Virginia Population

Virginia (U.S. state abbreviation is 'VA') is the south-eastern state of United States, borders North Carolina to the south, Maryland to the north, Atlantic Ocean to the east, West Virginia to the west. Its Area rank is 35th and area is 42,774 sq miles (110,785 sq km). Virginia is one of the oldest state it is estimated more than 2,500 habitants in 1630 at the time of European revolution. Virginia population in 2020 is estimated to be 8.6 million and 12th populous state in the US. Richmond city is the state capital, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake and Arlington are the other cities of this state. Virginia was named after Elizabeth I who ruled England from 1558 to 1603, People called her 'Virgin Queen', Since she never married in four decades. The Pentagon building, the defence headquarters of US is located in one of the Virginia's cities of Arlington.

Image Source: Virginia Beach Broadwalk

VA population is projected to 8.5 million in 2019 and it is same in 2018 as per US census estimates.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	8,023,680
2011	8,100,469	0.96
2012	8,185,229	1.05
2013	8,253,053	0.83
2014	8,312,076	0.72
2015	8,362,907	0.61
2016	8,410,946	0.57
2017	8,465,207	0.65
2018	8,517,685	0.62
2019*	8,576,457	0.69
2020*	8,632,674	0.66 *

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018

Virginia Population by Race & Groups

66.3% are White Americans, followed by 18.6% African Americans, 8.7% are Hispanic/Latino, 6% are Asians, Out of 520,119 Asian population of Virginia, 131,199 are Asian Indians, 75,301 are Chinese, 72,676 are Filipinos, 72,115 are Koreans, 12,147 are Japanese and 59,838 are Vietnamese. American Indian and Alaska Native are 22,499, 3,429 are Cherokee tribals, 392 are Chippewa tribal and 343 are Navajo and 444 are Sioux tribals. Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander are 5,469, out of these 1,436 are Native Hawaiian, 2,011 are Guamanian.Chamorro, 1,124 are Samoan. 749,458 are Hispanic/Latino, out of these 172,816 are Mexicans, 96,604 are Puerto Ricans, 20,143 are Cubans.

Total Population 8,365,952 Percent

White 5,720,209 68.37%

Black or African American 1,605,447 19.19%

American Indian and Alaska Native 22,499 0.269%

Cherokee tribal grouping 3,429 0.041%

Chippewa tribal grouping 392 0.005%

Navajo tribal grouping 343 0.004%

Sioux tribal grouping 444 0.005%

Asian Population 520,119 6.22%

Asian Indian 131,199 1.57%

Chinese 75,301 0.90%

Filipino 72,676 0.87%

Japanese 12,147 0.15%

Korean 72,115 0.86%

Vietnamese 59,838 0.72%

Other Asian Population 96,843

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 5,469 0.07%

Native Hawaiian 1,436 0.017%

Guamanian or Chamorro 2,011 0.024%

Samoan 1,124 0.013%

Other Pacific Islander 898

Some other race 200,265

Hispanic or Latino 749,458 8.96%

Mexican 172,816 2.07%

Puerto Rican 96,604 1.15%

Cuban 20,143 0.24%

Other Hispanic or Latino 459,895

Total Population	8,365,952	Percent
White	5,720,209	68.37%
Black or African American	1,605,447	19.19%
American Indian and Alaska Native	22,499	0.269%
Cherokee tribal grouping	3,429	0.041%
Chippewa tribal grouping	392	0.005%
Navajo tribal grouping	343	0.004%
Sioux tribal grouping	444	0.005%
Asian Population	520,119	6.22%
Asian Indian	131,199	1.57%
Chinese	75,301	0.90%
Filipino	72,676	0.87%
Japanese	12,147	0.15%
Korean	72,115	0.86%
Vietnamese	59,838	0.72%
Other Asian Population	96,843
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	5,469	0.07%
Native Hawaiian	1,436	0.017%
Guamanian or Chamorro	2,011	0.024%
Samoan	1,124	0.013%
Other Pacific Islander	898
Some other race	200,265
Hispanic or Latino	749,458	8.96%
Mexican	172,816	2.07%
Puerto Rican	96,604	1.15%
Cuban	20,143	0.24%
Other Hispanic or Latino	459,895

