Richmond Population 2024

Richmond is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Virginia, located 21.69 miles north of Petersburg, 44 miles west of Williamsburg, 66.10 miles southeast of Charlottesville, 79.24 miles northwest of Norfolk of Virginia State, 96.87 miles south of Washington, D.C., and 138.72 miles northeast of Raleigh, North Carolina. Richmond population in 2024 is estimated to be 231,498, covering city area of 62.57 square miles (160 sq km), ranks fourth largest city in Virginia and one-hundredth populous city in the United States. Richmond is the part of Greater Richmond Region, the Richmond metropolitan area or Central Virginia. Neighborhoods of Richmond city include Fawnbrook, Broad Rock, Cherry Gardens, Cullenwood, and Beaufont Hills on the south side, Azalea, Barton Heights, Bellevue, Chamberlayne, Ginter Park, Highland Park, and Rosedale are on the north side. Richmond ranks forty-second most dangerous cities in Virginia.

• Contents
• Population by Age
• Population by Race
• Nativity by Place of Birth

Below is the Richmond population by year:

Richmond Metropolitan

The Greater Richmond or Richmond Metropolitan is an urbanized region centered on the city of Richmond, The Richmond-Petersburg Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), the 45th largest Metropolitan in the United States. Greater Richmond having an estimated population of 1,291,900 in 2019.

Richmond Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, Total Richmond population is 110,575, out of these 55,451 are male, 55,124 are female, The sex ratio of Richmond is 101. The median age of the Richmond population is 36.5, Richmond population by age are, under 18 years is 26,098, 16 years and over is 86,778, 18 years and over is 84,477, 21 years and over is 80,869, 65 years and over is 17,045. 50.1% are male, 49.9% are female, Population of Richmond by age percent-wise is, 23.6% are under 18 years old, 78.5% are 16 years and over, 76.4% are 18 years and over, 73.1% are 21 years and over, 12.1% are 65 years and over. There are total 39,563 housing units, The voting population of Richmond are 63,578, out of these 31,471 are male voters, 32,107 are female voters, 49.5% are male, 50.5% are female. Richmond population in 2023 is estimated to be 230,750, population in 2022 is estimated to be 229,730, and in 2021 is estimated to be 226,603.

Richmond Population by Race

White Population

White population in Richmond, Virginia are 26,993, percentage wise 24.4 percent are whites.

Black Population

Black population in Richmond, Virginia are 20,178, percentage wise 18.2 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Richmond, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in Richmond are 14,236, percentage wise 12.9 percent are asians, out of these 270 are Asian Indians, 3,732 are Chinese, 2,980 are Filipinos, 379 are Japanese, 430 are Korean, 1,737 are Vietnamese and 4,708 are other Asian nationals.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in Richmond, Virginia are 53,138. Percentage wise 48.1 percent are hispanics, out of these 35,515 are Mexican people, 784 are Puerto Ricans, 2 are Cubans, and 16,837 are other Hispanic or Latinos.

Nativity by Place of Birth

According to 2019 estimates, Richmond native population is 71,461, out of these 53,622 born in the Virginia state and 14,551 born in other state in the United States. Foreign born or Population born outside the US are 39,114, out of these 15,919 are Naturalised US citizen, 241 are in Europe, 7,409 in Asia, 422 in Africa, 7,764 in Latin America and 46 in Northern America. Non-US Citizens, Total Foreigners living in Richmond are 23,195, out of these 382 are from Europe, 2,689 are from Asia, 951 from Africa, 19,173 are from Latin America and 0 are from Northern America.