Hampton, Virginia

Hampton population, 2020 to 2024

Hampton added 314 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +439. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 37th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Hampton is 8.3 times that size.

Hampton covers 51.46 square miles of land and 84.81 of water, for 2,674 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Hampton is denser than the typical town.

What county Hampton is in

All of Hampton's residents live in Hampton city, which had 137,596 residents in 2024. Hampton 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 Hampton

11 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Hampton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 23605, 23651, 23661, 23663, 23664, 23665, 23666, 23667, 23668, 23669, 23681. 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 Hampton is

The Census internal point of Hampton is at 37.048000, -76.297300. Richmond, the capital, is 71.1 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Norfolk, VA (231,105 people), 9.1 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 2 m (7 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Hampton

At 37.05° N, Hampton gets about 14 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 37 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 06 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 Hampton daylight page.

Places near Hampton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Poquoson, 5.6 miles away, with 12,854 people.