Richmond City Population - Virginia

Data Item State City
Population, 2019 estimate - (Number)
Year Value
1990203,188
1991200,900
1992200,024
1993199,303
1994197,610
1995192,003
1996189,608
1997190,757
1998191,001
1999189,700
2000197,742
2001198,264
2002198,480
2003198,098
2004197,432
2005197,915
2006198,992
2007200,655
2008202,867
2009204,451
2010204,256
2011206,325
2012210,741
2013213,815
2014217,003
2015220,847
2016225,332
2017226,968
2018228,783

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program (PEP), updated annually. Population and Housing Unit Estimates

Definitions:

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Resident Population - All persons who are "usually resident" in a specified geographic area. For the United States, the resident population includes all persons who usually reside in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, but excludes residents of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Island areas under U.S. sovereignty or jurisdiction (principally American Samoa, Guam, United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands). In addition, the U.S. resident population excludes U.S. Armed Forces overseas and civilian U.S. citizens whose usual place of residence is outside the United States.

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Population percent change - The difference between the population of an area at the beginning and end of a time period, expressed as a percentage of the beginning population.

Methodology for U.S. and Puerto Rico