Hampton, Virginia

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The last Census shows that Hampton had a population^<1> of 146,437 people in 2000. This represents 2.06% of the total population of Virginia, making it the state's 7th most populous community.

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

Rank	Community	Population	Direction	Distance<2>
5	Arlington	189,453	N	133 mi [214 km]
6	Newport News	180,150	W	7 mi [11.27 km]
7	Hampton	146,437
8	Alexandria	128,283	N	128 mi [206 km]
9	Portsmouth	100,565	S	14 mi [22.53 km]

Every year, the US Census produces an estimate for the number of people living in Hampton. The most recent estimate is for the year 2007 and at that time, Hampton had a population of 146,439 people.

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

The coastal city of Hampton had 57,311 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Hampton has a total area of 136.2 square miles [352.8 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 51.8 square miles [134.1 km²] of the area is land, with the balance (62%) being water (84.4 square miles [218.7 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Hampton had a 2000 population density of 2,827 people per square mile [7,324 people/km²], making it the state's 20th most densely populated area.

Population Rings

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

Click here for the Hampton QuickFact (QF-5135000).

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

Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	Population (2007 est)	Population (2000 Census)	Change in Population
Newport News	QF-5156000	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	179,153	180,150	-0.55%
Norfolk	QF-5157000	SE	11 mi [17.7 km]	235,747	234,403	0.57%
Portsmouth	QF-5164000	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	101,967	100,565	1.39%
Chesapeake	QF-5116000	S	18 mi [28.97 km]	219,154	199,184	10.03%
Virginia Beach	QF-5182000	SE	20 mi [32.19 km]	434,743	425,257	2.23%
Suffolk	QF-5176432	SW	24 mi [38.62 km]	81,332	63,677	27.73%

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Hampton City (QF-51650).

Miscellaneous Information

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

Hampton 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 Hampton.

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) Hampton. 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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