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April 18, 2017

Appendix: Data on Foreign-Born Population

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent change in
population,
2000 to 2011-2015

 

2000

 

2011-2015 five-year average

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Total

 

Native-

 

Foreign

 

Foreign-

 

Total

 

Native-

 

Foreign-

 

Foreign-

 

Total

 

Native-

 

Foreign

 

 

 

Born

 

Born

 

Born

 

 

 

Born

 

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Born

 

Born

 

Virginia

 

7,074,226

6,503,958

 

570,268

 

8.1%

 

8,256,630

7,290,029

966,601

 

11.7%

 

17%

12%

 

69%

 

Accomack County

 

38,305

 

36,680

 

1,625

 

4.2%

 

33,115

 

30,900

 

2,215

 

6.7%

 

-14%

 

-16%

 

36%

 

Albemarle County

 

79,236

73,483

5,753

 

7.3%

 

103,108

92,656

10,452

 

10.1%

 

30%

26%

 

82%

 

Alexandria City

 

128,283

 

95,683

 

32,600

 

25.4%

 

149,315

 

108,327

 

40,988

 

27.5%

 

16%

 

13%

 

26%

 

Alleghany County

 

12,926

12,814

112

 

0.9%

 

16,066

15,835

231

 

1.4%

 

24%

24%

 

106%

 

Amelia County

 

11,400

 

11,320

 

80

 

0.7%

 

12,777

 

12,733

 

44

 

0.3%

 

12%

 

12%

 

-45%

 

Amherst County

 

31,894

31,506

388

 

1.2%

 

32,148

31,504

644

 

2.0%

 

1%

0%

 

66%

 

Appomattox County

 

13,705

 

13,517

 

188

 

1.4%

 

15,208

 

15,097

 

111

 

0.7%

 

11%

 

12%

 

-41%

 

Arlington County

 

189,453

136,760

52,693

 

27.8%

 

223,945

172,380

51,565

 

23.0%

 

18%

26%

 

-2%

 

Augusta County

 

65,615

 

64,690

 

925

 

1.4%

 

74,053

 

72,875

 

1,178

 

1.6%

 

13%

 

13%

 

27%

 

Bath County

 

5,048

4,832

216

 

4.3%

 

4,583

4,439

144

 

3.1%

 

-9%

-8%

 

-33%

 

Bedford County

 

66,670

 

65,474

 

1,196

 

1.8%

 

76,463

 

75,026

 

1,437

 

1.9%

 

15%

 

15%

 

20%

 

Bland County

 

6,871

6,815

56

 

0.8%

 

6,662

6,569

93

 

1.4%

 

-3%

-4%

 

66%

 

Botetourt County

 

30,496

 

30,207

 

289

 

0.9%

 

33,155

 

32,361

 

794

 

2.4%

 

9%

 

7%

 

175%

 

Bristol City

 

17,367

17,116

251

 

1.4%

 

17,524

17,189

335

 

1.9%

 

1%

0%

 

33%

 

Brunswick County

 

18,419

 

18,289

 

130

 

0.7%

 

16,930

 

16,665

 

265

 

1.6%

 

-8%

 

-9%

 

104%

 

Buchanan County

 

26,978

26,901

77

 

0.3%

 

23,486

23,233

253

 

1.1%

 

-13%

-14%

 

229%

 

Buckingham County

 

15,623

 

15,505

 

118

 

0.8%

 

17,068

 

16,815

 

253

 

1.5%

 

9%

 

8%

 

114%

 

Buena Vista City

 

6,349

6,316

33

 

0.5%

 

6,666

6,617

49

 

0.7%

 

5%

5%

 

48%

 

Campbell County

 

51,078

 

50,491

 

587

 

1.1%

 

55,012

 

53,732

 

1,280

 

2.3%

 

8%

 

6%

 

118%

 

Caroline County

 

22,121

21,739

382

 

1.7%

 

29,349

28,492

857

 

2.9%

 

33%

31%

 

124%

 

Carroll County

 

