Portsmouth, Virginia

Portsmouth population, 2020 to 2024

Portsmouth lost 1,515 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by -300. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 50th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Portsmouth is 5.8 times that size.

Portsmouth covers 33.30 square miles of land and 13.38 of water, for 2,897 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Portsmouth is denser than the typical town.

What county Portsmouth is in

All of Portsmouth's residents live in Portsmouth city, which had 96,482 residents in 2024. Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth

7 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Portsmouth by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 23701, 23702, 23703, 23704, 23707, 23708, 23709. 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 Portsmouth is

The Census internal point of Portsmouth is at 36.859300, -76.357000. Richmond, the capital, is 75.6 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Norfolk, VA (231,105 people), 7.6 miles away.

Daylight in Portsmouth

At 36.86° N, Portsmouth gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Portsmouth

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Norfolk, 7.6 miles away, with 231,105 people.