Lynchburg, VA

1959‑1983:		Lynchburg, VA SMSA
1983‑2003:		Lynchburg, VA MSA
2003‑2006:		Lynchburg, VA Metro Area

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Amherst County, VA	20,332	22,953	26,072	29,122	28,578	31,894	32,004

Appomattox County, VA	8,764	9,148	9,784	11,971	12,298	13,705	13,871

Bedford County, VA	29,627	31,028	26,728	34,927	45,656	60,371	64,999

Campbell County, VA	28,877	32,958	43,319	45,424	47,572	51,078	52,187

Bedford city, VA	0		6,011	5,991	6,073	6,299	6,270

Lynchburg city, VA	47,727	54,790	54,083	66,743	66,049	65,269	66,684



Total	-	110,701	123,474	153,260	142,199	214,911	236,015
Percent Change	-	-	11.5%	24.1%	-7.2%	51.1%	9.8%



Total (as currently defined)	135,327	150,877	165,997	194,178	206,226	228,616	236,015
Percent Change	-	11.5%	10.0%	17.0%	6.2%	10.9%	3.2%

Timeline

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Component

Amherst County, VA

Appomattox County, VA

Bedford County, VA

Campbell County, VA

Bedford city, VA

Lynchburg city, VA

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950	1960		1970		1980		1990		2000		2005


Lynchburg, VA	47,727	54,790	*	54,083	*	66,743	*	66,049	*	65,269	*	66,973	*



Total	0	54,790		54,083		66,743		66,049		65,269		66,973
Metro	0	110,701		123,474		153,260		142,199		214,911		236,015
Percent		49.5%		43.8%		43.5%		46.4%		30.4%		28.4%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

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City

Lynchburg, VA

Urban/Rural Population



1960				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			62,618	56.6%
		UA Population		59,319	53.6%
	Rural Population			48,083	43.4%

	Inside Central Cities			54,790	49.5%
	Outside Central Cities			55,911	50.5%

	Total Metro Area Population			110,701	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Lynchburg, VA		59,319	59,319	100.0%

	Total			59,319


	population figures are from the 1960 census, metro areas as defined Oct 1963




1970				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			73,028	54.8%
		UA Population		70,320	52.8%
	Rural Population			60,230	45.2%

	Inside Central Cities			54,083	40.6%
	Outside Central Cities			79,175	59.4%

	Total Metro Area Population			133,258	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Lynchburg, VA		70,842	70,320	99.3%

	Total			70,320


	population figures are from the 1970 census, metro areas as defined Apr 1973




1980				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			97,043	68.7%
		UA Population		93,194	66.0%
	Rural Population			44,246	31.3%

	Inside Central Cities			66,743	47.2%
	Outside Central Cities			74,546	52.8%

	Total Metro Area Population			141,289	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Lynchburg, VA		93,921	93,194	99.2%

	Total			93,194


	population figures are from the 1980 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1983




1990				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			107,912	55.6%
		UA Population		98,153	50.6%
	Rural Population			86,016	44.4%

	Inside Central Cities			66,049	34.1%
	Outside Central Cities			127,879	65.9%

	Total Metro Area Population			193,928	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Lynchburg, VA		98,138	98,138	100.0%
	Roanoke, VA		178,277	15	0.0%

	Total			98,153


	population figures are from the 1990 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1993




2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			109,682	48.0%
		UA Population		99,487	43.5%
	Rural Population			118,934	52.0%

	Inside Principal Cities			65,269	28.5%
	Outside Principal Cities			163,347	71.5%

	Total Metro Area Population			228,616	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Lynchburg, VA		98,714	98,714	100.0%
	Roanoke, VA		197,442	773	0.4%

	Total			99,487


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




May 1959



-		New SMA: Lynchburg, VA SMA
-		Amherst County, VA included as original SMA component
-		Campbell County, VA included as original SMA component
-		Lynchburg city, VA included as original SMA component
-		Lynchburg, VA designated as original central city of new SMA


Apr 1973



-		Appomattox County, VA added


Jun 1983



-		Appomattox County, VA deleted, reverted to nonmetro status


Dec 1992



-		Bedford County, VA added
-		Bedford city, VA added


Jun 2003



-		Appomattox County, VA added

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