29,245

 

28,990

 

255

 

0.9%

 

29,856

 

29,296

 

560

 

1.9%

 

2%

 

1%

 

120%

 

Charles City County

 

6,926

6,839

87

 

1.3%

 

7,118

7,039

79

 

1.1%

 

3%

3%

 

-9%

 

Charlotte County

 

12,472

 

12,372

 

100

 

0.8%

 

12,313

 

12,212

 

101

 

0.8%

 

-1%

 

-1%

 

1%

 

Charlottesville City

 

45,049

41,942

3,107

 

6.9%

 

45,084

39,714

5,370

 

11.9%

 

0%

-5%

 

73%

 

Chesapeake City

 

199,184

 

193,213

 

5,971

 

3.0%

 

230,601

 

219,123

 

11,478

 

5.0%

 

16%

 

13%

 

92%

 

Chesterfield County

 

259,903

246,380

13,523

 

5.2%

 

328,176

301,617

26,559

 

8.1%

 

26%

22%

 

96%

 

Clarke County

 

12,652

 

12,340

 

312

 

2.5%

 

14,299

 

13,708

 

591

 

4.1%

 

13%

 

11%

 

89%

 

Colonial Heights City

 

16,897

16,061

836

 

4.9%

 

17,515

16,380

1,135

 

6.5%

 

4%

2%

 

36%

 

Covington City

 

6,303

 

6,155

 

148

 

2.3%

 

5,736

 

5,651

 

85

 

1.5%

 

-9%

 

-8%

 

-43%

 

Craig County

 

5,091

5,075

16

 

0.3%

 

5,212

5,193

19

 

0.4%

 

2%

2%

 

19%

 

Culpeper County

 

34,262

 

33,069

 

1,193

 

3.5%

 

48,424

 

45,128

 

3,296

 

6.8%

 

41%

 

36%

 

176%

 

Cumberland County

 

9,017

8,899

118

 

1.3%

 

9,859

9,825

34

 

0.3%

 

9%

10%

 

-71%

 

Danville City

 

48,411

 

47,711

 

700

 

1.4%

 

42,450

 

41,130

 

1,320

 

3.1%

 

-12%

 

-14%

 

89%

 

Dickenson County

 

16,395

16,364

31

 

0.2%

 

15,463

15,314

149

 

1.0%

 

-6%

-6%

 

381%

 

Dinwiddie County

 

24,533

 

24,194

 

339

 

1.4%

 

28,110

 

27,498

 

612

 

2.2%

 

15%

 

14%

 

81%

 

Emporia City

 

5,665

5,482

183

 

3.2%

 

5,672

5,445

227

 

4.0%

 

0%

-1%

 

24%

 

Essex County

 

9,989

 

9,849

 

140

 

1.4%

 

11,151

 

11,005

 

146

 

1.3%

 

12%

 

12%

 

4%

 

Fairfax City

 

21,498

16,047

5,451

 

25.4%

 

23,402

17,099

6,303

 

26.9%

 

9%

7%

 

16%

 

Fairfax County

 

969,749

 

732,072

 

237,677

 

24.5%

 

1,128,722

 

790,527

 

338,195

 

30.0%

 

16%

 

8%

 

42%

 

Falls Church City

 

10,377

8,710

1,667

 

16.1%

 

13,308

10,890

2,418

 

18.2%

 

28%

25%

 

45%

 

Fauquier County

 

55,139

 

53,157

 

1,982

 

3.6%

 

67,463

 

63,416

 

4,047

 

6.0%

 

22%

 

19%

 

104%

 

Floyd County

 

13,874

13,663

211

 

1.5%

 

15,523

15,225

298

 

1.9%

 

12%

11%

 

41%

 

Fluvanna County

 

20,047

 

19,578

 

469

 

2.3%

 

26,014

 

25,124

 

890

 

3.4%

 

30%

 

28%

 

90%

 

Franklin City

 

8,346

8,284

62

 

0.7%

 

8,457

8,292

165

 

