Facts
- Population
- 454,808 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -1.0 %
- Net migration
- -2,453 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.2 % (2025)
- State
- Virginia
- Population base, April 2020
- 459,444 (2020)
- Births
- 5,084 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.2
- Deaths
- 3,720 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.2
- Natural change, 2023
- 1,364
- International migration
- 1,404 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -3,857 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -5.4
- Postal code
- VA
- FIPS code
- 51810
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.2 % |
| 2024 | 2.8 % |
| 2023 | 2.7 % |
| 2022 | 2.7 % |
| 2021 | 3.7 % |
| 2020 | 6.5 % |
| 2019 | 2.7 % |
| 2018 | 2.9 % |
| 2017 | 3.5 % |
| 2016 | 4.0 % |
| 2015 | 4.2 % |
| 2014 | 4.8 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 454,808 |
| 2023 | 453,779 |
| 2022 | 454,886 |
| 2021 | 458,599 |
| 2020 | 459,673 |