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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chesapeake, Virginia
| settlement_type = [[Independent city (United States)|Independent city]]
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| motto = "One Increasing Purpose"
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| map_caption = Interactive map of Chesapeake
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| pushpin_label = Chesapeake
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[County (United States)|County]]
| subdivision_name = {{Flagu|United States}}
| subdivision_name1 = {{Flag|Virginia}}
| government_type = [[Mayor–council–manager]]
| leader_title = [[List of mayors of Chesapeake, Virginia|Mayor]]
| leader_name = [[Rick West (Virginia politician)|Rick West]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = 1963 (1919 as [[South Norfolk, Virginia|South Norfolk]], 1634 as [[Norfolk County, Virginia]])
| area_total_sq_mi = 350.95
| area_land_sq_mi = 338.51
| area_water_sq_mi = 12.44
| area_water_percent = 2.9
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| population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_rank =
[[List of United States cities by population|90th]] in the United States<br />[[List of cities in Virginia|2nd]] in Virginia
| population_total = 249,422
| population_metro = 1799674
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
| timezone = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|EST]]
| utc_offset = −5
| timezone_DST = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
| utc_offset_DST = −4
| postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]s
| postal_code = 23320-23328
| area_code = [[Area codes 757 and 948|757 and 948]]
| coordinates = {{coord|36|42|51|N|76|14|18|W|region:US-VA|display=inline}}
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| blank_info = 51-16000<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
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| website = [http://www.cityofchesapeake.net/ www.cityofchesapeake.net]
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| area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_51.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 908.95
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'''Chesapeake''' is an [[independent city (United States)|independent city]] in [[Virginia]], United States. At the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]], the population was 249,422, making it the [[List of cities in Virginia|second-most populous city in Virginia]], the tenth
Chesapeake is included in the [[Hampton Roads|Hampton Roads metropolitan area]]. One of the cities in the [[South Hampton Roads]], Chesapeake was organized in 1963 by voter referendums approving the political consolidation of the [[South Norfolk, Virginia|city of South Norfolk]] with the remnants of the former [[Norfolk County, Virginia|Norfolk County]], which dated to 1691. (Much of the territory of the county had been annexed by other cities.) Chesapeake is the second-largest city by land area in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the [[List of United States cities by area|17th-largest in the United States]].
Chesapeake is a diverse city in which a few urban areas are located; it also has many square miles of protected farmland, forests, and [[wetlands]], including a substantial portion of the [[Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge]]. Extending from the rural border with [[North Carolina]] to the harbor area of [[Hampton Roads]] adjacent to the cities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach, Chesapeake is located on the [[Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway]]. It has miles of waterfront industrial, commercial and residential property. In 2011, Chesapeake was named the 21st best city in the United States by Bloomberg ''Businessweek.''<ref>
==History==
[[Image:Norfolk.jpg|upright=1.2|left|thumb|[[Norfolk County, Virginia]] (from 1895 map), existed from 1691 to 1963, now extinct]]
In 1963, the new [[independent city (United States)|independent city]] of Chesapeake was created when the former independent city of [[South Norfolk, Virginia|South Norfolk]] consolidated with [[Norfolk County, Virginia|Norfolk County]]. The consolidation was approved, and the new name selected by the voters of each community by referendum
Formed in 1691 in the [[Virginia Colony]], Norfolk County had originally included essentially all the area which became the towns and later cities of [[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]], [[Portsmouth, Virginia|Portsmouth]], and South Norfolk. Its area was reduced after 1871 as these cities added territory through annexations. Becoming an independent city was a method for the former county to stabilize borders with neighbors, as cities could not annex territory from each other.
The relatively small city of South Norfolk had become an [[incorporated town]] within Norfolk County in 1919
The consolidation that resulted in the city of Chesapeake was part of a wave of changes in the structure of local government in [[Hampton Roads|southeastern Virginia]] which took place between 1952 and 1975.
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Chesapeake made national headlines in 2003 when, under a court-ordered [[change of venue]], the community hosted the first trial of alleged [[Beltway sniper attacks|Beltway sniper]] [[Lee Boyd Malvo]] for shootings in 2002. A jury convicted him of murder but spared him a potential [[capital punishment|death sentence]]; it chose a sentence of "life in prison without parole" for the young man, who was 17 years old at the time of the crime spree. A jury in neighboring Virginia Beach convicted his older partner [[John Allen Muhammad]] and sentenced him to death for another of the attacks.
