Virginia · Census place 5157000
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk is a city in Norfolk city, Virginia with an estimated 231,105 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 4th largest of 137 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 231,105
- #4 of 137 in Virginia
- Change since 2020
- -2.8%
- -6,708 people
- Land area
- 53.3 sq mi
- + 43.13 sq mi water
- Density
- 4,338 / sq mi
- State median 1,784
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Norfolk population, 2020 to 2024
Norfolk lost 6,708 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.8%. In the latest year it moved by -273. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 56th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Norfolk is 14.0 times that size.
Norfolk covers 53.28 square miles of land and 43.13 of water, for 4,338 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Norfolk is denser than the typical town.
What county Norfolk is in
All of Norfolk's residents live in Norfolk city, which had 231,105 residents in 2024. Norfolk 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 Norfolk
14 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Norfolk by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 23502, 23503, 23504, 23505, 23507, 23508, 23509, 23510, 23511, 23513, 23517, 23518, 23523, 23551. 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 Norfolk is
The Census internal point of Norfolk is at 36.923000, -76.244600. Richmond, the capital, is 78.1 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Virginia Beach, VA (454,808 people), 15.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Hampton, VA, 9.1 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 6 m (20 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.923000, -76.244600
- DMS
- 36°55'22.80"N 76°14'40.56"W
- UTM
- 18N 389146.4E 4087053.9N
- Geohash
- dq9f118kh
- Plus code
- 8785WQF4+65
- Time zone
- America/New_York
Daylight in Norfolk
At 36.92° N, Norfolk gets about 14 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 04 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 Norfolk daylight page.
Places near Norfolk
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Portsmouth, 7.6 miles away, with 96,482 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Norfolk, VA?
231,105 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 6,708 (2.8%) from 237,813 in July 2020.
What county is Norfolk in?
Norfolk city. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Norfolk?
14 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 23502, 23503, 23504, 23505, 23507, 23508, 23509, 23510, 23511, 23513, 23517, 23518, and more.
How far is Norfolk from Richmond?
78.1 miles (125.6 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Norfolk.
What is the nearest larger city to Norfolk?
Virginia Beach, VA, with 454,808 residents, 15.5 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
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