Is Chesapeake growing?

How much Chesapeake, VA has grown or shrunk since 2015, how that compares with the county, the state and the United States, and how the community's age is changing.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

Chesapeake looks different than it did in 2015.

Population change since 2015: +8.9% — 230,601 residents in 2015 → 251,153 in 2023

Chesapeake population, 2015 to 2023

• 2015: 230601
• 2023: 251153

Growth since 2015

• Chesapeake: 8.9
• Chesapeake city: 8.9
• VA: 4.9
• U.S.: 5

Median age: 37.7 — U.S. median: 38.7

What it means

Chesapeake is growing faster than the country as a whole — +8.9% here versus +5.0% nationally since 2015.

These are estimates, not a head count. ACS 5-year figures average responses collected over five years, so they show direction and scale rather than a single day's population.