Facts
- Population
- 239,807 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 0.5 %
- Net migration
- -154 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 2.9 % (2025)
- State
- Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 238,646 (2020)
- Births
- 2,433 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.1
- Deaths
- 1,088 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 4.5
- Natural change, 2023
- 1,345
- International migration
- 2,865 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -3,019 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -0.6
- Postal code
- VA
- FIPS code
- 51013
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.9 % |
| 2024 | 2.2 % |
| 2023 | 2.1 % |
| 2022 | 2.0 % |
| 2021 | 3.1 % |
| 2020 | 4.7 % |
| 2019 | 1.9 % |
| 2018 | 2.0 % |
| 2017 | 2.5 % |
| 2016 | 2.6 % |
| 2015 | 2.8 % |
| 2014 | 3.2 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 239,807 |
| 2023 | 235,181 |
| 2022 | 233,976 |
| 2021 | 233,478 |
| 2020 | 238,829 |