2022 population: 153,534 ( 8,674 from 2010 , 845 from 2020)
Land area: 2040.5 square miles
Population density: 75.2 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	122,232	79.61%	1.4%
Black:	6,484	4.22%	49.1%
Indian:	267	0.17%	46.7%
Asian:	3,329	2.17%	47.2%
2+ races:	2,826	1.84%	43.2%
Hispanic:	18,396	11.98%	54.2%

Total non-White:	31,302	20.39%	50.1%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	3,740	12.2
Deaths:	3,674	12.0
Net Migration:	-285	-0.9
Net Immigration:	1,007	3.3

Change in White population:	-1,770	-1.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	10,444	7.2

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
144,860
124,002	85.60%
4,348	3.00%
182	0.13%
2,262	1.56%
1,974	1.36%
11,932	8.24%
20,858	14.40%

2000
127,688
115,266	90.27%
3,377	2.64%
184	0.14%
1,485	1.16%
1,343	1.05%
5,936	4.65%
12,422	9.73%

1990
106,671
101,563	95.21%
3,079	2.89%
137	0.13%
729	0.68%
n/a
1,163	1.09%
5,108	4.79%

1980
94,829
91,830	96.84%
1,826	1.93%
96	0.10%
341	0.36%
n/a
698	0.74%
2,999	3.16%

1970
78,133
75,441	96.55%
2,295	2.94%
29	0.04%
112	0.14%
n/a
222	0.28%
2,692	3.45%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
14,892	11.7
9,885	7.7
2,451	1.9
3,982	3.1

8,736	6.8
8,436	6.6

Number	Rate
1990's
14,215	13.3
9,835	9.2
4,458	4.2
1,427	1.3

13,703	12.8
7,314	6.9

Number	Rate
1980's
12,667	13.4
8,164	8.6
-273	-0.3
n/a

9,733	10.3
2,109	2.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
11,145	14.3
n/a

16,389	21.0
307	0.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Harrisonburg, VA-WV Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
39.2
52,342	34.1%
101,192	65.9%
49,259	32.1%

101,666
2.48

64,771	63.7%
48,797	75.3%
5,727	8.8%
36,895	36.3%

2010
Number	Percent
35.1
29,440	20.3%
115,420	79.7%
19,867	13.7%

53,391
2.54

34,248	64.1%
26,951	78.7%
2,737	8.0%
19,143	35.9%

2000
Number	Percent
33.5
27,170	21.3%
100,518	78.7%
16,350	12.8%

46,480
2.55

31,250	67.2%
25,442	81.4%
2,102	6.7%
15,230	32.8%

1990
Number	Percent
31.7
23,504	22.0%
83,167	78.0%
13,744	12.9%

38,122
2.59

27,166	71.3%
23,140	85.2%
1,509	5.6%
10,956	28.7%

1980
Number	Percent
29.0
23,797	25.1%
71,032	74.9%
10,444	11.0%

31,371
2.80

24,214	77.2%
20,937	86.5%
1,184	4.9%
7,157	22.8%

2022 Housing Data for Harrisonburg, VA-WV Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	4,841	4.8%
$10,000 to $14,999	3,923	3.9%
$15,000 to $19,999	3,482	3.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	4,253	4.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	5,043	5.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	3,789	3.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	4,148	4.1%
$40,000 to $44,999	4,526	4.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	4,268	4.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	8,031	7.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	10,307	10.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	14,385	14.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	11,147	11.0%
$125,000 to $149,999	6,798	6.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	7,006	6.9%
$200,000 or more	5,719	5.6%

Median Household Income	67,316
Per Capita Income	33,664

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	85

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	3,631	3.6%
Public Assistance	2,299	2.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	9,298	9.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	110,281	70.6%
Unemployed	4,714	3.0%
In Armed Forces	306	0.2%

Total Labor Force	115,301	73.8%
Not in Labor Force	40,849	26.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		29.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	46,657	38,967	54.5%
Non-Profit	3,667	6,976	34.5%
Self-Employed	7,660	3,959	65.9%

Local Government	4,039	6,451	38.5%
State Government	3,845	5,285	42.1%
Federal Government	973	1,074	47.5%

Total Private + Self	54,317	42,926	55.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	12,524	19,786	38.8%
Total	66,841	62,712	51.6%

Pct. Govt.	16.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	16,559	12.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	25,416	19.6%
Professional, Technical	29,012	22.3%
Service Occupations	23,267	17.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,500	1.2%
All others	35,608	27.4%

