Chesapeake, Virginia

Chesapeake population, 2020 to 2024

Chesapeake added 5,271 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +1,030. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 28th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Chesapeake is 15.4 times that size.

Chesapeake covers 338.46 square miles of land and 12.49 of water, for 753 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Chesapeake is less dense than the typical town.

What county Chesapeake is in

All of Chesapeake's residents live in Chesapeake city, which had 254,997 residents in 2024. Chesapeake holds 100.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Chesapeake

6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Chesapeake by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 23320, 23321, 23322, 23323, 23324, 23325. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Chesapeake is

The Census internal point of Chesapeake is at 36.679400, -76.301800. Richmond, the capital, is 86.1 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Virginia Beach, VA (454,808 people), 16.6 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 4 m (13 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Chesapeake

At 36.68° N, Chesapeake gets about 14 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Chesapeake daylight page.

Places near Chesapeake

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Portsmouth, 12.8 miles away, with 96,482 people.