Virginia · Census place 5167000
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond is a city in Richmond city, Virginia with an estimated 233,655 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 3rd largest of 137 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 233,655
- #3 of 137 in Virginia
- Change since 2020
- +3.0%
- +6,732 people
- Land area
- 59.9 sq mi
- + 2.64 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,899 / sq mi
- State median 1,784
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Richmond population, 2020 to 2024
Richmond added 6,732 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.0%. In the latest year it moved by +3,272. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 16th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Richmond is 14.1 times that size.
Richmond covers 59.93 square miles of land and 2.64 of water, for 3,899 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Richmond is denser than the typical town.
What county Richmond is in
All of Richmond's residents live in Richmond city, which had 233,655 residents in 2024. Richmond 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 Richmond
15 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Richmond by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 23173, 23219, 23220, 23221, 23222, 23223, 23224, 23225, 23226, 23227, 23230, 23234, 23235, 23284, 23298. 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 Richmond is
The Census internal point of Richmond is at 37.531400, -77.476000. Richmond, the capital, is 2.4 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chesapeake, VA (254,997 people), 87.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Newport News, VA, 61.1 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 28 m (92 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.531400, -77.476000
- DMS
- 37°31'53.04"N 77°28'33.60"W
- UTM
- 18N 281220.1E 4156705.8N
- Geohash
- dq8vsbrsq
- Plus code
- 8794GGJF+HJ
- Time zone
- America/New_York
Daylight in Richmond
At 37.53° N, Richmond gets about 14 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 34 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 11 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 Richmond daylight page.
Places near Richmond
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Ashland, 15.8 miles away, with 7,910 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Richmond, VA?
233,655 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 6,732 (3.0%) from 226,923 in July 2020.
What county is Richmond in?
Richmond city. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Richmond?
15 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 23173, 23219, 23220, 23221, 23222, 23223, 23224, 23225, 23226, 23227, 23230, 23234, and more.
How far is Richmond from Richmond?
2.4 miles (3.8 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Richmond.
What is the nearest larger city to Richmond?
Chesapeake, VA, with 254,997 residents, 87.5 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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