Virginia Population 2024

March 2, 2024 by Babji

Virginia population in 2024 is estimated to be 8.71 million and 12th populous state in the US, and its gaining population and increased by 78,505 people since from 2020 census. 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. Richmond city is the state capital, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Newport News, Alexandria, Hampton 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. Virginia Zip code starts with two. Jamestown is the first of the original 13 Colonies was founded for the purpose of silk cultivation. Franklin, Roanoke, Portsmouth, Suffolk and Fredericksburg are the top most dangerous cities in Virginia.

Contents
Population by Race
Top Cities of Virginia
Population Pyramid
Languages
Education
Disablity
Counties of Virginia

VA population is projected to 8.5 million in 2019 and it is same in 2018 as per US census estimates. According to U.S. 2020 Census Results, VA population in 2020 is 8,631,393. Virginia population in 2023 is estimated to be 8.7 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 8.67 million, and in 2021 is estimated to be 8.67 million.

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	8,631,393	census updated July 1, 2020
2021*	8,642,274	0.13
2022*	8,662,151	0.23
2023*	8,716,723	0.63

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018, last census by July 1, 2020

Virginia Population by Race

According to 2017 demographics estimates population of Virginia by race are:

White Population

White population in Virginia are 5,720,209, percentage wise 68.37 percent are whites. Whites, also called White Americans or European American, having origins in the original peoples of Europe (numbers include hispanic whites).

Black Population

Black population in Virginia are 1,605,447, percentage wise 19.19 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Virginia, 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 Virginia are 520,119, percentage wise 6.22 percent are asians, out of these 131,199 are Asian Indians, 75,301 are Chinese, 72,676 are Filipinos, 12,147 are Japanese, 72,115 are Korean, 59,838 are Vietnamese and 96,843 are other Asian nationals.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in Virginia are 749,458. Percentage wise 8.96 percent are hispanics, out of these 172,816 are Mexican people, 96,604 are Puerto Ricans, 20,143 are Cubans, and 459,895 are other Hispanic or Latinos. Hispanics may be of any race, included in applicable race categories.

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.

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
11	Lynchburg	82,126
12	Harrisonburg	54,033
13	Leesburg town	53,917

Population Pyramid

Source: 2021 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Virginia Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, The sex ratio of Virginia is 968, Population of Virginia by age is 8,365,952, out of these 4,113,988 are male, 4,251,964 are female. The Virginia population by age are, under 15 years is 1,551,624, 15 years and over is 6,814,328, 30 years and over is 5,095,337, 65 years and over is 1,187,867 and 85 years and over is 140,714. 49.18 percent are male, 50.82 percent are female, 18.55 percent are under 15 years old, 81.45 percent are 15 years and over, 60.91 percent are 30 years and over, 14.20 percent are 65 years and over, 1.68 percent are 85 years and over.

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)

Virginia Education

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

Population 18 to 24 years		818,913	422,090	396,823
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	84,410	48,712	35,698
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	251,402	143,165	108,237
	Some college or associates degree	380,219	186,124	194,095
	Bachelors degree or higher	102,882	44,089	58,793
Population 25 years and over		5,680,765	2,739,304	2,941,461
	Less than 9th grade	254,900	131,801	123,099
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	369,037	191,619	177,418
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	1,378,738	688,627	690,111
	Some college, no degree	1,117,556	521,958	595,598
	Associates degree	427,037	175,732	251,305
	Bachelors degree	1,220,919	569,614	651,305
	Graduate or professional degree	912,578	459,953	452,625

White		3,751,863	1,822,589	1,929,274
	High school graduate or higher	3,450,947	1,662,318	1,788,629
	Bachelors degree or higher	1,533,492	754,778	778,714
Black or African		1,044,114	485,909	558,205
	High school graduate or higher	886,144	405,768	480,376
	Bachelors degree or higher	243,159	101,821	141,338
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		15,966	7,946	8,020
	High school graduate or higher	13,668	6,545	7,123
	Bachelors degree or higher	4,020	1,846	2,174
Asian		360,570	163,484	197,086
	High school graduate or higher	322,676	150,454	172,222
	Bachelors degree or higher	214,460	104,962	109,498
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		3,484	1,514	1,970
	High school graduate or higher	3,154	1,382	1,772
	Bachelors degree or higher	984	553	431
Hispanic or Latino Origin		420,490	217,379	203,111
	High school graduate or higher	301,496	151,513	149,983
	Bachelors degree or higher	99,955	48,124	51,831

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

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

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	936,175
Male	448,755
Female	487,420
	-
White	664,658
Black or African American	204,791
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	3,694
Asian	29,936
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	545
Some other race	8,995
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	256,905
With a vision difficulty	169,382
With a cognitive difficulty	345,793
With an ambulatory difficulty	481,407
With a self-care difficulty	183,267
With an independent living difficulty	325,645

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