2.0%

 

1%

0%

 

166%

 

Franklin County

 

47,286

 

46,647

 

639

 

1.4%

 

56,315

 

54,980

 

1,335

 

2.4%

 

19%

 

18%

 

109%

 

Frederick County

 

59,209

57,803

1,406

 

2.4%

 

81,340

76,888

4,452

 

5.5%

 

37%

33%

 

217%

 

Fredericksburg City

 

19,279

 

18,282

 

997

 

5.2%

 

27,395

 

25,145

 

2,250

 

8.2%

 

42%

 

38%

 

126%

 

Galax City

 

6,837

6,249

588

 

8.6%

 

6,876

6,166

710

 

10.3%

 

1%

-1%

 

21%

 

Giles County

 

16,657

 

16,532

 

125

 

0.8%

 

16,907

 

16,619

 

288

 

1.7%

 

2%

 

1%

 

130%

 

Gloucester County

 

34,780

34,127

653

 

1.9%

 

37,001

36,205

796

 

2.2%

 

6%

6%

 

22%

 

Goochland County

 

16,863

 

16,532

 

331

 

2.0%

 

21,721

 

20,917

 

804

 

3.7%

 

29%

 

27%

 

143%

 

Grayson County

 

17,917

17,705

212

 

1.2%

 

15,573

15,338

235

 

1.5%

 

-13%

-13%

 

11%

 

Greene County

 

15,244

 

14,994

 

250

 

1.6%

 

18,938

 

18,122

 

816

 

4.3%

 

24%

 

21%

 

226%

 

Greensville County

 

11,560

11,529

31

 

0.3%

 

11,760

11,493

267

 

2.3%

 

2%

0%

 

761%

 

Halifax County

 

37,355

 

36,967

 

388

 

1.0%

 

35,506

 

34,997

 

509

 

1.4%

 

-5%

 

-5%

 

31%

 

Hampton City

 

146,437

140,659

5,778

 

3.9%

 

137,081

130,652

6,429

 

4.7%

 

-6%

-7%

 

11%

 

Hanover County

 

86,320

 

84,793

 

1,527

 

1.8%

 

101,340

 

97,691

 

3,649

 

3.6%

 

17%

 

15%

 

139%

 

Harrisonburg City

 

40,468

36,735

3,733

 

9.2%

 

51,388

42,831

8,557

 

16.7%

 

27%

17%

 

129%

 

Henrico County

 

262,300

 

244,835

 

17,465

 

6.7%

 

318,864

 

280,810

 

38,054

 

11.9%

 

22%

 

15%

 

118%

 

Henry County

 

57,930

56,342

1,588

 

2.7%

 

52,580

50,912

1,668

 

3.2%

 

-9%

-10%

 

5%

 

Highland County

 

2,536

 

2,527

 

9

 

0.4%

 

2,244

 

2,228

 

16

 

0.7%

 

-12%

 

-12%

 

78%

 

Hopewell City

 

22,354

21,919

435

 

1.9%

 

22,279

21,231

1,048

 

4.7%

 

0%

-3%

 

141%

 

Isle Of Wight County

 

29,728

 

29,393

 

335

 

1.1%

 

35,740

 

34,780

 

960

 

2.7%

 

20%

 

18%

 

187%

 

James City County

 

48,102

46,109

1,993

 

4.1%

 

70,673

66,111

4,562

 

6.5%

 

47%

43%

 

129%

 

King And Queen County

 

6,630

 

6,572

 

58

 

0.9%

 

7,106

 

6,911

 

195

 

2.7%

 

7%

 

5%

 

236%

 

King George County

 

16,803

16,578

225

 

1.3%

 

24,933

24,440

493

 

2.0%

 

48%

47%

 

119%

 

King William County

 

13,146

 

12,984

 

162

 

1.2%

 

16,097

 

15,762

 

335

 

2.1%

 

22%

 

21%

 

107%

 

Lancaster County

 

11,567

11,366

201

 

1.7%

 

