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Virginia Beach city, Virginia
85,478 Black residents · 18.6% of the county · ranked 6 of 133 in Virginia by Black population
Virginia Beach city is a Virginia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Virginia Beach city held 459,470 residents in all, of whom 85,478 — 18.6% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 459,470 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 85,478 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 18.6% |
| Rank by Black population among Virginia counties | 6 of 133 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
Population Trend
The two-census record for Virginia Beach city: 85,935 Black residents in 2010 and 85,478 in 2020. The population declined by 0.5%, and the Black share in Virginia Beach city moved from 19.6% to 18.6%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
The Record
Within Virginia, the Census Bureau counts 133 counties and county equivalents, Virginia Beach city among them; it stands 6 by Black population, with 85,478 Black residents of the state's 1.6 million. The gazetteer takes the county as its middle geography — the frame between the state page and the place pages — and prints the redistricting counts of Virginia Beach city, Virginia, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Virginia Beach city's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Virginia Beach city page holds the frame around them — 459,470 people in all, 85,478 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.