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Virginia

8,705,170 residents · 133 counties · 688 cities · 39,490 sq mi · 2,198 census tracts
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Virginia is a state of 8,705,170 people. Few US states rank higher on income. 1,626,655 more people live here than in 2000. About 42% of adults have finished a four-year degree. Households take in $93,170 a year at the median, 13% more than the country as a whole. The typical home is worth $383,700, having roughly tripled since 2000.

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Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
8,705,170
+23%since 2000
from 7,078,515 in 2000
1990 – 2024
Population density
220 / sq mi
+13%since 2009
from 196 / sq mi in 2009
US average: 281
Median age
39.0
+9%since 2000
from 35.7 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
39,490 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
5.9M6.7M7.4M8.2M9.0M19902000201020202024Virginia
20248.7M
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 55.6%(489,460)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 96%(518,906)
US avg: 6%
10 to 146.3%(547,796)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 196.6%(573,163)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 246.5%(568,167)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3413.5%(1,173,927)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4413.6%(1,181,277)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5412.5%(1,084,566)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6412.8%(1,114,165)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 749.9%(861,272)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 845.1%(442,686)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over1.7%(149,785)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$93,170
+10%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $46,677 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$50,666
+111%since 2000
from $23,975 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
58.9%
+19.2 ptssince 2009
from 39.8% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
9.9%
+0.3 ptssince 2000
from 9.6% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.471
+3%since 2010
from 0.457 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Information9.8%
US avg: 10.8%
Retail trade7%
US avg: 9.9%
Other services6.5%
US avg: 6.7%
Wholesale trade6.5%
US avg: 6.9%
Finance & insurance4.8%
US avg: 5.9%
Public administration4.6%
US avg: 4.8%
Professional, scientific, technical4.1%
US avg: 5.1%
Arts, entertainment, food1.8%
US avg: 1.9%
Transportation & warehousing1.6%
US avg: 2.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing0.9%
US avg: 1.6%
Education & health services0.7%
US avg: 0.9%
Construction0.7%
US avg: 1.2%
Manufacturing0.2%
US avg: 0.4%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$383,700
+77%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $118,800 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$1,579
+33%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $650 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
67.3%
−0.7 ptssince 2000
from 68.1% in 2000
32.7% rent
Vacancy rate
8.7%
−1.4 ptssince 2009
from 10.0% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.52 people
−1%since 2009
from 2.54 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
20.3%
−8.2 ptssince 2009
from 28.5% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
45.3%
+2.0 ptssince 2009
from 43.3% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
4.1
+1%since 2009
from 4.1 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic70.2%(4,965,637)
Black19.4%(1,376,378)
Hispanic / Latino4.7%(329,540)
Asian3.7%(259,277)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic58.4%(5,079,778)
Black18.3%(1,589,523)
Hispanic / Latino11%(959,089)
Asian6.9%(599,863)
Other5.5%(476,917)
Diversity Score
76
+20%since 2009
from 63 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Central American4%(344,427)
Mexican2.4%(210,946)
Salvadoran2.2%(187,301)
South American1.8%(157,215)
Puerto Rican1.4%(119,931)
Guatemalan0.8%(66,392)
Honduran0.7%(61,743)
Peruvian0.5%(44,504)
Bolivian0.4%(38,852)
Colombian0.3%(28,619)
Cuban0.3%(25,389)
Spaniard0.2%(20,537)
+ 10 more hispanic origin groups with data
Dominican0.2%(18,917)
Venezuelan0.1%(12,940)
Ecuadorian0.1%(12,077)
Nicaraguan0.1%(11,921)
Panamanian0.1%(11,640)
Argentine0.1%(9,452)
Chilean0.1%(6,158)
Costa Rican0.1%(4,462)
Uruguayan0%(1,861)
Paraguayan0%(1,338)
Asian origin
Asian Indian1.9%(161,097)
Filipino0.9%(78,649)
Korean0.9%(75,053)
Chinese0.8%(73,600)
Vietnamese0.7%(63,061)
Pakistani0.5%(41,473)
Kazakh0.2%(19,629)
Nepalese0.1%(12,834)
Bangladeshi0.1%(11,544)
Japanese0.1%(9,913)
Thai0.1%(8,059)
Cambodian0.1%(6,636)
+ 13 more asian origin groups with data
Taiwanese0.1%(5,079)
Laotian0%(3,026)
Mongolian0%(2,956)
Indonesian0%(2,652)
Sri Lankan0%(2,472)
Burmese0%(1,598)
Malaysian0%(589)
Uzbek0%(564)
Hmong0%(404)
Bhutanese0%(377)
Okinawan0%(41)
Mien0%(38)
Pacific Islander origin
Native Hawaiian0.1%(7,800)
