Population Forecast
5 year Forecast - 2%
The current population of the Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC Market is 1,966,023 as of the April 2025 PopStats estimate. PopStat’s Trend models indicate a 5 year population change of 2%, resulting in a Population of 2,005,683 by April 2030. This percentage change in Population ranks 99th across STI Markets. The Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC Market currently ranks 52nd in overall population, and will rank 54th by April 2030.
High and Low Range - -1.6% to 8.6%
While the summation of mid range 5 year forecasts foresee a change in Population of 2% for Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC Market. The forecast high ranges of these forecasts leaves open the possibility for a Population change as high as 8.6% at 2,136,046. Similarly a population change as low as -1.6% at 1,935,183 is not without possibility.
Figure 73: Population Trend and Forecast
10 year Projections - 4.4%
By April 2035 we project the Population of the Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC Market to be 2,053,156 resulting in a change of 4.4% compared to the current Population. This projected percentage change in Population ranks 96th across STI Markets. The Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC Market currently ranks 52nd in overall population, and will rank 56th by April 2035.
