City profile · Small City
Petersburg, Virginia
Verified Oct 11, 2026Who leads Petersburg, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Sam Parham
- Role
- Mayor
- Population
- 33,740
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 11, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 11, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcepetersburgva.gov/m/directory/employee?eid=28 ↗
- Official leadership pagepetersburgva.gov/m/directory/employee?eid=28 ↗
- City websitepetersburgva.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Sam Parham CurrentMayor · added Aug 1, 2026 · verified Oct 11, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 33,740
- Median household income
- $46,930
- Median age
- 36.6
- Land area
- 22.72 sq mi
- Population density
- 1,485 per sq mi
- County
- Petersburg city
- Metro area
- Richmond, VA
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