| 2000 vs. 2016 Population Growth and Change Loudoun County 2000 vs. 2016 Net Percent Change = 121.82% Rank = #1 Buchanan County 2000 vs. 2016 Net Percent Change = -18.12% Rank = #82 Richmond City 2000 vs. 2016 Net Percent Change = 13.03% Rank = #31 With a spotlight on Richmond City, the chart above displays the distribution of the net percent change of population across Virginia's 82 counties over the period 2000-2016. Those counties whose population growth registered above the statewide average over this period realized an increase in their statewide share of population. Likewise, those counties whose population growth registered below the statewide average experienced a decline in their relative share of population statewide. Statewide Snippets:- Over 2000-2016 population grew in fifty-two Virginia counties while declining in thirty.
- Population growth in twenty-four counties outpaced the statewide average (18.84%), while growth in fifty-eight counties trailed.
- At the extremes of the distribution, Loudoun County posted the highest growth of population (121.82%), while Buchanan County placed last by logging a -18.12% decline.
- The spread in population growth between the highest (Loudoun County, 121.82%) and lowest (Buchanan County, -18.12%) over 2000-2016 equated to 139.95% ( = 121.82% − -18.12%).
- Population growth statewide is but a weighted metric that stems from each county's share of population statewide. On this point, as the largest county in Virginia, Virginia Beach City's net population growth over 2000-2016 of 29,682 made up 2.22% of the total net growth statewide (1,338,871):
Virginia Beach City: Percent Share of Virginia's Population Growth, 2000-2016:2.22% = (29,682 / 1,338,871) x 100 Richmond City Snippets:- Over 2000-2016, Richmond City posted a 13.03% net gain in population.
- Richmond City was joined by fifty-seven other counties whose population growth over 2000-2016 registered below the statewide average (18.84%).
- Ranked #31 among Virginia's 82 counties, Richmond City's population growth (13.03%) trailed the statewide average of 18.84% by a 5.81% margin.
- Richmond City's net population growth (13.03%, #31) over 2000-2016 registered just above that of Floyd County (11.48%, #32) and just below that of Amelia County (13.12%, #30).
- Richmond City's share of population statewide slipped from 2.77% in 2000 to 2.63% in 2016, resulting in a share-shift of -0.14%.
Data Definition Number of individuals (both civilian and military) who reside in an area as of July 1. BEA uses the Census Bureau's midyear population estimates. United States. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Income Division. Regional Definitions. 2023. Web. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/definitions/ | | | | County Distribution of Population Growth, 2000 vs. 2016 | More than 40% | 40% to 30% | 30% to 20% | 20% to 10% | 10% to 0% | 0% to -10% | -10% to -20% | -20% or Below | Total | 2000 vs. 2016 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 82 | | | | | | Virginia Beach City 2016 Population = 456,600 Percent of State = 5.41% Rank = #1 Highland County 2016 Population = 2,236 Percent of State = 0.03% Rank = #82 Richmond City 2016 Population = 222,429 Percent of State = 2.63% Rank = #8 Again highlighting Richmond City's position, the bar graph above displays the disposition by county of 2016 population statewide (8,444,688). Tip: Although the visual profile of the bar chart remains unchanged you may opt to display the actual total by using the "Select Indicator" options above the graph Statewide Snippets:- Ranked #1, Virginia Beach City's 2016 population totaled 456,600, equating to 5.41% of the statewide total.
- Ranked last (#82), Highland County's population of 2,236 in 2016 comprised just 0.03% of the total statewide. Highland County's population in 2016 equates to less than .01% to that of Virginia Beach City's.
- Virginia Beach City's 2016 population (456,600) exceeded the combined population (441,386) of Virginia's thirty-six smallest counties.
Richmond City Snippets:- Richmond City's population in 2016 ranked #8, amounting to 2.63% of the statewide total.
- Richmond City's population of 222,429 placed below that of Arlington County's (231,078, #7), and just above that of Newport News City's (184,709, #9).
