STATE · ADMITTED 1788 · 1990 CENSUS

Virginia

6,187,358 residents · 133 counties · 688 cities · 39,490 sq mi · 2,198 census tracts

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Virginia is a state of 6,187,358 people. The population has fallen 13% since 2000. About 24% of adults have finished a four-year degree. Households take in $33,328 a year at the median, 11% more than the country as a whole. The typical home is worth $90,400.

Section 01

Population & growth

Total population

6,187,358

−13%vs 2000

vs 7,078,515 in 2000

1990 – 2024

Median age

32.7

−8%vs 2000

vs 35.7 in 2000

US average: 33.0

Land area

39,490 sq mi

Population, 1990 – 2024

20248.7M

Age distribution, 1990

Under 57.1%(440,939)

US avg: 7.3%

5 to 96.9%(424,996)

US avg: 7.3%

10 to 146.5%(399,442)

US avg: 6.9%

15 to 197%(435,515)

US avg: 7.1%

20 to 248.3%(511,652)

US avg: 7.5%

25 to 3418.6%(1,148,086)

US avg: 17.5%

35 to 4416%(991,930)

US avg: 15.1%

45 to 5410.8%(670,841)

US avg: 10.2%

55 to 648.1%(501,353)

US avg: 8.5%

65 to 746.5%(403,382)

US avg: 7.3%

75 to 843.2%(200,837)

US avg: 4%

85 and over0.9%(58,385)

US avg: 1.2%

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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income

$33,328

−6%inflation adjusted, since 2000

vs $46,677 in 2000

US average: $30,130

1990 – 2024

Per capita income

$15,713

−34%vs 2000

vs $23,975 in 2000

US average: $14,340

Poverty rate

10.2%

+0.7 ptsvs 2000

vs 9.6% in 2000

US average: 13.2%

Section 03

Housing

Median home value

$90,400

Unchangedinflation adjusted, since 2000

vs $118,800 in 2000

US average: $93,722

1990 – 2024

Median gross rent

$495

Unchangedinflation adjusted, since 2000

vs $650 in 2000

US average: $450

Owner-occupied

66.3%

−1.8 ptsvs 2000

vs 68.1% in 2000

33.7% rent

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%

1990

White, non-Hispanic77.5%(4,793,278)

Black18.8%(1,163,068)

Hispanic / Latino2.5%(155,353)

Asian2.6%(158,808)

Other1.2%(72,204)

No data for the years selected.

Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Detailed origin tables are available for 2024; showing 2024 data.

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)

Singaporean0%(201)

Okinawan0%(41)

Mien0%(38)

Pacific Islander origin

Native Hawaiian0.1%(7,800)

Chamorro0.1%(4,506)

Samoan0%(3,070)

Marshallese0%(411)

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)

Trinidadian & Tobagonian0.1%(5,394)

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)

Cape Verdean0%(776)

RANKED:Largest English population · Largest German population · Largest Irish population · Largest American population · Largest Central American population

Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

24.5%

−5.0 ptsvs 2000

vs 29.5% in 2000

US average: 20.3%

High school or higher

75.2%

−6.3 ptsvs 2000

vs 81.5% in 2000

US average: 75.2%

Graduate degree

9.1%

−2.5 ptsvs 2000

vs 11.6% in 2000

US average: 7.1%

Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute

23.6 min

+27%vs 2000

vs 18.6 min in 2000

US average: 21.9

Section 07

Work & employment

No data for the years selected.

Section 08

People & community

No data for the years selected.

Marital status (2024)

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)

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Section 09

Health coverage

Showing 2024 (the nearest year with coverage data).

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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1.Virginia Beach453,737

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

23.Charlottesville44,388

24.Manassas44,332

25.Burke44,029

26.Woodbridge43,945

27.Linton Hall41,876

28.Annandale41,705

29.Danville41,647

30.Mechanicsville38,683

31.Oakton36,528

32.Fair Oaks35,545

33.South Riding34,352

34.Petersburg33,734

35.Sterling32,411

36.West Falls Church31,279

37.Springfield31,154

38.Fredericksburg30,393

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

5.Charlottesville228,597

6.Blacksburg181,616

7.Winchester152,332

8.Harrisonburg140,155

9.Staunton129,692

Micropolitan areas (3)

1.Danville101,137

2.Martinsville63,091

3.Lake of the Woods40,083

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.

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