Virginia

2024 population: 8,811,195 ( 179,807 from 2020)
Land area: 39481.9 square miles
Population density: 223.2 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	5,148,629	58.43%	1.2%
Black:	1,676,551	19.03%	1.7%
Indian:	23,396	0.27%	2.9%
Asian:	667,493	7.58%	11.0%
2+ races:	273,501	3.10%	13.0%
Hispanic:	1,021,625	11.59%	12.6%

Total non-White:	3,662,566	41.57%	7.0%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	401,496	11.6
Deaths:	347,678	10.1
Net Migration:	-34,497	-1.0
Net Immigration:	158,813	4.6

Change in White population:	-60,249	-0.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	240,056	2.8

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Total non-White:

2020
8,631,388
5,208,878	60.35%
1,649,308	19.11%
22,737	0.26%
601,259	6.97%
242,066	2.80%
907,140	10.51%
3,422,510	39.65%

2010
8,001,024
5,186,450	64.82%
1,523,704	19.04%
20,679	0.26%
441,359	5.52%
181,669	2.27%
631,825	7.90%
2,814,574	35.18%

2000
7,078,515
4,965,637	70.15%
1,376,378	19.44%
18,596	0.26%
262,657	3.71%
114,022	1.61%
329,540	4.66%
2,112,878	29.85%

1990
6,187,358
4,702,857	76.01%
1,154,970	18.67%
15,515	0.25%
158,663	2.56%
n/a
155,353	2.51%
1,484,501	23.99%

1980
5,346,818
4,185,342	78.28%
998,287	18.67%
5,496	0.10%
70,569	1.32%
n/a
79,722	1.49%
1,161,476	21.72%

1970
4,648,494
3,718,040	79.98%
856,305	18.42%
4,853	0.10%
15,901	0.34%
n/a
48,742	1.05%
930,454	20.02%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
941,699	11.8
598,377	7.5
-71,103	-0.9
261,541	3.3

22,428	0.3
607,936	7.6

Number	Rate
2000's
957,904	13.5
532,166	7.5
171,420	2.4
204,219	2.9

220,813	3.1
701,696	9.9

Number	Rate
1990's
943,991	15.3
521,569	8.4
120,548	1.9
164,334	2.7

262,780	4.2
628,377	10.2

Number	Rate
1980's
859,849	16.1
449,033	8.4
472,420	8.8
n/a

517,515	9.7
323,025	6.0

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
274,307	5.9
n/a

467,302	10.1
231,022	5.0

Age, Family & Household Data for Virginia

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2022
Number	Percent
38.7
1,876,826	21.3%
6,934,369	78.7%
1,381,006	15.7%

3,289,776
2.55

2,148,463	65.3%
1,624,155	75.6%
192,507	9.0%
1,141,313	34.7%

2010
Number	Percent
37.5
1,853,677	23.2%
6,147,347	76.8%
976,937	12.2%

3,056,058
2.54

2,047,188	67.0%
1,534,844	75.0%
206,015	10.1%
1,008,870	33.0%

2000
Number	Percent
35.8
1,735,824	24.5%
5,342,691	75.5%
790,567	11.2%

2,700,335
2.54

1,859,983	68.9%
1,449,217	77.9%
181,787	9.8%
840,352	31.1%

1990
Number	Percent
32.7
1,504,327	24.3%
4,683,031	75.7%
662,604	10.7%

2,294,722
2.61

1,642,735	71.6%
1,325,335	80.7%
133,401	8.1%
651,987	28.4%

1980
Number	Percent
29.9
1,473,959	27.6%
3,872,859	72.4%
503,459	9.4%

1,864,922
2.77

1,404,745	75.3%
1,160,325	82.6%
113,959	8.1%
460,177	24.7%

2022 Housing Data for Virginia

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	138,113	4.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	97,645	3.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	92,826	2.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	99,444	3.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	104,685	3.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	102,612	3.1%
$35,000 to $39,999	100,245	3.0%
$40,000 to $44,999	102,960	3.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	104,737	3.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	209,746	6.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	283,314	8.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	404,048	12.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	336,803	10.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	257,317	7.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	343,678	10.4%
$200,000 or more	511,603	15.6%