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of Virginia

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	Virginia Beach	450,189
2	Norfolk	244,076
3	Chesapeake	242,634
4	Richmond	228,783
5	Newport News	178,626
6	Alexandria	160,530
7	Hampton	134,313
8	Roanoke	99,920
9	Portsmouth	94,632
10	Suffolk	91,185

Population Pyramid

Source: 2017 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Languages spoken in VA

English is the Official language in Virginia, the people who speak their native langages at home are English by 84.2%, 6.9% speak Spanish.
3.7% Speak Asian Languages, out of these 26,218 speak Hindi, 10,085 speak Gujarati, 32,266 speak Urdu, 8,496 speak Punjabi, 14,121 speak Bengali, 17,355 speak Nepali/Marathi, 20,356 speak Telugu, 10,319 speak Tamil, 5,619 speak Malayalam/Kannada. Regarding East and Mid Asia 59,595 speak Chinese Mandarin/Cantonese, 10,269 speak Japanese, 56,852 speak Korean, 30,036 speak Hmong, 49,744 speak Vietnamese, 6,385 speak Khmer, 10,251 speak Thai/Lao/Tai-Kadai, Tagalog 45,823, Ilocano/Samoan/Hawaiian 5,230. Middle-east regional speakers are Arabic 50,869, Hebrew 1,585. African Region speakers are Amharic/Somali 37,476, Yoruba/Twi/Igbo 22,271, Swahili are 5,164, Navajo are 76.
People speaking european languages, 31,851 are French, 5,781 are French, 9,011 are Italian, 9,054 are Portuguese, 26,706 are German, 4,510 are Yiddish, Pennsylvaia Dutch, 6,023 are Greek, 17,400 are Russian, 3,540 are Polish, 5,192 speak Serbo-Croatian, 5,358 are Ukranian, 1045 are Armenian.

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	6,613,662	84.19
Spanish Language	544,455	6.93
European Language	279,634	3.56
Asian Languages	293,354	3.73
Other Languages	124,925	1.59

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

Education

Below is the table listed on different education levels of Virginia state.

Population 18 to 24 years		818913	422090	396823
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	84410	48712	35698
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	251402	143165	108237
	Some college or associates degree	380219	186124	194095
	Bachelors degree or higher	102882	44089	58793
Population 25 years and over		5680765	2739304	2941461
	Less than 9th grade	254900	131801	123099
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	369037	191619	177418
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	1378738	688627	690111
	Some college, no degree	1117556	521958	595598
	Associates degree	427037	175732	251305
	Bachelors degree	1220919	569614	651305
	Graduate or professional degree	912578	459953	452625

White		3751863	1822589	1929274
	High school graduate or higher	3450947	1662318	1788629
	Bachelors degree or higher	1533492	754778	778714
Black or African		1044114	485909	558205
	High school graduate or higher	886144	405768	480376
	Bachelors degree or higher	243159	101821	141338
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		15966	7946	8020
	High school graduate or higher	13668	6545	7123
	Bachelors degree or higher	4020	1846	2174
Asian		360570	163484	197086
	High school graduate or higher	322676	150454	172222
	Bachelors degree or higher	214460	104962	109498
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		3484	1514	1970
	High school graduate or higher	3154	1382	1772
	Bachelors degree or higher	984	553	431
Hispanic or Latino Origin		420490	217379	203111
	High school graduate or higher	301496	151513	149983
	Bachelors degree or higher	99955	48124	51831

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

Disabled population list of Virginia state as per the table below:

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	936175
Male	448755
Female	487420
	-
White	664658
Black or African American	204791
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	3694
Asian	29936
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	545
Some other race	8995
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	256905
With a vision difficulty	169382
With a cognitive difficulty	345793
With an ambulatory difficulty	481407
With a self-care difficulty	183267
With an independent living difficulty	325645

Counties of Virginia

Virginia state is divided into 95 Counties along with 41 cities. Fairfax is the largest county with 1,150,795, followed by Prince William County with 468,011 and Virginia Beach city with 450,189.

