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Virginia Beach city, Virginia

An independent city in Virginia, ranked 3 of 133 by population.

Independent cityFIPS 51810

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

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Population
453,737
-5,889 (-1.3%) since 2020
Land area
244.7
square miles. A further 50.8% of the total area is water
Population density
1,854
people per square mile, computed rather than published
Seat
Virginia Beach city
Virginia Beach city is its own seat.
Established
1906
119 years ago
Largest city
Virginia Beach city
Population 453,737.

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 Virginia Beach 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 Virginia Beach 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 626 by 800 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 Virginia Beach 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
Population453,7373rd of 133166th of 3,144
Land area244.7 sq mi80th of 1332,922nd of 3,144
Population density1,854 per sq mi21st of 13378th of 3,144
Median household income$92,96830th of 133253rd of 3,143

Full data for Virginia Beach city

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population453,737Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020459,626Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?459,417Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area244.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area252.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area497.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1,854 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$92,968American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$382,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households179,851American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units191,294American 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
+972
4,671 births, 3,699 deaths
Net migration
-1,009
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 5 areas bordering Virginia Beach 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
Chesapeake cityVirginia27 mi255,332
Norfolk cityVirginia20 mi231,013
Currituck CountyNorth Carolina18 mi33,158
Northampton CountyVirginia13 mi11,879
Hampton cityVirginiaa single point137,315

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.