Chamorro0.1%(4,506)
Samoan0%(3,070)
Tongan0%(296)
Fijian0%(245)
Guamanian0%(174)
Chuukese0%(41)
Ancestry
English12%(1,046,086)
German10.1%(876,295)
Irish9.1%(793,505)
American8.4%(728,476)
Italian3.9%(336,302)
Subsaharan African2.2%(193,431)
Scottish2%(169,882)
Polish1.7%(149,583)
French1.4%(124,904)
Scotch-Irish1.2%(100,622)
Arab1%(88,263)
Dutch0.7%(57,088)
+ 51 more ancestry groups with data
West Indian0.6%(52,391)
Swedish0.6%(52,298)
Welsh0.6%(49,855)
Norwegian0.5%(45,514)
British0.5%(43,684)
Russian0.5%(43,103)
Ethiopian0.5%(41,193)
Greek0.4%(32,847)
French Canadian0.3%(26,506)
Jamaican0.3%(24,783)
Hungarian0.3%(24,174)
Ukrainian0.3%(23,600)
Iranian0.3%(23,198)
Swiss0.2%(20,307)
Czech0.2%(20,288)
Ghanaian0.2%(19,121)
Lebanese0.2%(18,501)
Portuguese0.2%(17,970)
Danish0.2%(17,306)
Egyptian0.2%(15,889)
Nigerian0.2%(15,637)
Slovak0.2%(15,239)
Austrian0.2%(14,387)
Lithuanian0.2%(13,154)
Turkish0.1%(12,272)
Moroccan0.1%(11,984)
Canadian0.1%(11,660)
Haitian0.1%(10,285)
Romanian0.1%(8,837)
Brazilian0.1%(8,416)
Armenian0.1%(7,551)
Finnish0.1%(7,387)
Iraqi0.1%(7,384)
Croatian0.1%(6,629)
Syrian0.1%(5,324)
Palestinian0.1%(5,017)
Jordanian0.1%(4,498)
Belgian0.1%(4,387)
Somali0%(3,990)
Serbian0%(3,644)
Kenyan0%(3,366)
Bulgarian0%(3,132)
Guyanese0%(2,865)
Slovene0%(2,581)
Latvian0%(2,280)
Australian0%(1,998)
Barbadian0%(1,580)
Israeli0%(1,391)
Macedonian0%(952)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
42.2%
+12.7 ptssince 2000
from 29.5% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
91.6%
+10.1 ptssince 2000
from 81.5% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
18.5%
+6.9 ptssince 2000
from 11.6% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
27.3 min
+47%since 2000
from 18.6 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
67.6%
−9.5 ptssince 2009
from 77.1% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
8.0%
−2.9 ptssince 2009
from 11.0% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
2.3%
−1.8 ptssince 2009
from 4.2% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
18.3%
+14.1 ptssince 2009
from 4.2% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
2.1%
−0.2 ptssince 2009
from 2.3% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.3%
Unchangedsince 2009
from 0.3% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
6.1%
−0.2 ptssince 2009
from 6.3% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
4.3%
−2.2 ptssince 2011
from 6.5% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
65.4%
−1.9 ptssince 2011
from 67.2% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
76.2%
+0.8 ptssince 2020
from 75.4% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
13.6%
+0.3 ptssince 2009
from 13.3% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
48.8%
+8.4 ptssince 2009
from 40.5% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
49.4%
+0.3 ptssince 2009
from 49.1% in 2009
Female
50.6%
−0.3 ptssince 2009
from 50.9% in 2009
Foreign born
13.1%
+3.0 ptssince 2009
from 10.1% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
9.4%
−3.6 ptssince 2009
from 13.0% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
12.5%
+1.6 ptssince 2012
from 10.9% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
6.9%
−5.4 ptssince 2013
from 12.3% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
91.0%
+11.0 ptssince 2017
from 80.0% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
95.4%
+3.1 ptssince 2020
from 92.3% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
86.9%
+1.7 ptssince 2020
from 85.2% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
82.6%
−1.9 ptssince 2016
from 84.5% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
7.9%
+1.1 ptssince 2016
from 6.8% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married35.9%(1,257,746)
Married53%(1,855,850)
Widowed2.7%(92,840)
Divorced8.5%(296,390)
Women 15+
Never married30.7%(1,118,062)
Married49.6%(1,808,830)
Widowed8.2%(297,978)
Divorced11.6%(421,312)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
6.9%
−5.4 ptssince 2013
from 12.3% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
59.1%
−1.0 ptssince 2020
from 60.1% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
12.6%
−1.5 ptssince 2020
from 14.1% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
18.0%
+0.9 ptssince 2020
from 17.1% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
16.0%
+3.5 ptssince 2020
from 12.5% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
3.4%
+0.4 ptssince 2020
from 3.0% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
73.2%
−2.6 ptssince 2020
from 75.8% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
33.6%
+4.5 ptssince 2020
from 29.1% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)38.5%(242,497)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)36.4%(229,341)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era26.3%(165,591)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.8%(17,746)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.7%(4,238)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 629,500 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Section 02

