Richmond, VA


Richmond is a thirteen county metropolitan area located in central Virginia, with Richmond, the state capital, as its principle city.

The greater Richmond metro area is one of the fastest growing metro areas in the country, with massive recent increases in the population. One of the biggest reasons for this large increase of population is the steadily expanding suburban areas surrounding the city of Richmond. Many of these new people are immigrants looking for affordable costs of living which Richmond has compared to many east coast cities.

Total Population: 1,271,334

(An increase of 5.23 % in the past 5 years.)

Census Data

  • Foreign Born - 84,180
  • Language Spoken at Home - 104,411

Quick Facts

  • There are currently seven Fortune 500 companies located in the greater Richmond metropolitan area.

  • Between 2000 and 2010, the area has grown by 12.42 percent, and is expected to grow by another fifteen percent between 2010 and 2020.

  • Since the year 2000, the Asian immigrant population has more than doubled, and the Latino immigrant population has almost tripled.

  • Latin Americans are the largest ethnic group in the city, making up over half of the foreign-born population in the city.

  • Richmond has recently seen significant increases in the southeast Asian population.

Profile

In the past, Richmond's ethnic makeup has primarily consisted of European immigrants from western and central Europe. However, more recently the area has seen an ethnic shift both in the city and the surrounding suburbs. Latino's are now the largest ethnic group in the greater Richmond area, and Asians, especially south and southeast Asians, are the fastest growing people group in the city.

There is a significant presence of immigrants from South American and Latin Caribbean countries such as El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Brazil, most of which have come within the last two decades. The southeast Asian population has also seen a recent spike with many Vietnamese and Filipino immigrants making their home in the suburbs surrounding the capital city. It is estimated that by as soon as 2025 foreign-born people will make up over ten percent of the total population.

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People Group Profiles

Displaying 1-25 of 36 results.
PG Name Country Of Birth Affinity Bloc Primary Religion Baseline Population Total
Arab, SudaneseSudanArab WorldIslam15
HindiIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesHinduism6,588
VietnameseVietnamSoutheast Asian PeoplesBuddhism - Mahayana4,248
Arab, MoroccanMoroccoArab WorldIslam - Sunni1,300
GujaratiIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesHinduism1,256
UrduPakistanSouth Asian PeoplesIslam1,234
PersianIranPersian-MedianIslam1,066
Arab, Lebanese (Muslim)LebanonArab WorldIslam - Sunni1,023
Arab, EgyptianEgyptArab WorldIslam449
Jew, IsraeliIsraelJewsEthnic Religions - Judaism203
SalvadoranEl SalvadorLatin-Caribbean AmericansChristianity - Other / Marginal6,382
PowhatanUnited StatesNorth American PeoplesChristianity3,850
FrenchFranceEurasian PeoplesChristianity - Roman Catholic3,828
KoreanSouth KoreaEast Asian PeoplesChristianity - Protestant3,291
Chinese, MandarinChinaEast Asian PeoplesBuddhism2,807
GermanGermanyEurasian PeoplesChristianity - Orthodox2,310
Mixtec, Southeastern GuerreroMexicoLatin-Caribbean AmericansChristianity - Roman Catholic2,000
Arab, Lebanese (Christian)LebanonArab WorldChristianity - Roman Catholic1,822
HonduranHondurasLatin-Caribbean AmericansChristianity - Roman Catholic1,719
Filipino, TagalogPhilippinesMalay PeoplesChristianity - Roman Catholic1,699
Cambodian, KhmerCambodiaSoutheast Asian PeoplesBuddhism1,689
BrazilianBrazilLatin-Caribbean AmericansChristianity - Other / Marginal1,249
RussianRussiaEurasian PeoplesChristianity - Orthodox1,239
ItalianItalyEurasian PeoplesChristianity - Roman Catholic1,191
GreekGreeceEurasian PeoplesChristianity - Orthodox1,135

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