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Accomack County	32,566	32,412	-0.5	53	53
Albemarle County	107,788	108,718	0.9	16	16
Alleghany County	15,119	14,910	-1.4	97	97
Amelia County	12,965	13,013	0.4	105	104
Amherst County	31,863	31,666	-0.6	54	54
Appomattox County	15,701	15,841	0.9	94	93
Arlington County	235,121	237,521	1	9	9
Augusta County	75,082	75,457	0.5	28	28
Bath County	4,285	4,292	0.2	131	131
Bedford County	78,239	78,747	0.6	26	26
Bland County	6,351	6,293	-0.9	126	126
Botetourt County	33,236	33,277	0.1	52	52
Brunswick County	16,616	16,384	-1.4	92	92
Buchanan County	21,500	21,221	-1.3	80	80
Buckingham County	17,027	16,999	-0.2	87	88
Campbell County	55,086	54,973	-0.2	33	33
Caroline County	30,433	30,772	1.1	58	56
Carroll County	29,747	29,636	-0.4	59	59
Charles City County	7,000	6,941	-0.8	122	123
Charlotte County	12,082	11,938	-1.2	108	109
Chesterfield County	343,163	348,556	1.6	5	5
Clarke County	14,449	14,523	0.5	102	101
Craig County	5,065	5,064	0	130	130
Culpeper County	51,267	51,859	1.2	36	36
Cumberland County	9,813	9,809	0	116	116
Dickenson County	14,721	14,523	-1.3	100	101
Dinwiddie County	28,459	28,529	0.2	63	63
Essex County	11,011	10,919	-0.8	113	113
Fairfax County	1,146,883	1,150,795	0.3	1	1
Fauquier County	69,528	70,675	1.6	29	29
Floyd County	15,785	15,795	0.1	93	94
Fluvanna County	26,417	26,783	1.4	66	65
Franklin County	56,326	56,195	-0.2	32	32
Frederick County	86,499	88,355	2.1	23	23
Giles County	16,771	16,844	0.4	88	90
Gloucester County	37,309	37,349	0.1	46	46
Goochland County	22,691	23,244	2.4	74	73
Grayson County	15,677	15,631	-0.3	95	95
Greene County	19,648	19,779	0.7	81	81
Greensville County	11,716	11,627	-0.8	111	111
Halifax County	34,532	34,120	-1.2	50	50
Hanover County	105,850	107,239	1.3	17	17
Henrico County	327,148	329,261	0.6	6	6
Henry County	51,250	50,953	-0.6	37	37
Highland County	2,217	2,210	-0.3	133	133
Isle of Wight County	36,571	36,953	1	47	47
James City County	75,459	76,397	1.2	27	27
King and Queen County	7,000	7,042	0.6	122	122
King George County	26,302	26,575	1	67	67
King William County	16,705	16,939	1.4	89	89
Lancaster County	10,779	10,783	0	114	114
Lee County	23,795	23,541	-1.1	71	72
Loudoun County	396,995	406,850	2.5	4	4
Louisa County	35,885	36,778	2.5	49	48
Lunenburg County	12,231	12,086	-1.2	107	108
Madison County	13,245	13,295	0.4	103	103
Mathews County	8,731	8,802	0.8	118	118
Mecklenburg County	30,712	30,650	-0.2	57	57
Middlesex County	10,643	10,769	1.2	115	115
Montgomery County	98,283	98,985	0.7	19	19
Nelson County	14,804	14,836	0.2	99	99
New Kent County	21,698	22,391	3.2	79	78
Northampton County	11,887	11,735	-1.3	110	110
Northumberland County	12,277	12,147	-1.1	106	107
Nottoway County	15,467	15,420	-0.3	96	96
