Facts
- Population
- 254,997 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 2.3 %
- Net migration
- 709 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.3 % (2025)
- State
- Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 249,302 (2020)
- Births
- 2,861 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.2
- Deaths
- 2,041 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.0
- Natural change, 2023
- 820
- International migration
- 498 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 211 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 2.8
- Postal code
- VA
- FIPS code
- 51550
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.3 % |
| 2024 | 2.9 % |
| 2023 | 2.8 % |
| 2022 | 2.8 % |
| 2021 | 3.9 % |
| 2020 | 6.5 % |
| 2019 | 2.9 % |
| 2018 | 3.1 % |
| 2017 | 3.8 % |
| 2016 | 4.3 % |
| 2015 | 4.5 % |
| 2014 | 5.1 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 254,997 |
| 2023 | 253,967 |
| 2022 | 252,493 |
| 2021 | 251,732 |
| 2020 | 249,726 |