Virginia Beach City Profile

Official State Website URL- http://www.virginia.gov

Here are some facts about Virginia beach, VA. There are four hundred and twenty-five thousand, two hundred and fifty-seven citizens in Virginia beach, VA. Economic data shows that median income in Virginia beach, VA, makes up forty-eight thousand, seven hundred and five dollars. [f1] The median age of a Virginia beach, VA citizen is thirty-two point seven. The total population of males in Virginia beach, VA is 210,524. The percentage for females is forty-nine point five one percent. The estimate number of households in Virginia beach, VA is one hundred and fifty-four thousand, four hundred and fifty-five. The city has reasonable weather and views.

City of Virginia Beach
Official flag of City of Virginia Beach
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Official seal of City of Virginia Beach
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Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Coordinates: 36°50′04″N 76°05′6.72″W / 36.83444, -76.0852
Country United States
State Virginia
Government
 - Mayor Meyera E. Oberndorf
Area
 - Total 497.3 sq mi (1,288.1 km²)
 - Land 248.3 sq mi (643.1 km²)
 - Water 249.0 sq mi (645.0 km²)
Elevation 10 ft (6 m)
Population (2000 Census)
 - City 438,619
 - Density 1,712.8/sq mi (661.3/km²)
 - Urban 1,212,000
 - Metro 1,795,015
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s) 757
FIPS code 51-82000GR2
GNIS feature ID 1500261GR3
Website: http://www.vbgov.com/


Virginia Beach is an independent city located in the South Hampton Roads area in the Commonwealth of Virginia, on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. It is the most populous city in Virginia and the 41st largest city in the United States, with an estimated population of 435,619 in 2006.[1]

Virginia Beach is the easternmost of the Seven Cities of Hampton Roads which make up the core of the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA. This area, known as "America's First Region", also includes the independent cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Suffolk, as well as other smaller cities, counties and towns of Hampton Roads.

Virginia Beach is best known as a resort, with miles of beaches and hundreds of hotels, motels, and restaurants along its oceanfront. It is also home to several state parks, several long protected beach areas, three military bases, a number of large corporations, two universities, and historic sites. Near the point where the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean meet, Cape Henry was the site of the first landing of the English colonists bound for Jamestown on April 26, 1607.

The city is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as having the longest pleasure beach in the world and is located at the southern end of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, the longest bridge-tunnel complex in the world.[citation needed]