Orange County	35,931	36,644	2	48	49
Page County	23,755	23,933	0.7	72	71
Patrick County	17,708	17,673	-0.2	84	85
Pittsylvania County	61,341	60,949	-0.6	31	31
Powhatan County	28,691	29,189	1.7	61	60
Prince Edward County	22,708	22,950	1.1	73	74
Prince George County	37,895	38,082	0.5	45	44
Prince William County	463,551	468,011	1	2	2
Pulaski County	34,194	34,066	-0.4	51	51
Rappahannock County	7,333	7,252	-1.1	120	120
Richmond County	8,925	9,038	1.3	117	117
Roanoke County	93,763	94,073	0.3	21	21
Rockbridge County	22,609	22,752	0.6	75	75
Rockingham County	80,313	81,244	1.2	25	25
Russell County	27,027	26,748	-1	65	66
Scott County	21,767	21,534	-1.1	78	79
Shenandoah County	43,271	43,497	0.5	39	39
Smyth County	30,722	30,472	-0.8	56	58
Southampton County	17,743	17,586	-0.9	82	86
Spotsylvania County	132,802	134,238	1.1	15	15
Stafford County	146,790	149,960	2.2	13	13
Surry County	6,522	6,474	-0.7	124	124
Sussex County	11,380	11,237	-1.3	112	112
Tazewell County	41,146	40,855	-0.7	41	41
Warren County	39,357	40,003	1.6	43	43
Washington County	54,415	54,402	0	34	34
Westmoreland County	17,736	17,830	0.5	83	84
Wise County	38,611	38,012	-1.6	44	45
Wythe County	28,872	28,754	-0.4	60	62
York County	67,878	67,846	0	30	30
Alexandria city	159,654	160,530	0.5	12	12
Bristol city	16,650	16,482	-1	91	91
Buena Vista city	6,313	6,237	-1.2	127	127
Charlottesville city	47,902	48,117	0.4	38	38
Chesapeake city	240,327	242,634	1	8	8
Colonial Heights city	17,676	17,833	0.9	85	83
Covington city	5,474	5,460	-0.3	128	128
Danville city	41,022	40,693	-0.8	42	42
Emporia city	5,292	5,121	-3.2	129	129
Fairfax city	24,162	24,574	1.7	70	70
Falls Church city	14,489	14,772	2	101	100
Franklin city	8,125	8,013	-1.4	119	119
Fredericksburg city	28,516	29,144	2.2	62	61
Galax city	6,487	6,423	-1	125	125
Hampton city	134,581	134,313	-0.2	14	14
Harrisonburg city	53,907	54,033	0.2	35	35
Hopewell city	22,554	22,596	0.2	76	77
Lexington city	7,082	7,136	0.8	121	121
Lynchburg city	81,065	82,126	1.3	24	24
Manassas city	41,501	41,641	0.3	40	40
Manassas Park city	16,686	17,307	3.7	90	87
Martinsville city	12,969	12,902	-0.5	104	105
Newport News city	179,398	178,626	-0.4	11	11
Norfolk city	244,922	244,076	-0.3	7	7
Norton city	3,892	3,968	2	132	132
Petersburg city	31,635	31,567	-0.2	55	55
Poquoson city	12,043	12,190	1.2	109	106
Portsmouth city	94,693	94,632	-0.1	20	20
Radford city	17,659	18,339	3.9	86	82
Richmond city	226,968	228,783	0.8	10	10
Roanoke city	99,436	99,920	0.5	18	18
Salem city	25,662	25,643	-0.1	68	68
Staunton city	24,566	24,922	1.4	69	69
Suffolk city	90,275	91,185	1	22	22
Virginia Beach city	449,962	450,189	0.1	3	3
Waynesboro city	22,336	22,628	1.3	77	76
Williamsburg city	14,889	14,896	0	98	98
Winchester city	28,210	28,108	-0.4	64	64