County research and study
Hampton city, Virginia
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Hampton city is a county or county equivalent in Virginia. Its five-digit FIPS code is 51650; preserve the leading zero when storing county codes as text. The Gazetteer lists 84.81 square miles of water and a representative point at 37.047961, -76.297293. That point identifies the geography; it is not a street address or a site boundary.
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Geography: 2025 U.S. Census Gazetteer. Population: Vintage 2025 estimates, July 1, 2025. County equivalents include parishes, boroughs, independent cities and planning regions. Puerto Rico population is not supplied by this population file.
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