
DATE: Wednesday, April 16, 1997             TAG: 9704020455

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B3   EDITION: FINAL 

TYPE: Public Life 

                                            LENGTH:   28 lines

HAMPTON ROADS BY THE NUMBERS

ILLUSTRATION: Graphic

1996 population estimate

Virginia Beach 419,200

Norfolk 231,900

Chesapeake 231,900

Newport News 177,500

Hampton 137,700

Portsmouth 100,000

Suffolk 57,600

Metro area: 1,503,700

Virginia: 6,677,200

*does not include nearby North Carolina population

Source: Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of

Virginia. KEYWORDS: HAMPTON ROADS POPULATION VIRGINIA

Send Suggestions or Comments to webmaster@scholar.lib.vt.edu

by CNB