Virginia · 137 places

Cities and towns in Virginia

Short answer

Virginia has 137 incorporated places of 1,000 or more people, home to 3,098,715 residents in 2024. Virginia Beach is the largest with 454,808.
Places 1,000+
137
5,000+
63
Share of state
35%

Where the places are

Each dot is a place of 1,000+, sized by population. The median place of 5,000+ is Vienna with 16,562 people, and the smallest in that group is Richlands with 5,074. 39 of the 63 places of 5,000+ grew between July 2020 and July 2024. 3 places cross a county line.

Largest places in Virginia

  1. 01Virginia Beach454,808
  2. 02Chesapeake254,997
  3. 03Richmond233,655
  4. 04Norfolk231,105
  5. 05Newport News183,056
  6. 06Alexandria159,102
  7. 07Hampton137,596
  8. 08Suffolk103,105
  9. 09Roanoke97,912
  10. 10Portsmouth96,482
  11. 11Lynchburg80,301
  12. 12Harrisonburg51,164
  13. 13Leesburg49,831
  14. 14Blacksburg45,452
  15. 15Charlottesville44,767
  16. 16Manassas43,616
  17. 17Danville41,993
  18. 18Petersburg34,058
  19. 19Fredericksburg29,992
  20. 20Winchester27,800
July 1, 2024 estimates, Census Vintage 2024.

Fastest growth among places of 5,000+: Fairfax (+8.9%), Suffolk (+8.8%), Radford (+7.2%). Largest decline: Bristol (-5.7%).

All 137 places, A to Z

Places under 5,000 people have short profile pages that search engines do not index. Figures are July 1, 2024 estimates.

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Questions people ask

How many cities and towns are in Virginia?

The Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates list 137 incorporated places of 1,000 or more people in Virginia, and 63 of 5,000 or more. Smaller towns and census-designated places are not counted here.

What is the largest city in Virginia?

Virginia Beach, with 454,808 residents on July 1, 2024.

Which Virginia town grew fastest since 2020?

Among places of 5,000+, Fairfax grew fastest from July 2020 to July 2024, +8.9%, to 26,340.

What share of Virginia lives in incorporated places?

35%: 3,098,715 of the state's 8,811,195 residents live in the 137 places listed. The rest live in smaller towns, census-designated places or unincorporated land.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.