Facts
- Population
- 159,102 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -0.2 %
- Net migration
- -328 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.1 % (2025)
- State
- Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 159,463 (2020)
- Births
- 2,290 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 14.4
- Deaths
- 862 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 5.4
- Natural change, 2023
- 1,428
- International migration
- 2,294 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -2,622 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -2.1
- Postal code
- VA
- FIPS code
- 51510
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.1 % |
| 2024 | 2.4 % |
| 2023 | 2.2 % |
| 2022 | 2.2 % |
| 2021 | 3.8 % |
| 2020 | 6.2 % |
| 2019 | 2.1 % |
| 2018 | 2.3 % |
| 2017 | 2.8 % |
| 2016 | 2.9 % |
| 2015 | 3.2 % |
| 2014 | 3.7 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 159,102 |
| 2023 | 156,271 |
| 2022 | 155,235 |
| 2021 | 155,129 |
| 2020 | 159,144 |