Portsmouth, Virginia

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The last Census shows that Portsmouth had a population^<1> of 100,565 people in 2000. This represents 1.42% of the total population of Virginia, making it the state's 9th most populous community.

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

Rank	Community	Population	Direction	Distance<2>
7	Hampton	146,437	N	14 mi [22.53 km]
8	Alexandria	128,283	N	142 mi [228.5 km]
9	Portsmouth	100,565
10	Roanoke	94,911	W	201 mi [323.5 km]
11	Lynchburg	65,269	W	160 mi [257.5 km]

Every year, the US Census produces an estimate for the number of people living in Portsmouth. The most recent estimate is for the year 2007 and at that time, Portsmouth had a population of 101,967 people. This is an increase of 1.39% 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 Portsmouth had 41,605 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Portsmouth has a total area of 46.62 square miles [120.7 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 33.16 square miles [85.9 km²] of the area is land, with the balance (28.87%) being water (13.46 square miles [34.86 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Portsmouth had a 2000 population density of 3,032 people per square mile [7,854 people/km²], making it the state's 18th most densely populated area.

Population Rings

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

Click here for the Portsmouth QuickFact (QF-5164000).

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

Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	Population (2007 est)	Population (2000 Census)	Change in Population
Chesapeake	QF-5116000	SE	5 mi [8.05 km]	219,154	199,184	10.03%
Norfolk	QF-5157000	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	235,747	234,403	0.57%
Hampton	QF-5135000	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	146,439	146,437
Virginia Beach	QF-5182000	E	14 mi [22.53 km]	434,743	425,257	2.23%
Suffolk	QF-5176432	SW	15 mi [24.14 km]	81,332	63,677	27.73%
Newport News	QF-5156000	NW	18 mi [28.97 km]	179,153	180,150	-0.55%

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Portsmouth City (QF-51740).

Miscellaneous Information

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth.

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) Portsmouth. 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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