Largest cities

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2.Chesapeake255,332
3.Richmond237,257
4.Arlington236,254
5.Norfolk231,013
6.Newport News183,230
7.Alexandria160,662
8.Hampton137,315
9.Suffolk104,699
10.Roanoke99,111
11.Portsmouth96,777
12.Lynchburg81,347
13.Centreville71,706
14.Dale City71,016
15.Reston64,414
16.Harrisonburg50,839
17.Leesburg49,917
18.McLean49,627
19.Tuckahoe49,183
20.Lake Ridge46,049
21.Ashburn46,026
22.Blacksburg45,104
24.Manassas44,332
25.Burke44,029
26.Woodbridge43,945
27.Linton Hall41,876
28.Annandale41,705
29.Danville41,647
31.Oakton36,528
32.Fair Oaks35,545
33.South Riding34,352
34.Petersburg33,734
35.Sterling32,411
37.Springfield31,154
39.Short Pump29,026
40.Tysons28,936
41.Winchester28,272
42.Staunton26,801
43.Fairfax26,772
44.Cherry Hill26,044
45.Salem25,816
Section 03

Metropolitan & micropolitan areas

Metropolitan areas (9)
1.Virginia Beach1,797,213
2.Richmond1,389,338
3.Roanoke316,547
4.Lynchburg269,169
6.Blacksburg181,616
7.Winchester152,332
8.Harrisonburg140,155
9.Staunton129,692
Micropolitan areas (3)
1.Danville101,137
2.Martinsville63,091

Metropolitan areas are built around an urban core of 50,000 or more people; micropolitan areas around a core of 10,000 to 50,000. A statistical area can cross state lines, so each is listed under its primary state.

Frequently asked

How many people live in Virginia?

Virginia has about 8,705,170 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Virginia?

The typical household in Virginia earns about $93,170 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Virginia expensive?

In Virginia, the median home is worth about $383,700, and the typical rent is about $1,579 a month.

How educated are people in Virginia?

About 42.2% of adults age 25 and over in Virginia hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Virginia?

About 9.9% of people in Virginia live below the federal poverty line.

Has Virginia grown since 1990?

Yes, Virginia has grown since 1990. The population has added about 2,517,812 residents, a change of about 41 percent over that period.

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