White Collar		54.7%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	17,612	712.7%
Health care and social assistance	17,543	710.0%
Retail trade	15,762	637.9%
Educational services	15,586	630.8%
Accommodation and food services	9,697	392.4%
Construction	9,200	372.3%
Other services	7,243	293.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	6,357	257.3%
Transportation and warehousing	5,688	230.2%
Public administration	4,815	194.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	3,857	156.1%
Wholesale trade	3,408	137.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	3,320	134.4%
Finance and insurance	3,257	131.8%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	2,425	98.1%
Information	1,501	60.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,498	60.6%
Utilities	704	28.5%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	287	11.6%
Management	102	4.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	8,706	3.26%
Puerto Rican	3,619	1.35%
Cuban	853	0.32%
Dominican	1,043	0.39%

Total Central American	5,853	2.19%
Costa Rican	5	0.00%
Guatemalan	679	0.25%
Honduran	2,662	1.00%
Nicaraguan	55	0.02%
Panamanian	50	0.02%
Salvadoran	2,402	0.90%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,612	0.60%
Argentinean	130	0.05%
Bolivian	102	0.04%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	399	0.15%
Ecuadorian	104	0.04%
Paraguayan	7	0.00%
Peruvian	146	0.05%
Uruguayan	266	0.10%
Venezuelan	458	0.17%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,429	0.53%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	748	0.28%
Indian	474	0.18%
Chinese	449	0.17%
Filipino	414	0.15%
Korean	373	0.14%
Japanese	253	0.09%
Laotian	142	0.05%
Bangladeshi	116	0.04%
Burmese	95	0.04%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	226,126	89.2%
Spanish	17,540	6.9%
Other Indo-European	2,002	0.8%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	1,579	0.6%
Other	1,278	0.5%
Arabic	1,100	0.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	961	0.4%
Other Asian	780	0.3%
Vietnamese	726	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	47,568	17.8%
English	30,916	11.6%
Irish	23,755	8.9%
American	19,949	7.5%
Italian	8,732	3.3%
European	6,161	2.3%
Scotch-Irish	5,956	2.2%
Scottish	5,498	2.1%
Swiss	4,211	1.6%
French	3,629	1.4%
Polish	3,413	1.3%
Dutch	2,681	1.0%
Welsh	1,831	0.7%
Swedish	1,701	0.6%
British	1,628	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	256,436	96.0%
Not a citizen	10,764	4.0%

Native	249,076	93.2%
Foreign-born	18,124	6.8%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
8,882	4.9%	12,586	7.0%	63,979	35.6%	43,739	24.4%	30,591	17.0%	19,849	11.1%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	8,882	4.9%
9-12 Years	12,586	7.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	63,979	35.6%
Some College	43,739	24.4%
Bach. Degree	30,591	17.0%
Grad Degree	19,849	11.1%
Average years of education: 13.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	101,763	96,895	4,868	4.8%
1991	104,103	98,092	6,011	5.8%
1992	106,441	100,693	5,748	5.4%
1993	106,685	102,189	4,496	4.2%
1994	107,454	103,179	4,275	4.0%
1995	109,039	104,557	4,482	4.1%
1996	108,212	104,603	3,609	3.3%
1997	109,893	107,195	2,698	2.5%
1998	110,480	108,471	2,009	1.8%
1999	113,166	111,038	2,128	1.9%

2000	115,115	112,594	2,521	2.2%
2001	117,062	113,687	3,375	2.9%
2002	119,028	114,441	4,587	3.9%
2003	121,325	116,725	4,600	3.8%
2004	120,870	116,483	4,387	3.6%
2005	122,465	118,138	4,327	3.5%
2006	125,529	121,794	3,735	3.0%
2007	126,997	123,190	3,807	3.0%
2008	128,959	123,652	5,307	4.1%
2009	129,872	121,128	8,744	6.7%

2010	126,521	116,845	9,676	7.6%
2011	128,167	119,556	8,611	6.7%
2012	127,359	119,580	7,779	6.1%
2013	127,149	120,202	6,947	5.5%
2014	127,499	121,172	6,327	5.0%
2015	126,566	121,043	5,523	4.4%
2016	127,451	122,554	4,897	3.8%
2017	128,574	123,956	4,618	3.6%
2018	129,123	125,386	3,737	2.9%
2019	132,210	128,820	3,390	2.6%

2020	129,487	122,640	6,847	5.3%
2021	129,513	125,124	4,389	3.4%
2022	133,133	129,422	3,711	2.8%
2023	136,950	133,194	3,756	2.7%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	113,304
Median Value	$254,400

Occupied	101,666	89.7%
Vacant	11,638	10.3%

Owned	67,881	66.8%
Rented	33,785	33.2%
Median Rent	$1,019

Single-Family Units	86,879	76.7%
Detached	77,232	68.2%
Attached	9,647	8.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	12,904	11.4%
Mobile Homes	6,948	6.1%

Harrisonburg, VA-WV Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Harrisonburg, VA-WV Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Harrisonburg, VA-WV Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Harrisonburg, VA-WV Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Harrisonburg, VA-WV Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Harrisonburg, VA-WV Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Harrisonburg, VA-WV Market Area