Virginia

Population Density
People per square mile, 1990:	156.3
People per square mile, 2000:	178.8

Year	Population		Year	Population		Year	Population
1790	691,737		1880	1,512,565		1970	4,651,448
1800	807,557		1890	1,655,980		1980	5,346,797
1810	877,683		1900	1,854,184		1990	6,187,358
1820	938,261		1910	2,061,612		2000	7,078,515
1830	1,044,054		1920	2,309,187		2010	8,010,245
1840	1,025,227		1930	2,421,851		2020	8,917,395
1850	1,119,348		1940	2,677,773		2030	9,825,019
1860	1,219,630		1950	3,318,680
1870	1,225,163		1960	3,966,949

Population By County

	Census 2000 Population	Change from 1990	Percent Change
VIRGINIA	7,078,515	891,157	14.4
Accomack County	38,305	6,602	20.8
Albemarle County	79,236	11,196	16.5
Alleghany County	12,926	-250	-1.9
Amelia County	11,400	2,613	29.7
Amherst County	31,894	3,316	11.6
Appomattox County	13,705	1,407	11.4
Arlington County	189,453	18,517	10.8
Augusta County	65,615	10,938	20.0
Bath County	5,048	249	5.2
Bedford County	60,371	14,715	32.2
Bland County	6,871	357	5.5
Botetourt County	30,496	5,504	22.0
Brunswick County	18,419	2,432	15.2
Buchanan County	26,978	-4,355	-13.9
Buckingham County	15,623	2,750	21.4
Campbell County	51,078	3,506	7.4
Caroline County	22,121	2,904	15.1
Carroll County	29,245	2,651	10.0
Charles City County	6,926	644	10.3
Charlotte County	12,472	784	6.7
Chesterfield County	259,903	50,629	24.2
Clarke County	12,652	551	4.6
Craig County	5,091	719	16.4
Culpeper County	34,262	6,471	23.3
Cumberland County	9,017	1,192	15.2
Dickenson County	16,395	-1,225	-7.0
Dinwiddie County	24,533	3,573	17.0
Essex County	9,989	1,300	15.0
Fairfax County	969,749	151,165	18.5
Fauquier County	55,139	6,398	13.1
Floyd County	13,874	1,869	15.6
Fluvanna County	20,047	7,618	61.3
Franklin County	47,286	7,737	19.6
Frederick County	59,209	13,486	29.5
Giles County	16,657	291	1.8
Gloucester County	34,780	4,649	15.4
Goochland County	16,863	2,700	19.1
Grayson County	17,917	1,639	10.1
Greene County	15,244	4,947	48.0
Greensville County	11,560	2,707	30.6
Halifax County	37,355	8,322	28.7
Hanover County	86,320	23,014	36.4
Henrico County	262,300	44,419	20.4
Henry County	57,930	988	1.7
Highland County	2,536	-99	-3.8
Isle of Wight County	29,728	4,675	18.7
James City County	48,102	13,243	38.0
King and Queen County	6,630	341	5.4
King George County	16,803	3,276	24.2
King William County	13,146	2,233	20.5
Lancaster County	11,567	671	6.2
Lee County	23,589	-907	-3.7
Loudoun County	169,599	83,470	96.9
Louisa County	25,627	5,302	26.1
Lunenburg County	13,146	1,727	15.1
Madison County	12,520	571	4.8
Mathews County	9,207	859	10.3
Mecklenburg County	32,380	3,139	10.7
Middlesex County	9,932	1,279	14.8
Montgomery County	83,629	9,716	13.1
Nelson County	14,445	1,667	13.0
New Kent County	13,462	3,017	28.9
Northampton County	13,093	32	0.2
Northumberland County	12,259	1,735	16.5
Nottoway County	15,725	732	4.9
Orange County	25,881	4,460	20.8
Page County	23,177	1,487	6.9
Patrick County	19,407	1,934	11.1
Pittsylvania County	61,745	6,090	10.9
Powhatan County	22,377	7,049	46.0
Prince Edward County	19,720	2,400	13.9
Prince George County	33,047	5,653	20.6
Prince William County	280,813	65,127	30.2
Pulaski County	35,127	631	1.8
Rappahannock County	6,983	361	5.5
Richmond County	8,809	1,536	21.1
Roanoke County	85,778	6,446	8.1
Rockbridge County	20,808	2,458	13.4
Rockingham County	67,725	10,243	17.8
Russell County	30,308	1,641	5.7
Scott County	23,403	199	0.9
Shenandoah County	35,075	3,439	10.9
Smyth County	33,081	711	2.2
Southampton County	17,482	-68	-0.4
Spotsylvania County	90,395	32,992	57.5
Stafford County	92,446	31,210	51.0
Surry County	6,829	684	11.1
Sussex County	12,504	2,256	22.0
Tazewell County	44,598	-1,362	-3.0
Warren County	31,584	5,442	20.8
Washington County	51,103	5,216	11.4
Westmoreland County	16,718	1,238	8.0
Wise County	40,123	550	1.4
Wythe County	27,599	2,133	8.4
York County	56,297	13,875	32.7
Alexandria city	128,283	17,100	15.4
Bedford city	6,299	226	3.7
Bristol city	17,367	-1,059	-5.7
Buena Vista city	6,349	-57	-0.9
Charlottesville city	45,049	4,708	11.7
Chesapeake city	199,184	47,208	31.1
Clifton Forge city	4,289	-390	-8.3
Colonial Heights city	16,897	833	5.2
Covington city	6,303	-688	-9.8
Danville city	48,411	-4,645	-8.8
Emporia city	5,665	359	6.8
Fairfax city	21,498	1,876	9.6
Falls Church city	10,377	799	8.3
Franklin city	8,346	482	6.1
Fredericksburg city	19,279	252	1.3
Galax city	6,837	167	2.5
Hampton city	146,437	12,644	9.5
Harrisonburg city	40,468	9,761	31.8
Hopewell city	22,354	-747	-3.2
Lexington city	6,867	-92	-1.3
Lynchburg city	65,269	-780	-1.2
Manassas city	35,135	7,178	25.7
Manassas Park city	10,290	3,556	52.8
Martinsville city	15,416	-746	-4.6
Newport News city	180,150	10,105	5.9
Norfolk city	234,403	-26,826	-10.3
Norton city	3,904	-343	-8.1
Petersburg city	33,740	-4,646	-12.1
Poquoson city	11,566	561	5.1
Portsmouth city	100,565	-3,342	-3.2
Radford city	15,859	-81	-0.5
Richmond city	197,790	-5,266	-2.6
Roanoke city	94,911	-1,486	-1.5
Salem city	24,747	991	4.2
Staunton city	23,853	-608	-2.5
Suffolk city	63,677	11,536	22.1
Virginia Beach city	425,257	32,188	8.2
Waynesboro city	19,520	971	5.2
Williamsburg city	11,998	468	4.1
Winchester city	23,585	1,638	7.5

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census

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