Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area Demographics
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area is the 38th most populous of 935 metro areas in the United States, with 1,780,036 residents across 3,202 square miles. That is about 556 people per square mile.
At the 2020 census
| Population | 1,780,036 |
|---|---|
| Land area | 3,202 sq mi |
| Density | 556 / sq mi |
Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024
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Counties in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area area
| Name | Population | Sq mi | Per sq mi |
|---|---|---|---|
| city Virginia Beach | 459,525 | 249.0 | 1,845 |
| Chesapeake city, VA | 249,387 | 338.5 | 737 |
| Norfolk city | 237,981 | 53.3 | 4,467 |
| city Newport News | 186,204 | 68.7 | 2,710 |
| Hampton city, VA | 137,180 | 51.5 | 2,666 |
| Portsmouth city | 97,915 | 33.3 | 2,940 |
| city Suffolk | 94,324 | 400.2 | 236 |
| James City County | 78,254 | 142.3 | 550 |
| County York | 70,045 | 104.8 | 668 |
| County Gloucester | 38,711 | 217.8 | 178 |
| County Isle of Wight | 38,606 | 315.6 | 122 |
| County Currituck | 28,092 | 261.9 | 107 |
| Williamsburg city | 15,425 | 8.9 | 1,726 |
| Poquoson city, VA | 12,460 | 15.4 | 811 |
| County Gates | 10,478 | 340.4 | 31 |
| County Camden | 10,355 | 240.6 | 43 |
| Mathews County, VA | 8,533 | 85.9 | 99 |
| Surry County, VA | 6,561 | 278.9 | 24 |
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This page shows demographics for a US metropolitan or micropolitan area from the 2020 census and the American Community Survey: population, land area, density, and how the area compares to national averages.
Metro areas are built from whole counties, listed below. Statistics aggregate the member counties' census tracts.