Here's How Much Virginia And DC Grew In The 2010s

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Virginia and Washington, D.C. had moderate population increases in the 2010s, according to data from the Census Bureau. The total population increase for Virginia was 511,820, or 6.3 percent of the population, and 100,523, or 16.7 percent, for Washington D.C. from the start of the decade.

Both grew at faster rates than the United States during the same time period, which saw an increase from about 309 million to 328 million, or about six percent. The data shows a slower increase than in the past, the Census says, due to fewer births and more deaths.

Here's the Virginia population, counted on July 1 of each year:

• 2010: 8,023,699
• 2011: 8,101,155
• 2012: 8,185,080
• 2013: 8,252,427
• 2014: 8,310,993
• 2015: 8,361,808
• 2016: 8,410,106
• 2017: 8,463,587
• 2018: 8,501,286
• 2019: 8,535,519

Here's the same information for Washington, D.C.:

• 2010: 605,226
• 2011: 619,800
• 2012: 634,924
• 2013: 650,581
• 2014: 662,328
• 2015: 675,400
• 2016: 685,815
• 2017: 694,906
• 2018: 701,547
• 2019: 705,749

The biggest population loser in the country between 2018 and 2019 was New York, with a decrease of 76,790 people, or 0.4 percent. The biggest growth between 2018 and 2019 was seen in Texas with 367,215 more people.

Texas also had the biggest population increase throughout the decade, with 3,753,910 more people. Illinois took the other end of that record, with a loss of 168,682 people.

There are nine states with a population over 10 million: California, Texas, Florida, New York, Illinois, Ohio, Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

Puerto Rico saw a decrease of 527,831 people over the decade. One quarter of this population decrease happened between 2017 and 2018, when Hurricane Maria devastated the island.

See the Census Bureau report on the population change from 2018 to 2019.

The South and West saw the most growth, the Northeast saw the least growth and the Midwest landed in the middle.

Northeast

• 2010: 55,317,240 | 2019: 55,982,803

Midwest

• 2010: 66,927,001 | 2019: 68,329,004

South

• 2010: 114,555,744 | 2019: 125,580,448

West

• 2010: 71,945,553 | 2019: 78,347,268