Roanoke, Virginia

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The last Census shows that Roanoke had a population^<1> of 94,911 people in 2000. This represents 1.34% of the total population of Virginia, making it the state's 10th most populous community.

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

Rank	Community	Population	Direction	Distance<2>
8	Alexandria	128,283	NE	189 mi [304.2 km]
9	Portsmouth	100,565	E	201 mi [323.5 km]
10	Roanoke	94,911
11	Lynchburg	65,269	E	44 mi [70.8 km]
12	Suffolk	63,677	E	188 mi [302.6 km]

Every year, the US Census produces an estimate for the number of people living in Roanoke. The most recent estimate is for the year 2007 and at that time, Roanoke had a population of 92,600 people. This is a decrease of 2.43% 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 Roanoke had 45,257 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Roanoke has a total area of 42.91 square miles [111.1 km²]^<4>. Of this total, only a minor amount of the area is covered by water (0.03 square miles [0.07 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Roanoke had a 2000 population density of 2,213 people per square mile [5,732 people/km²], making it the state's 31st most densely populated area.

Population Rings

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

Click here for the Roanoke QuickFact (QF-5168000).

A Census Quickfact is available for Roanoke City (QF-51770).

Miscellaneous Information

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

Roanoke 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 Roanoke.

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned 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) Roanoke. 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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