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The last Census shows that Virginia Beach had a population<1> of 425,257 people in 2000. This represents 5.99% of the total population of Virginia, making it the state's most populous community. The following is a list of similarily sized communities (based on the 2000 Census):
Every year, the US Census produces an estimate for the number of people living in Virginia Beach. The most recent estimate is for the year 2007 and at that time, Virginia Beach had a population of 434,743 people. This is an increase of 2.23% 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 Virginia Beach had 162,277 Housing Units<3> at the time of the 2000 Census. The 2000 Census shows that Virginia Beach has a total area of 497.3 square miles [1,288 km²]<4>. Of this total, 248.3 square miles [643 km²] of the area is land, with the balance (50.1%) being water (249 square miles [644 km²]). Using the above population and land area values, Virginia Beach had a 2000 population density of 1,712 people per square mile [4,435 people/km²], making it the state's 40th most densely populated area. Population RingsTo help identify the number of people who live in Virginia Beach and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Virginia Beach. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.<5>
US Census QuickFactsThe Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Virginia Beach. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Virginia Beach, it also contains a comparison between Virginia Beach and the state of Virginia. Click here for the Virginia Beach QuickFact (QF-5182000). The following communities are nearby Virginia Beach and also have Census QuickFacts:
For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Virginia Beach Neighborhood Page. A Census Quickfact is available for Virginia Beach City (QF-51810). Miscellaneous InformationThe Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Virginia Beach:
Virginia Beach 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 Virginia Beach. Search for Local BusinessesPeople 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) Virginia Beach. 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). Other Roadside StopsOff-the-Road Links
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