Norfolk, Virginia

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The last Census shows that Norfolk had a population^<1> of 234,403 people in 2000. This represents 3.3% of the total population of Virginia, making it the state's 2nd 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	E	10 mi [16.09 km]
2	Norfolk	234,403
3	Chesapeake	199,184	S	8 mi [12.87 km]
4	Richmond	197,790	NW	79 mi [127.1 km]
5	Arlington	189,453	N	145 mi [233.4 km]

Every year, the US Census produces an estimate for the number of people living in Norfolk. The most recent estimate is for the year 2007 and at that time, Norfolk had a population of 235,747 people. This is an increase of 0.57% since the 2000 Census.

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

The coastal city of Norfolk had 94,416 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Norfolk has a total area of 96.3 square miles [249.4 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 53.7 square miles [139.2 km²] of the area is land, with the balance (44.21%) being water (42.58 square miles [110.3 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Norfolk had a 2000 population density of 4,362 people per square mile [11,299 people/km²], making it the state's 8th most densely populated area.

Population Rings

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

Click here for the Norfolk QuickFact (QF-5157000).

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

Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	Population (2007 est)	Population (2000 Census)	Change in Population
Portsmouth	QF-5164000	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	101,967	100,565	1.39%
Chesapeake	QF-5116000	S	8 mi [12.87 km]	219,154	199,184	10.03%
Virginia Beach	QF-5182000	E	10 mi [16.09 km]	434,743	425,257	2.23%
Hampton	QF-5135000	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	146,439	146,437
Newport News	QF-5156000	NW	17 mi [27.36 km]	179,153	180,150	-0.55%
Suffolk	QF-5176432	SW	21 mi [33.8 km]	81,332	63,677	27.73%

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Norfolk City (QF-51710).

Miscellaneous Information

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

Norfolk 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 Norfolk.

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be 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) Norfolk. 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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