Virginia · Census place 5173200
Smithfield, Virginia
Smithfield is a town in Isle of Wight County, Virginia with an estimated 9,032 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 40th largest of 137 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 9,032
- #40 of 137 in Virginia
- Change since 2020
- +5.5%
- +474 people
- Land area
- 9.7 sq mi
- + 0.92 sq mi water
- Density
- 928 / sq mi
- State median 1,784
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Smithfield population, 2020 to 2024
Smithfield added 474 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.5%. In the latest year it moved by +56. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 8th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Smithfield is 55% of it.
Smithfield covers 9.73 square miles of land and 0.92 of water, for 928 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Smithfield is less dense than the typical town.
What county Smithfield is in
All of Smithfield's residents live in Isle of Wight County, which had 40,942 residents in 2024. Smithfield holds 22.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Smithfield
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Smithfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 23430. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Smithfield is
The Census internal point of Smithfield is at 36.972400, -76.614200. Richmond, the capital, is 59.7 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Newport News, VA (183,056 people), 8.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.972400, -76.614200
- DMS
- 36°58'20.64"N 76°36'51.12"W
- UTM
- 18N 356317.6E 4093028.1N
- Geohash
- dq9d2de5z
- Plus code
- 8785X9CP+X8
Daylight in Smithfield
At 36.97° N, Smithfield gets about 14 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 37 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Smithfield
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Newport News, 8.8 miles away, with 183,056 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Smithfield, VA?
9,032 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 474 (5.5%) from 8,558 in July 2020.
What county is Smithfield in?
Isle of Wight County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Smithfield?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 23430.
How far is Smithfield from Richmond?
59.7 miles (96.1 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Smithfield.
What is the nearest larger city to Smithfield?
Newport News, VA, with 183,056 residents, 8.8 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)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.