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Poquoson city, Virginia

An independent city in Virginia, ranked 105 of 133 by population.

Independent cityFIPS 51735

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

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Population
13,292
+820 (+6.6%) since 2020
Land area
15.4
square miles. A further 80.4% of the total area is water
Population density
866
people per square mile, computed rather than published
Seat
Poquoson city
Poquoson city is its own seat.
Established
1630
395 years ago
Largest city
Poquoson city
Population 13,292.

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 Poquoson 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 Poquoson 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 636 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 Poquoson 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
Population13,292105th of 1332,206th of 3,144
Land area15.4 sq mi110th of 1333,120th of 3,144
Population density866 per sq mi39th of 133180th of 3,144
Median household income$120,97210th of 13354th of 3,143

Full data for Poquoson city

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population13,292Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202012,472Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?12,455Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area15.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area63.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area78.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?866 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$120,972American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$400,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,728American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,971American 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
-8
111 births, 119 deaths
Net migration
+443
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 3 areas bordering Poquoson 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
York CountyVirginia21 mi71,374
Hampton cityVirginia17 mi137,315
Northampton CountyVirginia5.1 mi11,879

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.