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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

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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.

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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 Highlights

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PG Name	Country Of Birth	IMB Affinity Group	Affinity Bloc	Primary Religion	Baseline Population Total

Arab, Lebanese (Muslim)	Lebanon	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Arab World	Islam - Sunni	1,023
Arab, Sudanese	Sudan	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Arab World	Islam	15
Gujarati	India	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Hinduism	1,256
Hindi	India	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Hinduism	6,588
Urdu	Pakistan	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Islam	1,234
Cambodian, Khmer	Cambodia	Southeast Asian Peoples	Southeast Asian Peoples	Buddhism	1,689
Vietnamese	Vietnam	Southeast Asian Peoples	Southeast Asian Peoples	Buddhism - Mahayana	4,248
Filipino, Tagalog	Philippines	Southeast Asian Peoples	Malay Peoples	Christianity - Roman Catholic	1,699
Afrikaner	South Africa	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Christianity - Protestant	646
Ghanaian	Ghana	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Christianity - Protestant	632
Nigerian	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Christianity - Protestant	857

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