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Richmond
Richmond
State capital and independent city
	Downtown skyline along the James River St. John's Episcopal Church Monument Avenue Main Street Station Virginia State Capitol Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
	Seal
	Nickname(s): "RVA", "River City"[ failed verification]
	Motto(s): Latin: Sic Itur Ad Astra; (Thus do we reach the stars)
	Lua error: Coordinates must be specified on Wikidata or in \|coord=.
	Richmond Location within Virginia Richmond Location within the contiguous United States
	Coordinates: 37°32′27″N 77°26′12″W / 37.54083°N 77.43667°W
Country	United States
State	Virginia
Named for	Richmond, London
Government
• Mayor	Levar Stoney ( D)
Area
• City	62.57 sq mi (162.05 km2)
• Land	59.92 sq mi (155.20 km2)
• Water	2.65 sq mi (6.85 km2)
Elevation	213 ft (65 m)
Population ( 2020)
• City	226,610
• Rank	100th in the United States; 4th in Virginia
• Density	3,782/sq mi (1,484.75/km2)
• Urban	1,059,150 ( US: 44th)
• Urban density	2,067.3/sq mi (798.2/km2)
• Metro	1,339,182 ( US: 44th)
Demonym	Richmonder
GDP
• Richmond (MSA)	$93.615 billion (2022)
Time zone	UTC−5 ( EST)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC−4 ( EDT)
ZIP Codes	23173, 23218–23242, 23249–23250, 23255, 23260–23261, 23269, 23273–23274, 23276, 23278–23279, 23282, 23284–23286, 23288–23295, 23297–23298
Area codes	804 and 686
FIPS code	51-67000
GNIS feature ID	1499957
Website	rva.gov
	Nomenclature evolution Prior to 1071 – Richemont: a town in Normandy, France.; 1071 to 1501 – Richmond: a castle town in Yorkshire, UK.; 1501 to 1742 – Richmond, a palace town in London, UK.; 1742 to present – Richmond, Virginia.

^ Per www.richmondgov.com & The Free Dictionary Archived April 26, 2021, at the Wayback Machine.
^ City Connection, Office of the Press Secretary to the Mayor. Richmondgov.com Archived September 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. January–March 2010 edition. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on October 16, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
^ "Total Real Gross Domestic Product for Richmond, VA (MSA)". fred.stlouisfed.org.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 1, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[RVA-1] Per www.richmondgov.com & The Free Dictionary Archived April 26, 2021, at the Wayback Machine.

[2] City Connection, Office of the Press Secretary to the Mayor. Richmondgov.com Archived September 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. January–March 2010 edition. Retrieved February 8, 2010.

[CenPopGazetteer2019-3] "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on October 16, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2020.

[USGS-4] "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. Retrieved 2023-05-08.

[5] "Total Real Gross Domestic Product for Richmond, VA (MSA)". fred.stlouisfed.org.

[GR2-6] "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 1, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

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Richmond
State capital and independent city
Downtown skyline along the James River St. John's Episcopal Church Monument Avenue Main Street Station Virginia State Capitol Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Seal
Nickname(s): "RVA",^[1] "River City"^[2]^{[ failed verification]}
Motto(s): Latin: Sic Itur Ad Astra (Thus do we reach the stars)
Lua error: Coordinates must be specified on Wikidata or in \|coord=.
Richmond Location within Virginia Show map of Virginia Richmond Location within the contiguous United States Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 37°32′27″N 77°26′12″W / 37.54083°N 77.43667°W / 37.54083; -77.43667
Country	United States
State	Virginia
Named for	Richmond, London
Government
• Mayor	Levar Stoney ( D)
Area ^[3]
• City	62.57 sq mi (162.05 km²)
• Land	59.92 sq mi (155.20 km²)
• Water	2.65 sq mi (6.85 km²)
Elevation ^[4]	213 ft (65 m)
Population ( 2020)
• City	226,610
• Rank	100th in the United States 4th in Virginia
• Density	3,782/sq mi (1,484.75/km²)
• Urban	1,059,150 ( US: 44th)
• Urban density	2,067.3/sq mi (798.2/km²)
• Metro	1,339,182 ( US: 44th)
Demonym	Richmonder
GDP ^[5]
• Richmond (MSA)	$93.615 billion (2022)
Time zone	UTC−5 ( EST)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC−4 ( EDT)
ZIP Codes	23173, 23218–23242, 23249–23250, 23255, 23260–23261, 23269, 23273–23274, 23276, 23278–23279, 23282, 23284–23286, 23288–23295, 23297–23298
Area codes	804 and 686
FIPS code	51-67000^[6]
GNIS feature ID	1499957^[4]
Website	rva.gov
Nomenclature evolution Prior to 1071 – Richemont: a town in Normandy, France. 1071 to 1501 – Richmond: a castle town in Yorkshire, UK. 1501 to 1742 – Richmond, a palace town in London, UK. 1742 to present – Richmond, Virginia.