# Cities in Virginia by population, 2025

All 39 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). Norway: Statistics Norway, 1 January. Iceland and its municipalities: Statistics Iceland, 1 January. United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. United Kingdom regions and local authorities: Office for National Statistics estimates for 30 June. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. UN World Population Prospects estimates for 1 July cover the years before 1960 and the areas the World Bank does not publish, such as Taiwan.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/virginia-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Virginia Beach, VA | 453,737 |
| 2 | Chesapeake, VA | 255,332 |
| 3 | Richmond, VA | 237,257 |
| 4 | Norfolk, VA | 231,013 |
| 5 | Newport News, VA | 183,230 |
| 6 | Alexandria, VA | 160,662 |
| 7 | Hampton, VA | 137,315 |
| 8 | Suffolk, VA | 104,699 |
| 9 | Roanoke, VA | 99,111 |
| 10 | Portsmouth, VA | 96,777 |
| 11 | Lynchburg, VA | 81,347 |
| 12 | Harrisonburg, VA | 50,839 |
| 13 | Leesburg, VA | 49,917 |
| 14 | Blacksburg, VA | 45,104 |
| 15 | Charlottesville, VA | 44,388 |
| 16 | Manassas, VA | 44,332 |
| 17 | Danville, VA | 41,647 |
| 18 | Petersburg, VA | 33,734 |
| 19 | Fredericksburg, VA | 30,393 |
| 20 | Winchester, VA | 28,272 |
| 21 | Staunton, VA | 26,801 |
| 22 | Fairfax, VA | 26,772 |
| 23 | Salem, VA | 25,816 |
| 24 | Herndon, VA | 25,506 |
| 25 | Waynesboro, VA | 23,951 |
| 26 | Hopewell, VA | 23,261 |
| 27 | Christiansburg, VA | 22,442 |
| 28 | Culpeper, VA | 22,074 |
| 29 | Colonial Heights, VA | 18,738 |
| 30 | Radford, VA | 17,243 |
| 31 | Vienna, VA | 16,691 |
| 32 | Manassas Park, VA | 16,560 |
| 33 | Bristol, VA | 16,418 |
| 34 | Williamsburg, VA | 15,861 |
| 35 | Front Royal, VA | 15,722 |
| 36 | Falls Church, VA | 15,159 |
| 37 | Martinsville, VA | 13,849 |
| 38 | Poquoson, VA | 13,292 |
| 39 | Warrenton, VA | 10,213 |