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Roanoke, VA Metro Area Demographics

Roanoke, VA Metro Area is the 164th most populous of 935 metro areas in the United States, with 315,255 residents across 1,868 square miles. That is about 169 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 315,255
Land area 1,868 sq mi
Density 169 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

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Counties in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area area

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
city Roanoke 100,029 42.6 2,350
Roanoke County, VA 96,972 250.5 387
Franklin County 54,471 690.6 79
Botetourt County, VA 33,596 541.3 62
Salem city, VA 25,295 14.5 1,743
Craig County, VA 4,892 328.1 15

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