Facts
- Population
- 233,655 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 3.1 %
- Net migration
- 907 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.7 % (2025)
- State
- Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 226,525 (2020)
- Births
- 2,894 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.4
- Deaths
- 2,036 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.7
- Natural change, 2023
- 858
- International migration
- 1,729 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -822 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 3.9
- Postal code
- VA
- FIPS code
- 51760
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.7 % |
| 2024 | 3.3 % |
| 2023 | 3.1 % |
| 2022 | 3.0 % |
| 2021 | 4.9 % |
| 2020 | 8.6 % |
| 2019 | 3.0 % |
| 2018 | 3.3 % |
| 2017 | 3.9 % |
| 2016 | 4.3 % |
| 2015 | 5.1 % |
| 2014 | 6.0 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 233,655 |
| 2023 | 230,383 |
| 2022 | 228,670 |
| 2021 | 227,164 |
| 2020 | 226,923 |