chesapeake 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 Chesapeake.

Search for Local Businesses

People have found 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) Chesapeake. 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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