Median Household Income	87,249
Per Capita Income	47,210

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	99

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	137,175	4.2%
Public Assistance	72,663	2.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	301,781	9.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	3,558,298	71.1%
Unemployed	167,502	3.3%
In Armed Forces	108,824	2.2%

Total Labor Force	3,834,624	76.6%
Not in Labor Force	1,171,956	23.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		26.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	1,458,446	1,203,671	54.8%
Non-Profit	127,247	228,179	35.8%
Self-Employed	214,629	145,274	59.6%

Local Government	122,546	215,898	36.2%
State Government	76,718	100,955	43.2%
Federal Government	205,211	139,287	59.6%

Total Private + Self	1,673,075	1,348,945	55.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	531,722	684,319	43.7%
Total	2,204,797	2,033,264	52.0%

Pct. Govt.	20.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	827,737	19.5%
Sales and Office Occupations	799,329	18.8%
Professional, Technical	1,172,215	27.6%
Service Occupations	670,831	15.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	13,963	0.3%
All others	775,473	18.3%

White Collar		65.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	521,902	12.3%
Professional, scientific, technical	517,854	12.2%
Retail trade	421,389	9.9%
Educational services	415,509	9.8%
Public administration	378,200	8.9%
Manufacturing	300,068	7.1%
Construction	276,717	6.5%
Accommodation and food services	273,456	6.4%
Other services	220,116	5.2%
Finance and insurance	194,805	4.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	175,632	4.1%
Transportation and warehousing	169,861	4.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	78,862	1.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	78,561	1.9%
Information	76,774	1.8%
Wholesale trade	73,025	1.7%
Utilities	32,049	0.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	29,128	0.7%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	7,149	0.2%
Management	4,528	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	192,620	2.23%
Puerto Rican	110,906	1.29%
Cuban	22,918	0.27%
Dominican	17,059	0.20%

Total Central American	309,533	3.59%
Costa Rican	3,734	0.04%
Guatemalan	57,984	0.67%
Honduran	50,866	0.59%
Nicaraguan	11,860	0.14%
Panamanian	10,184	0.12%
Salvadoran	173,894	2.02%
Other Central American	1,011	0.01%

Total South American	139,659	1.62%
Argentinean	7,629	0.09%
Bolivian	37,877	0.44%
Chilean	6,177	0.07%
Colombian	23,709	0.27%
Ecuadorian	9,508	0.11%
Paraguayan	1,517	0.02%
Peruvian	40,463	0.47%
Uruguayan	1,778	0.02%
Venezuelan	9,845	0.11%
Other South American	1,156	0.01%

Other Hispanic	72,320	0.84%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	157,151	1.82%
Filipino	77,731	0.90%
Chinese	73,940	0.86%
Korean	73,750	0.86%
Vietnamese	65,131	0.76%
Bangladeshi	10,927	0.13%
Japanese	10,654	0.12%
Thai	8,365	0.10%
Cambodian	7,334	0.09%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	6,775,305	83.3%
Spanish	605,710	7.4%
Other Indo-European	199,204	2.5%
Other Asian	93,708	1.2%
Other	83,691	1.0%
Arabic	59,293	0.7%
Chinese	58,872	0.7%
Korean	56,747	0.7%
Vietnamese	52,098	0.6%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	934,743	10.8%
German	873,537	10.1%
Irish	779,464	9.0%
American	776,887	9.0%
Italian	334,275	3.9%
European	173,853	2.0%
Scottish	159,249	1.8%
Polish	152,752	1.8%
French	133,645	1.5%
Scotch-Irish	110,245	1.3%
African	99,286	1.2%
British	64,965	0.8%
Dutch	59,197	0.7%
Welsh	55,339	0.6%
Swedish	53,458	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	8,145,352	94.4%
Not a citizen	479,159	5.6%

