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Hampton city, Virginia

An independent city in Virginia, ranked 15 of 133 by population.

Independent cityFIPS 51650

Within Virginia
Hampton city, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Hampton city, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
137,315
+36 (0%) since 2020
Land area
51.5
square miles. A further 62.2% of the total area is water
Population density
2,668
people per square mile, computed rather than published
Seat
Hampton city
Hampton city is its own seat.
Established
1610
415 years ago
Largest city
Hampton city
Population 137,315.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Hampton city with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Hampton city, Virginia from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 738 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Hampton city ranks

Position among the 133 counties and independent cities of Virginia, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn VirginiaNationally
Population137,31515th of 133488th of 3,144
Land area51.5 sq mi101st of 1333,104th of 3,144
Population density2,668 per sq mi16th of 13347th of 3,144
Median household income$69,62164th of 1331,227th of 3,143

Full data for Hampton city

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population137,315Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020137,279Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?137,160Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area51.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area84.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area136.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?2,668 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$69,621American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$245,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households58,057American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units62,588American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+34
1,444 births, 1,410 deaths
Net migration
-129
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Hampton city

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Poquoson cityVirginia17 mi13,292
Norfolk cityVirginia16 mi231,013
Newport News cityVirginia15 mi183,230
Northampton CountyVirginia5.3 mi11,879
York CountyVirginia5.3 mi71,374
Portsmouth cityVirginia3.9 mi96,777
Virginia Beach cityVirginiaa single point453,737

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 133 counties and independent cities of Virginia

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.