Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC Combined Statistical Area Demographics
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC Combined Statistical Area is the 36th most populous of 184 combined statistical areas in the United States, with 1,857,492 residents across 3,812 square miles. That is about 487 people per square mile.
At the 2020 census
| Population | 1,857,492 |
|---|---|
| Land area | 3,812 sq mi |
| Density | 487 / sq mi |
Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024
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Counties in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC Combined Statistical Area area
| Name | Population | Sq mi | Per sq mi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Beach city | 459,525 | 244.7 | 1,878 |
| Chesapeake city, VA | 249,387 | 338.5 | 737 |
| Norfolk city, VA | 237,981 | 53.3 | 4,467 |
| Newport News city | 186,204 | 69.0 | 2,699 |
| Hampton city, VA | 137,180 | 51.5 | 2,666 |
| city Portsmouth | 97,915 | 33.7 | 2,910 |
| Suffolk city | 94,324 | 399.2 | 236 |
| James City County, VA | 78,254 | 142.3 | 550 |
| County York | 70,045 | 104.8 | 668 |
| Pasquotank County | 40,568 | 226.9 | 179 |
| Gloucester County, VA | 38,711 | 217.8 | 178 |
| County Isle of Wight | 38,606 | 315.6 | 122 |
| Dare County, NC | 36,888 | 383.2 | 96 |
| County Currituck | 28,092 | 261.9 | 107 |
| Williamsburg city | 15,425 | 8.9 | 1,726 |
| Poquoson city, VA | 12,460 | 15.4 | 811 |
| Gates County | 10,478 | 340.6 | 31 |
| Camden County, NC | 10,355 | 240.3 | 43 |
| Mathews County, VA | 8,533 | 85.9 | 99 |
| Surry County, VA | 6,561 | 278.9 | 24 |
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About this page
This page shows demographics for a US combined statistical area from the 2020 census and the American Community Survey: population, land area, density, and how the region compares to national averages.
Combined areas are built from whole counties, listed below. Statistics aggregate the member counties' census tracts.