11,129

10,914

215

 

1.9%

 

-4%

-4%

 

7%

 

Lee County

 

23,589

 

23,481

 

108

 

0.5%

 

25,206

 

24,926

 

280

 

1.1%

 

7%

 

6%

 

159%

 

Lexington City

 

6,867

 

6,593

 

274

 

4.0%

 

7,071

 

6,683

 

388

 

5.5%

 

3%

 

1%

 

42%

 

Loudoun County

 

169,599

 

150,483

 

19,116

 

11.3%

 

351,129

 

269,363

 

81,766

 

23.3%

 

107%

 

79%

 

328%

 

Louisa County

 

25,627

 

25,297

 

330

 

1.3%

 

33,986

 

32,891

 

1,095

 

3.2%

 

33%

 

30%

 

232%

 

Lunenburg County

 

13,146

 

12,983

 

163

 

1.2%

 

12,558

 

12,124

 

434

 

3.5%

 

-4%

 

-7%

 

166%

 

Lynchburg City

 

65,269

 

63,196

 

2,073

 

3.2%

 

78,158

 

73,775

 

4,383

 

5.6%

 

20%

 

17%

 

111%

 

Madison County

 

12,520

 

12,241

 

279

 

2.2%

 

13,147

 

12,892

 

255

 

1.9%

 

5%

 

5%

 

-9%

 

Manassas City

 

35,135

 

30,162

 

4,973

 

14.2%

 

40,743

 

29,608

 

11,135

 

27.3%

 

16%

 

-2%

 

124%

 

Manassas Park City

 

10,290

 

8,747

 

1,543

 

15.0%

 

15,625

 

10,550

 

5,075

 

32.5%

 

52%

 

21%

 

229%

 

Martinsville City

 

15,416

 

15,004

 

412

 

2.7%

 

13,624

 

13,193

 

431

 

3.2%

 

-12%

 

-12%

 

5%

 

Mathews County

 

9,207

 

9,009

 

198

 

2.2%

 

8,880

 

8,720

 

160

 

1.8%

 

-4%

 

-3%

 

-19%

 

Mecklenburg County

 

32,380

 

31,856

 

524

 

1.6%

 

31,555

 

30,849

 

706

 

2.2%

 

-3%

 

-3%

 

35%

 

Middlesex County

 

9,932

 

9,724

 

208

 

2.1%

 

10,717

 

10,550

 

167

 

1.6%

 

8%

 

8%

 

-20%

 

Montgomery County

 

83,629

 

78,816

 

4,813

 

5.8%

 

96,467

 

87,957

 

8,510

 

8.8%

 

15%

 

12%

 

77%

 

Nelson County

 

14,445

 

14,174

 

271

 

1.9%

 

14,858

 

14,290

 

568

 

3.8%

 

3%

 

1%

 

110%

 

New Kent County

 

13,462

 

13,347

 

115

 

0.9%

 

19,560

 

19,077

 

483

 

2.5%

 

45%

 

43%

 

320%

 

Newport News City

 

180,150

 

171,540

 

8,610

 

4.8%

 

181,323

 

167,839

 

13,484

 

7.4%

 

1%

 

-2%

 

57%

 

Norfolk City

 

234,403

 

222,769

 

11,634

 

5.0%

 

245,452

 

228,516

 

16,936

 

6.9%

 

5%

 

3%

 

46%

 

Northampton County

 

13,093

 

12,646

 

447

 

3.4%

 

12,184

 

11,497

 

687

 

5.6%

 

-7%

 

-9%

 

54%

 

Northumberland County

 

12,259

 

12,065

 

194

 

1.6%

 

12,304

 

11,991

 

313

 

2.5%

 

0%

 

-1%

 

61%

 

Norton City

 

3,904

 

3,861

 

43

 

1.1%

 

4,007

 

3,733

 

274

 

6.8%

 

3%

 

-3%

 

537%

 

Nottoway County

 

15,725

 

15,499

 

226

 

1.4%

 

15,711

 

