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Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area Demographics

Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area is the 316th most populous of 935 metro areas in the United States, with 135,571 residents across 867 square miles. That is about 156 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 135,571
Land area 867 sq mi
Density 156 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

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Counties in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area area

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
County Rockingham 83,757 849.1 99
city Harrisonburg 51,814 17.4 2,975

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