Facts
- Population
- 497,003 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 3.1 %
- Net migration
- 79 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.2 % (2025)
- State
- Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 482,209 (2020)
- Births
- 6,332 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.7
- Deaths
- 2,411 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 4.9
- Natural change, 2023
- 3,921
- International migration
- 4,228 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -4,149 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 0.2
- Postal code
- VA
- FIPS code
- 51153
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.2 % |
| 2024 | 2.7 % |
| 2023 | 2.5 % |
| 2022 | 2.5 % |
| 2021 | 3.8 % |
| 2020 | 6.6 % |
| 2019 | 2.4 % |
| 2018 | 2.7 % |
| 2017 | 3.3 % |
| 2016 | 3.5 % |
| 2015 | 4.1 % |
| 2014 | 4.7 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 497,003 |
| 2023 | 491,578 |
| 2022 | 487,523 |
| 2021 | 485,433 |
| 2020 | 482,863 |