- Richmond City's population of 222,429 exceeds the combined total (220,919) of Virginia's twenty-three smallest counties.
| | | | County Distribution of Population, 2016 | More than 250,000 | 250,000 to 200,000 | 200,000 to 150,000 | 150,000 to 100,000 | 100,000 to 50,000 | 50,000 or Below | Total | 2016 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 63 | 82 | | | | | | Tip: To augment your analysis click on the column headers in the following table to rank and/or sort the data. | | | | Virginia by County: 2000 vs. 2016 | 2000 | | 2016 | | 2000 - 2016 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 38,215 | 0.54 | | 33,599 | 0.40 | | -12.08 | -4,616 | -0.34 | | | 11,446 | 0.16 | | 12,948 | 0.15 | | 13.12 | 1,502 | 0.11 | | | 31,854 | 0.45 | | 31,664 | 0.37 | | -0.60 | -190 | -0.01 | | | 13,692 | 0.19 | | 15,593 | 0.18 | | 13.88 | 1,901 | 0.14 | | | 189,198 | 2.66 | | 231,078 | 2.74 | | 22.14 | 41,880 | 3.13 | | | 5,020 | 0.07 | | 4,459 | 0.05 | | -11.18 | -561 | -0.04 | | | 66,897 | 0.94 | | 77,865 | 0.92 | | 16.40 | 10,968 | 0.82 | | | 6,833 | 0.10 | | 6,490 | 0.08 | | -5.02 | -343 | -0.03 | | | 30,648 | 0.43 | | 33,297 | 0.39 | | 8.64 | 2,649 | 0.20 | | | 18,387 | 0.26 | | 16,466 | 0.19 | | -10.45 | -1,921 | -0.14 | | | 26,838 | 0.38 | | 21,974 | 0.26 | | -18.12 | -4,864 | -0.36 | | | 15,634 | 0.22 | | 16,837 | 0.20 | | 7.69 | 1,203 | 0.09 | | | 22,136 | 0.31 | | 30,127 | 0.36 | | 36.10 | 7,991 | 0.60 | | | 6,930 | 0.10 | | 6,973 | 0.08 | | 0.62 | 43 | 0.00 | | | 12,476 | 0.18 | | 11,920 | 0.14 | | -4.46 | -556 | -0.04 | | | 261,047 | 3.67 | | 342,986 | 4.06 | | 31.39 | 81,939 | 6.12 | | | 12,672 | 0.18 | | 14,412 | 0.17 | | 13.73 | 1,740 | 0.13 | | | 5,073 | 0.07 | | 5,016 | 0.06 | | -1.12 | -57 | 0.00 | | | 34,442 | 0.48 | | 49,862 | 0.59 | | 44.77 | 15,420 | 1.15 | | | 8,987 | 0.13 | | 9,578 | 0.11 | | 6.58 | 591 | 0.04 | | | 16,322 | 0.23 | | 15,003 | 0.18 | | -8.08 | -1,319 | -0.10 | | | 9,984 | 0.14 | | 10,857 | 0.13 | | 8.74 | 873 | 0.07 | | | 55,470 | 0.78 | | 69,776 | 0.83 | | 25.79 | 14,306 | 1.07 | | | 13,909 | 0.20 | | 15,506 | 0.18 | | 11.48 | 1,597 | 0.12 | | | 20,191 | 0.28 | | 26,152 | 0.31 | | 29.52 | 5,961 | 0.45 | | | 47,546 | 0.67 | | 55,142 | 0.65 | | 15.98 | 7,596 | 0.57 | | | 16,738 | 0.24 | | 16,916 | 0.20 | | 1.06 | 178 | 0.01 | | | 34,793 | 0.49 | | 37,871 | 0.45 | | 8.85 | 3,078 | 0.23 | | | 16,935 | 0.24 | | 22,896 | 0.27 | | 35.20 | 5,961 | 0.45 | | | 16,782 | 0.24 | | 15,754 | 0.19 | | -6.13 | -1,028 | -0.08 | | | 15,454 | 0.22 | | 19,587 | 0.23 | | 26.74 | 4,133 | 0.31 | | | 37,299 | 0.52 | | 35,184 | 0.42 | | -5.67 | -2,115 | -0.16 | | | 86,972 | 1.22 | | 105,455 | 1.25 | | 21.25 | 18,483 | 1.38 | | | 264,385 | 3.72 | | 326,595 | 3.87 | | 23.53 | 62,210 | 4.65 | | | 2,529 | 0.04 | | 2,236 | 0.03 | | -11.59 | -293 | -0.02 | | | 29,849 | 0.42 | | 37,008 | 0.44 | | 23.98 | 7,159 | 0.53 | | | 6,620 | 0.09 | | 6,841 | 0.08 | | 3.34 | 221 | 0.02 | | | 16,916 | 0.24 | | 25,656 | 0.30 | | 51.67 | 8,740 | 0.65 | | | 13,238 | 0.19 | | 16,570 | 0.20 | | 25.17 | 3,332 | 0.25 | | | 11,549 | 0.16 | | 10,959 | 0.13 | | -5.11 | -590 | -0.04 | | | 23,548 | 0.33 | | 23,465 | 0.28 | | -0.35 | -83 | -0.01 | | | 173,907 | 2.45 | | 385,764 | 4.57 | | 121.82 | 211,857 | 15.82 | | | 25,819 | 0.36 | | 35,001 | 0.41 | | 35.56 | 9,182 | 0.69 | | | 13,093 | 0.18 | | 12,136 | 0.14 | | -7.31 | -957 | -0.07 | | | 12,535 | 0.18 | | 13,414 | 0.16 | | 7.01 | 879 | 0.07 | | | 9,142 | 0.13 | | 8,635 | 0.10 | | -5.55 | -507 | -0.04 | | | 32,384 | 0.46 | | 30,583 | 0.36 | | -5.56 | -1,801 | -0.13 | | | 9,932 | 0.14 | | 10,786 | 0.13 | | 8.60 | 854 | 0.06 | | | 14,451 | 0.20 | | 14,792 | 0.18 | | 2.36 | 341 | 0.03 | | | 13,537 | 0.19 | | 20,715 | 0.25 | | 53.03 | 7,178 | 0.54 | | | 13,025 | 0.18 | | 12,354 | 0.15 | | -5.15 | -671 | -0.05 | | | 12,229 | 0.17 | | 12,036 | 0.14 | | -1.58 | -193 | -0.01 | | | 15,773 | 0.22 | | 15,788 | 0.19 | | 0.10 | 15 | 0.00 | | | 25,981 | 0.37 | | 34,632 | 0.41 | | 33.30 | 8,651 | 0.65 | | | 23,149 | 0.33 | | 23,495 | 0.28 | | 1.49 | 346 | 0.03 | | | 19,418 | 0.27 | | 17,877 | 0.21 | | -7.94 | -1,541 | -0.12 | | | 22,585 | 0.32 | | 28,636 | 0.34 | | 26.79 | 6,051 | 0.45 | | | 19,708 | 0.28 | | 22,345 | 0.26 | | 13.38 | 2,637 | 0.20 | | | 35,144 | 0.49 | | 34,170 | 0.40 | | -2.77 | -974 | -0.07 | | | 6,980 | 0.10 | | 7,418 | 0.09 | | 6.28 | 438 | 0.03 | | | 8,803 | 0.12 | | 8,669 | 0.10 | | -1.52 | -134 | -0.01 | | | 29,251 | 0.41 | | 26,849 | 0.32 | | -8.21 | -2,402 | -0.18 | | | 23,351 | 0.33 | | 22,026 | 0.26 | | -5.67 | -1,325 | -0.10 | | | 35,240 | 0.50 | | 43,184 | 0.51 | | 22.54 | 7,944 | 0.59 | | | 33,079 | 0.47 | | 30,924 | 0.37 | | -6.51 | -2,155 | -0.16 | | | 93,625 | 1.32 | | 144,163 | 1.71 | | 53.98 | 50,538 | 3.77 | | | 6,833 | 0.10 | | 6,662 | 0.08 | | -2.50 | -171 | -0.01 | | | 12,456 | 0.18 | | 11,328 | 0.13 | | -9.06 | -1,128 | -0.08 | | | 44,418 | 0.63 | | 42,121 | 0.50 | | -5.17 | -2,297 | -0.17 | | | 31,690 | 0.45 | | 39,390 | 0.47 | | 24.30 | 7,700 | 0.58 | | | 16,644 | 0.23 | | 17,855 | 0.21 | | 7.28 | 1,211 | 0.09 | | | 27,621 | 0.39 | | 28,693 | 0.34 | | 3.88 | 1,072 | 0.08 | | | 129,225 | 1.82 | | 156,892 | 1.86 | | 21.41 | 27,667 | 2.07 | | | 200,224 | 2.82 | | 239,291 | 2.83 | | 19.51 | 39,067 | 2.92 | | | 146,054 | 2.06 | | 136,582 | 1.62 | | -6.49 | -9,472 | -0.71 | | | 180,236 | 