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Population (based on the 2000 Census):
Metropolitan Richmond population – 197,800
Greater Richmond – 826,400
Race (based on the 2000 Census):
White – 38.3 percent
African American – 57.2 percent
Other – 4.5 percent
Physical size (metropolitan Richmond):
60 square miles
Richmond and surrounding counties:
Chesterfield
County
Hanover
County
Henrico
County
New
Kent County
Public transportation:
Richmond’s public transportation system offers several
different ways to get around town, whether it be by your own personal
car, hailing a taxi, jumping on a bus provided by either Greyhound
or the Greater
Richmond Transit Company or taking one of Amtrak’s
daily eight trains that link Richmond with Washington, D.C.
Government:
Richmond
Greater Richmond Chamber
Richmond’s
official Web site
Richmond
City Council
Virginia
Virginia’s
official Web site
Washington, D.C.
U.S.
House of Representatives
(Virginia Members)
U.S.
Senators from Virginia
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