THE METROPOLITAN AREA

The greater Virginia Beach area is the 38th largest metropolitan area in the United States2. The region encompasses 16 cities and counties across southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina with a population of 1.73 million people and a workforce of nearly 835,000. The Virginia Beach metropolitan area is centrally located on the Eastern Seaboard, providing businesses access to more than half of the total U.S. population within a 750-mile (1,200 km) radius.

The U.S. Census Bureau defines the Virginia Beach region as the Virginia Beach—Norfolk—Newport News Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) for data collection and reporting purposes. However, the region has been known throughout the years as Tidewater, Hampton Roads, Coastal Virginia, or more recently the “757” to refer to the region’s area code.

2 U.S. Census Bureau, MSA rank by population, July 2021

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