2.54 | | 184,709 | 2.19 | | 2.48 | 4,473 | 0.33 | | | 234,986 | 3.31 | | 242,882 | 2.88 | | 3.36 | 7,896 | 0.59 | | | 100,337 | 1.41 | | 97,091 | 1.15 | | -3.24 | -3,246 | -0.24 | | | 196,782 | 2.77 | | 222,429 | 2.63 | | 13.03 | 25,647 | 1.92 | | | 94,941 | 1.34 | | 99,912 | 1.18 | | 5.24 | 4,971 | 0.37 | | | 64,216 | 0.90 | | 89,834 | 1.06 | | 39.89 | 25,618 | 1.91 | | | 426,918 | 6.01 | | 456,600 | 5.41 | | 6.95 | 29,682 | 2.22 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7,105,817 | 100.00 | | 8,444,688 | 100.00 | | 18.84 | 1,338,871 | 100.00 | | | 6,049,946 | 85.14 | | 7,382,397 | 87.42 | | 22.02 | 1,332,451 | 99.52 | | | 1,055,871 | 14.86 | | 1,062,291 | 12.58 | | 0.61 | 6,420 | 0.48 | | | 124,883 | 1.76 | | 154,443 | 1.83 | | 23.67 | 29,560 | 2.21 | | | 23,494 | 0.33 | | 21,424 | 0.25 | | -8.81 | -2,070 | -0.15 | | | 109,129 | 1.54 | | 121,550 | 1.44 | | 11.38 | 12,421 | 0.93 | | | 116,412 | 1.64 | | 133,890 | 1.59 | | 15.01 | 17,478 | 1.31 | | | 36,185 | 0.51 | | 36,090 | 0.43 | | -0.26 | -95 | -0.01 | | | 75,140 | 1.06 | | 79,222 | 0.94 | | 5.43 | 4,082 | 0.30 | | | 1,007,517 | 14.18 | | 1,181,265 | 13.99 | | 17.25 | 173,748 | 12.98 | | | 83,338 | 1.17 | | 113,099 | 1.34 | | 35.71 | 29,761 | 2.22 | | | 17,221 | 0.24 | | 17,364 | 0.21 | | 0.83 | 143 | 0.01 | | | 73,234 | 1.03 | | 65,672 | 0.78 | | -10.33 | -7,562 | -0.56 | | | 60,548 | 0.85 | | 89,572 | 1.06 | | 47.94 | 29,024 | 2.17 | | | 99,671 | 1.40 | | 115,053 | 1.36 | | 15.43 | 15,382 | 1.15 | | | 109,939 | 1.55 | | 105,383 | 1.25 | | -4.14 | -4,556 | -0.34 | | | 55,377 | 0.78 | | 63,517 | 0.75 | | 14.70 | 8,140 | 0.61 | | | 329,784 | 4.64 | | 519,486 | 6.15 | | 57.52 | 189,702 | 14.17 | | | 110,491 | 1.55 | | 120,249 | 1.42 | | 8.83 | 9,758 | 0.73 | | | 34,041 | 0.48 | | 36,189 | 0.43 | | 6.31 | 2,148 | 0.16 | | | 108,414 | 1.53 | | 133,007 | 1.58 | | 22.68 | 24,593 | 1.84 | | | 25,762 | 0.36 | | 26,718 | 0.32 | | 3.71 | 956 | 0.07 | | | 110,848 | 1.56 | | 160,197 | 1.90 | | 44.52 | 49,349 | 3.69 | | | 68,519 | 0.96 | | 71,387 | 0.85 | | 4.19 | 2,868 | 0.21 | | | 45,993 | 0.65 | | 42,109 | 0.50 | | -8.44 | -3,884 | -0.29 | | | 68,701 | 0.97 | | 80,566 | 0.95 | | 17.27 | 11,865 | 0.89 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 282,162,411 | | | 324,367,742 | | | 14.96 | 42,205,331 | | | | 237,948,237 | | | 278,995,907 | | | 17.25 | 41,047,670 | | | | 44,214,174 | | | 45,371,835 | | | 2.62 | 1,157,661 | |
Source: Calculations by the Virginia Regional Economic Analysis Project (VA-REAP) with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis November 2023 REAP_PI_CA1400_YRVYR_100A | | | | |
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