Is Manassas Independent City, VA's population growing or shrinking?
Refreshed annually
It grew by 294 between 2024 and 2025. Changes in population can reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. The 0.67% annual increase was primarily driven by immigration to the county.
In the decade between 2015 and 2025, Manassas Independent City, VA’s population grew by 7.1%.
+294
population change (2024 to 2025)
+0.67%
percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, Manassas Independent City, VA’s population increased 16 out of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2008 and 2009, when Manassas Independent City, VA gained 1,800 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2005 and 2006 when there were 843 fewer residents.
Manassas Independent City, VA gained 294 residents between 2024 and 2025.
Annual population change, 2001–2025
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What contributes to population change in Manassas Independent City, VA?
A county’s population is influenced by three factors:
- Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2024 and 2025 natural population change was positive in Manassas Independent City, VA, with births exceeding deaths by 419.
- Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a county: If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it’s negative. Between 2024 to 2025, Manassas Independent City, VA’s population change from immigration was positive with about 610 more people coming from another country directly to Manassas Independent City, VA than leaving.
- Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2024 to 2025, Manassas Independent City, VA’s population change from domestic migration was negative with about 730 more people moving to any other county in the US.
Between 2024 and 2025, immigration was the primary driver of population growth in Manassas Independent City, VA.
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