Native	7,534,906	87.4%
Foreign-born	1,089,605	12.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
212,554	3.6%	313,263	5.3%	1,411,884	23.9%	1,556,619	26.3%	1,366,160	23.1%	1,058,662	17.9%
Average years of education: 14.0

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	212,554	3.6%
9-12 Years	313,263	5.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,411,884	23.9%
Some College	1,556,619	26.3%
Bach. Degree	1,366,160	23.1%
Grad Degree	1,058,662	17.9%
Average years of education: 14.0

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	3,233,675	3,091,038	142,637	4.4%
1991	3,320,515	3,128,391	192,124	5.8%
1992	3,376,941	3,168,140	208,801	6.2%
1993	3,370,315	3,195,936	174,379	5.2%
1994	3,415,062	3,250,206	164,856	4.8%
1995	3,447,173	3,293,866	153,307	4.4%
1996	3,438,850	3,289,655	149,195	4.3%
1997	3,464,914	3,336,536	128,378	3.7%
1998	3,499,861	3,402,394	97,467	2.8%
1999	3,555,146	3,459,207	95,939	2.7%

2000	3,606,403	3,524,488	81,915	2.3%
2001	3,681,119	3,559,673	121,446	3.3%
2002	3,739,501	3,576,528	162,973	4.4%
2003	3,772,558	3,609,341	163,217	4.3%
2004	3,814,543	3,658,425	156,118	4.1%
2005	3,906,559	3,756,592	149,967	3.8%
2006	3,976,511	3,844,293	132,218	3.3%
2007	4,039,427	3,906,633	132,794	3.3%
2008	4,128,607	3,952,728	175,879	4.3%
2009	4,136,193	3,853,360	282,833	6.8%

2010	4,163,306	3,858,474	304,832	7.3%
2011	4,205,194	3,929,013	276,181	6.6%
2012	4,217,540	3,967,152	250,388	5.9%
2013	4,238,394	4,002,067	236,327	5.6%
2014	4,258,861	4,040,912	217,949	5.1%
2015	4,233,978	4,048,077	185,901	4.4%
2016	4,254,361	4,084,833	169,528	4.0%
2017	4,333,563	4,174,451	159,112	3.7%
2018	4,361,385	4,232,977	128,408	2.9%
2019	4,427,360	4,308,634	118,726	2.7%

2020	4,346,658	4,075,246	271,412	6.2%
2021	4,331,304	4,162,563	168,741	3.9%
2022	4,435,865	4,308,809	127,056	2.9%
2023	4,555,208	4,424,158	131,050	2.9%
2024	4,585,889	4,454,619	131,270	2.9%

Migration Data for Virginia

Inflows From (2011-2022)
From State	Number of People
Maryland	280,723
North Carolina	245,536
Florida	220,978
California	177,652
Texas	154,454
New York	145,522
Pennsylvania	107,743
Georgia	100,773
District Of Columbia	88,303
New Jersey	73,907
Tennessee	69,947
South Carolina	69,930
Ohio	57,403
West Virginia	55,306
Illinois	51,156

Outflows To (2011-2022)
To State	Number of People
North Carolina	287,552
Maryland	276,494
Florida	272,964
Texas	187,567
California	177,539
Georgia	112,055
New York	106,512
Pennsylvania	98,857
South Carolina	87,231
District of Columbia	84,896
Tennessee	81,987
West Virginia	60,125
Ohio	60,006
Colorado	56,970
Washington	55,459

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	3,625,285
Median Value	$339,800

Occupied	3,289,776	90.7%
Vacant	335,509	9.3%

Owned	2,199,299	66.9%
Rented	1,090,477	33.1%
Median Rent	$1,440

Single-Family Units	2,630,901	72.6%
Detached	2,226,323	61.4%
Attached	404,578	11.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	669,525	18.5%
Mobile Homes	162,809	4.5%

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Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Virginia

2022 Housing Data for Virginia

2022 Income & Employment Data for Virginia

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Virginia

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Virginia

Historical Labor Force Data for Virginia

Migration Data for Virginia

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