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Richmond city, Virginia

An independent city in Virginia, ranked 9 of 133 by population.

Independent cityFIPS 51760

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

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Population
237,257
+10,330 (+4.6%) since 2020
Land area
59.9
square miles. A further 4.2% of the total area is water
Population density
3,959
people per square mile, computed rather than published
Seat
Richmond city
Richmond city is its own seat.
Established
1607
418 years ago
Largest city
Richmond city
Population 237,257.

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 Richmond 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 Richmond 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 738 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 Richmond 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
Population237,2579th of 133307th of 3,144
Land area59.9 sq mi99th of 1333,100th of 3,144
Population density3,959 per sq mi9th of 13328th of 3,144
Median household income$64,58778th of 1331,665th of 3,143

Full data for Richmond city

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population237,257Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020226,927Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?226,522Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area59.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area62.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?3,959 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$64,587American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$353,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age34.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households104,321American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units114,293American 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
+797
2,805 births, 2,008 deaths
Net migration
+1,660
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 Richmond 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
Henrico CountyVirginia35 mi342,775
Chesterfield CountyVirginia18 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.