Municipal · Virginia

City of Petersburg

Petersburg is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,458, most of whom are African Americans. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines Petersburg with Dinwiddie County for statistical purposes. The city is 21 miles (34 km) south of the commonwealth (state) capital city of Richmond. It sits at the fall line of the Appomattox River, a tributary of the longer, larger James River which flows east to meet the southern mouth of the Chesapeake Bay at the Hampton Roads harbor and the Atlantic Ocean.

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Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)

Census ID (PID6): 176786
FIPS state: 51
FIPS county: 730
FIPS place: 61832
Census record name: CITY OF PETERSBURG
Mailing address: 135 N UNION ST, PETERSBURG 23803