15,283

 

428

 

2.7%

 

0%

 

-1%

 

89%

 

Orange County

 

25,881

 

25,401

 

480

 

1.9%

 

34,596

 

32,708

 

1,888

 

5.5%

 

34%

 

29%

 

293%

 

Page County

 

23,177

 

22,825

 

352

 

1.5%

 

23,843

 

23,455

 

388

 

1.6%

 

3%

 

3%

 

10%

 

Patrick County

 

19,407

 

19,125

 

282

 

1.5%

 

18,264

 

17,917

 

347

 

1.9%

 

-6%

 

-6%

 

23%

 

Petersburg City

 

33,740

 

32,971

 

769

 

2.3%

 

32,123

 

31,053

 

1,070

 

3.3%

 

-5%

 

-6%

 

39%

 

Pittsylvania County

 

61,745

 

61,110

 

635

 

1.0%

 

62,794

 

61,407

 

1,387

 

2.2%

 

2%

 

0%

 

118%

 

Poquoson City

 

11,566

 

11,226

 

340

 

2.9%

 

12,077

 

11,608

 

469

 

3.9%

 

4%

 

3%

 

38%

 

Portsmouth City

 

100,565

 

98,970

 

1,595

 

1.6%

 

96,135

 

93,642

 

2,493

 

2.6%

 

-4%

 

-5%

 

56%

 

Powhatan County

 

22,377

 

22,051

 

326

 

1.5%

 

28,207

 

27,491

 

716

 

2.5%

 

26%

 

25%

 

120%

 

Prince Edward County

 

19,720

 

19,449

 

271

 

1.4%

 

23,022

 

22,305

 

717

 

3.1%

 

17%

 

15%

 

165%

 

Prince George County

 

33,047

 

31,544

 

1,503

 

4.5%

 

37,380

 

35,855

 

1,525

 

4.1%

 

13%

 

14%

 

1%

 

Prince William County

 

280,813

 

248,627

 

32,186

 

11.5%

 

437,271

 

341,688

 

95,583

 

21.9%

 

56%

 

37%

 

197%

 

Pulaski County

 

35,127

 

34,911

 

216

 

0.6%

 

34,528

 

34,038

 

490

 

1.4%

 

-2%

 

-3%

 

127%

 

Radford City

 

15,859

 

15,460

 

399

 

2.5%

 

17,057

 

16,505

 

552

 

3.2%

 

8%

 

7%

 

38%

 

Rappahannock County

 

6,983

 

6,760

 

223

 

3.2%

 

7,431

 

7,071

 

360

 

4.8%

 

6%

 

5%

 

61%

 

Richmond City

 

197,790

 

190,147

 

7,643

 

3.9%

 

213,735

 

199,191

 

14,544

 

6.8%

 

8%

 

5%

 

90%

 

Richmond County

 

8,809

 

8,644

 

165

 

1.9%

 

8,989

 

8,396

 

593

 

6.6%

 

2%

 

-3%

 

259%

 

Roanoke City

 

94,911

 

92,007

 

2,904

 

3.1%

 

98,736

 

91,670

 

7,066

 

7.2%

 

4%

 

0%

 

143%

 

Roanoke County

 

85,778

 

83,147

 

2,631

 

3.1%

 

93,633

 

88,943

 

4,690

 

5.0%

 

9%

 

7%

 

78%

 

Rockbridge County

 

20,808

 

20,392

 

416

 

2.0%

 

22,444

 

21,921

 

523

 

2.3%

 

8%

 

7%

 

26%

 

Rockingham County

 

67,725

 

65,502

 

2,223

 

3.3%

 

77,785

 

73,806

 

3,979

 

5.1%

 

15%

 

13%

 

79%

 

Russell County

 

30,308

 

30,196

 

112

 

0.4%

 

28,245

 

27,942

 

303

 

1.1%

 

-7%

 

-7%

 

171%

 

Salem City

 

24,747

 

24,224

 

523

 

2.1%

 

25,165

 

24,138

 

