City profile · Large City
Chesapeake, Virginia
Reviewed Oct 13, 2026Who leads Chesapeake, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Richard W. West
- Role
- Mayor
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Population
- 254,662
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 13, 2026
- Confirmed by a reviewer against a source
- Last checked
- Oct 13, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcecityofchesapeake.net/1347/Mayors-Commission-on-Veterans-Affairs-MC ↗
- Official leadership pagecityofchesapeake.net/1347/Mayors-Commission-on-Veterans-Affairs-MC ↗
- City websitecityofchesapeake.net ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Richard W. West CurrentMayor · added Jul 2, 2026 · verified Oct 13, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 254,662
- Median household income
- $92,703
- Median age
- 37.4
- Land area
- 338.46 sq mi
- Population density
- 752.4 per sq mi
- County
- Chesapeake (independent city)
- Metro area
- Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
City government
Budget and contact
- Annual budget
- ~$891M
- City hall phone
- (757) 382-6151
- Official website
- cityofchesapeake.net ↗
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