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Hopewell city, Virginia

An independent city in Virginia, ranked 75 of 133 by population.

Independent cityFIPS 51670

Within Virginia
Hopewell city, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Hopewell city, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
23,261
+249 (+1.1%) since 2020
Land area
10.4
square miles. A further 4.4% of the total area is water
Population density
2,247
people per square mile, computed rather than published
Seat
Hopewell city
Hopewell city is its own seat.
Established
1914
111 years ago
Largest city
Hopewell city
Population 23,261.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Hopewell city with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Hopewell city, Virginia from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 718 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Hopewell city ranks

Position among the 133 counties and independent cities of Virginia, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn VirginiaNationally
Population23,26175th of 1331,680th of 3,144
Land area10.4 sq mi117th of 1333,128th of 3,144
Population density2,247 per sq mi20th of 13363rd of 3,144
Median household income$54,729109th of 1332,490th of 3,143

Full data for Hopewell city

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population23,261Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202023,012Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?23,031Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area10.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.47 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area10.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?2,247 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$54,729American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$181,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households9,255American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,448American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-18
323 births, 341 deaths
Net migration
+216
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 2 areas bordering Hopewell city

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Prince George CountyVirginia16 mi43,936
Chesterfield CountyVirginia3.9 mi397,148

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 133 counties and independent cities of Virginia

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.