1,027

 

4.1%

 

2%

 

0%

 

96%

 

Scott County

 

23,403

 

23,332

 

71

 

0.3%

 

22,570

 

22,333

 

237

 

1.1%

 

-4%

 

-4%

 

234%

 

Shenandoah County

 

35,075

 

33,995

 

1,080

 

3.1%

 

42,724

 

40,394

 

2,330

 

5.5%

 

22%

 

19%

 

116%

 

Smyth County

 

33,081

 

32,922

 

159

 

0.5%

 

31,734

 

31,380

 

354

 

1.1%

 

-4%

 

-5%

 

123%

 

Southampton County

 

17,482

 

17,431

 

51

 

0.3%

 

18,410

 

18,218

 

192

 

1.0%

 

5%

 

5%

 

276%

 

Spotsylvania County

 

90,395

 

87,478

 

2,917

 

3.2%

 

127,691

 

118,763

 

8,928

 

7.0%

 

41%

 

36%

 

206%

 

Stafford County

 

92,446

 

88,733

 

3,713

 

4.0%

 

137,145

 

125,102

 

12,043

 

8.8%

 

48%

 

41%

 

224%

 

Staunton City

 

23,853

 

23,379

 

474

 

2.0%

 

24,193

 

23,529

 

664

 

2.7%

 

1%

 

1%

 

40%

 

Suffolk City

 

63,677

 

62,497

 

1,180

 

1.9%

 

86,184

 

83,010

 

3,174

 

3.7%

 

35%

 

33%

 

169%

 

Surry County

 

6,829

 

6,796

 

33

 

0.5%

 

6,823

 

6,735

 

88

 

1.3%

 

0%

 

-1%

 

167%

 

Sussex County

 

12,504

 

12,385

 

119

 

1.0%

 

11,864

 

11,601

 

263

 

2.2%

 

-5%

 

-6%

 

121%

 

Tazewell County

 

44,598

 

44,167

 

431

 

1.0%

 

43,870

 

43,492

 

378

 

0.9%

 

-2%

 

-2%

 

-12%

 

Virginia Beach City

 

425,257

 

396,981

 

28,276

 

6.6%

 

448,290

 

409,208

 

39,082

 

8.7%

 

5%

 

3%

 

38%

 

Warren County

 

31,584

 

30,907

 

677

 

2.1%

 

38,481

 

37,165

 

1,316

 

3.4%

 

22%

 

20%

 

94%

 

Washington County

 

51,103

 

50,633

 

470

 

0.9%

 

54,759

 

53,916

 

843

 

1.5%

 

7%

 

6%

 

79%

 

Waynesboro City

 

19,520

 

19,049

 

471

 

2.4%

 

21,150

 

20,074

 

1,076

 

5.1%

 

8%

 

5%

 

128%

 

Westmoreland County

 

16,718

 

16,206

 

512

 

3.1%

 

17,557

 

16,987

 

570

 

3.2%

 

5%

 

5%

 

11%

 

Williamsburg City

 

11,998

 

11,376

 

622

 

5.2%

 

14,754

 

13,223

 

1,531

 

10.4%

 

23%

 

16%

 

146%

 

Winchester City

 

23,585

 

21,981

 

1,604

 

6.8%

 

27,168

 

24,175

 

2,993

 

11.0%

 

15%

 

10%

 

87%

 

Wise County

 

40,123

 

39,940

 

183

 

0.5%

 

40,530

 

40,022

 

508

 

1.3%

 

1%

 

0%

 

178%

 

Wythe County

 

27,599

 

27,459

 

140

 

0.5%

 

29,190

 

28,891

 

299

 

1.0%

 

6%

 

5%

 

114%

 

York County

 

56,297

 

53,366

 

2,931

 

5.2%

 

66,471

 

61,315

 

5,156

 

7.8%

 

18%

 

15%

 

76%

Source: American Community Survey, 2011-2015, retrieved
December 2016

Levi Goren

levi@thecommonwealthinstitute.org

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