Richmond is a relatively large city located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 197,790 people and 124 constituent neighborhoods, Richmond is the fourth largest community in Virginia.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Richmond is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Richmond is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Richmond who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.36%), sales jobs (10.53%), and management occupations (8.08%).

Also of interest is that Richmond has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Richmond Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Richmond is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.45% of adults in Richmond have a college degree.

The per capita income in Richmond in 2000 was $20,337, which is upper middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $81,348 for a family of four.

Richmond is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Richmond home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Richmond is African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Richmond include English, German, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Richmond is English. Some people also speak Spanish.