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Suffolk city, Virginia

An independent city in Virginia, ranked 18 of 133 by population.

Independent cityFIPS 51800

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

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Population
104,699
+9,881 (+10.4%) since 2020
Land area
399.2
square miles. A further 6.9% of the total area is water
Population density
262
people per square mile, computed rather than published
Seat
Suffolk city
Suffolk city is its own seat.
Established
1742
283 years ago
Largest city
Suffolk city
Population 104,699.

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 Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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 715 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 Suffolk 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
Population104,69918th of 133601st of 3,144
Land area399.2 sq mi46th of 1332,530th of 3,144
Population density262 per sq mi49th of 133485th of 3,144
Median household income$92,66631st of 133258th of 3,143

Full data for Suffolk city

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population104,699Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202094,818Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?94,431Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area399.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area29.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area428.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?262 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$92,666American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$347,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households37,908American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units40,499American 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
+203
1,126 births, 923 deaths
Net migration
+1,496
More people moved in than moved out.

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

The 7 areas bordering Suffolk 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
Isle of Wight CountyVirginia34 mi41,321
Chesapeake cityVirginia22 mi255,332
Gates CountyNorth Carolina21 mi10,234
Southampton CountyVirginia9.5 mi18,110
Portsmouth cityVirginia5.3 mi96,777
Camden CountyNorth Carolina2.8 mi11,315
Newport News cityVirginia2.7 mi183,230

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.