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Petersburg city, Virginia

An independent city in Virginia, ranked 53 of 133 by population.

Independent cityFIPS 51730

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

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Population
33,734
+336 (+1.0%) since 2020
Land area
22.7
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
1,485
people per square mile, computed rather than published
Seat
Petersburg city
Petersburg city is its own seat.
Established
1748
277 years ago
Largest city
Petersburg city
Population 33,734.

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 Petersburg 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 Petersburg 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 657 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 Petersburg 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
Population33,73453rd of 1331,351st of 3,144
Land area22.7 sq mi107th of 1333,116th of 3,144
Population density1,485 per sq mi28th of 133107th of 3,144
Median household income$50,698119th of 1332,734th of 3,143

Full data for Petersburg city

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population33,734Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202033,398Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?33,464Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area22.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.22 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area22.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1,485 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$50,698American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$189,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age35.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households15,138American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units18,075American 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
+72
652 births, 580 deaths
Net migration
-361
More people moved out than moved in.

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

The 4 areas bordering Petersburg 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 CountyVirginia12 mi43,936
Dinwiddie CountyVirginia7.9 mi28,896
Chesterfield CountyVirginia4.3 mi397,148
Colonial Heights cityVirginia0.8 mi18,738

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.