City profile · Mid-size City
Portsmouth, Virginia
Reviewed Oct 13, 2026Who leads Portsmouth, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Shannon E. Glover
- Role
- Mayor
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Population
- 100,565
- 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 sourceportsmouthva.gov/mayor ↗
- Official leadership pageportsmouthva.gov/mayor ↗
- City websiteportsmouthva.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Shannon E. Glover CurrentMayor · added Jul 2, 2026 · verified Oct 13, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 100,565
- Median household income
- $57,154
- Median age
- 35.6
- Land area
- 33.3 sq mi
- Population density
- 3,020 per sq mi
- County
- Portsmouth city
- Metro area
- Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
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