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April 19, 2021
Population growth in Northern Virginia is slowing down at an eye-opening rate, according to a new study by Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service researcher Hamilton Lombard.
According to Lombard, Northern Virginia accounted for 66.5% of the state’s population growth between 2010 and 2019, but has dipped to 33.7% within the last year.
“While Northern Virginia is still growing in population, its recent slowdown is remarkable given how long so much of Virginia’s population growth has been concentrated in Northern Virginia,” Lombard said. “Since 1980, Northern Virginia has contributed to over half of the commonwealth’s entire population growth. Earlier in the 2010s, over two-thirds of Virginia’s population growth occurred in Northern Virginia.