Richmond, Virginia

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The last Census shows that Richmond had a population^<1> of 197,790 people in 2000. This represents 2.78% of the total population of Virginia, making it the state's 4th most populous community.

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

Rank	Community	Population	Direction	Distance<2>
2	Norfolk	234,403	SE	79 mi [127.1 km]
3	Chesapeake	199,184	SE	83 mi [133.6 km]
4	Richmond	197,790
5	Arlington	189,453	N	94 mi [151.3 km]
6	Newport News	180,150	SE	62 mi [99.8 km]

Every year, the US Census produces an estimate for the number of people living in Richmond. The most recent estimate is for the year 2007 and at that time, Richmond had a population of 200,123 people. This is an increase of 1.18% 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 Richmond had 92,282 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Richmond has a total area of 62.5 square miles [162 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 60.1 square miles [155.6 km²] of the area is land, with the balance (3.96%) being water (2.48 square miles [6.42 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Richmond had a 2000 population density of 3,292 people per square mile [8,527 people/km²], making it the state's 12th most densely populated area.

Population Rings

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

Click here for the Richmond QuickFact (QF-5167000).

A Census Quickfact is available for Richmond City (QF-51760).

Miscellaneous Information

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

Richmond 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 Richmond.

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) Richmond. 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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