On November 22, 2022, [[2022 Chesapeake shooting|a mass shooting]] occurred in a [[Walmart]] off of [[Battlefield Boulevard]] in Chesapeake. Seven people were killed, including the gunman who committed suicide, and four others were injured.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reese |first=Brian |date=November 22, 2022 |title=Police: Multiple fatalities, injuries reported in shooting at Chesapeake Walmart |url=https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/chesapeake/police-respond-to-shooting-at-chesapeake-walmart/
==Geography==
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===Communities===
Chesapeake consists of six boroughs: South Norfolk,
===Climate===
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Chesapeake has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=291844&cityname=Chesapeake%2C+Virginia%2C+United+States+of+America&units=|title=Chesapeake, Virginia Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|work=Weatherbase|access-date=21 May 2016}}</ref>
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"Climatological Information for Chesapeake, Virginia",
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing from 1790|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=January 2, 2014|archive-date=August 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=
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[[File:USA Chesapeake city, Virginia age pyramid.svg|left|thumb|Age distribution in Chesapeake]]
===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Chesapeake city, Virginia – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop
!Pop
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Chesapeake city, Virginia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US5116000&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|Non-Hispanic White]] alone (NH)
|131,200
|134,251
|style='background: #ffffe6; |135,679
|65.87%
|60.42%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |54.40%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|56,442
|65,204
|style='background: #ffffe6; |70,885
|28.34%
|29.34%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |28.42%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|722
|720
|style='background: #ffffe6; |731
|0.36%
|0.32%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.29%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|3,638
|6,289
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8,868
|1.83%
|2.83%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.56%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|92
|147
|style='background: #ffffe6; |312
|0.05%
|0.07%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.13%
|-
|Some Other Race alone (NH)
|251
|266
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,223
|0.13%
|0.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.49%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race
|2,763
|5,626
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13,900
|1.39%
|2.53%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.57%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|4,076
|9,706
|style='background: #ffffe6; |17,824
|2.05%
|4.37%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.15%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''199,184'''
|'''222,209'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''249,422'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}
===2010
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR8">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2011-05-14 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2010, there were 222,209 people, 69,900 households, and 54,172 families residing in the city. The
There were 69,900 households, out of which 41.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.5% were non-families. 18.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.17.
The age distribution was: 28.8% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 32.3% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.4 males. For every 100 females
The median income for a household in the city was $50,743, and the median income for a family was $56,302. Males had a median income of $39,204 versus $26,391 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $20,949. About 6.1% of families and 7.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9.7% of those under age 18 and 9.0% of those age 65 or over.
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| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070805002934/http://www.ontheradio.net/metro/Norfolk_VA.aspx
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}}</ref> Chesapeake is also served by several television stations. The Hampton Roads [[designated market area]] (DMA) is the 42nd largest in the U.S. with 712,790 homes (0.64% of the total U.S.).<ref name="nielsen">Holmes, Gary. "[http://www.nielsenmedia.com/nc/portal/site/Public/menuitem.55dc65b4a7d5adff3f65936147a062a0/?vgnextoid=6573d3b8b0c3d010VgnVCM100000ac0a260aRCRD# Nielsen Reports 1.1% increase in U.S. Television Households for the 2006-2007 Season] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705100549/http://www.nielsenmedia.com/nc/portal/site/Public/menuitem.55dc65b4a7d5adff3f65936147a062a0/?vgnextoid=6573d3b8b0c3d010VgnVCM100000ac0a260aRCRD%23 |date=July 5, 2009 }}." ''[[Nielsen Media Research]].'' September 23, 2006. Retrieved on September 28, 2007.</ref> The major network television affiliates are [[WTKR-TV]] 3 ([[Columbia Broadcasting Service|CBS]]), [[WAVY]] 10 ([[NBC]]), [[WVEC-TV]] 13 ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]), [[WGNT]] 27 ([[The CW Television Network|CW]]), [[WTVZ]] 33 ([[MyNetworkTV]]), [[WVBT]] 43 ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]), and [[WPXV]] 49 ([[ION Television]]). The [[Public Broadcasting Service]] station is [[WHRO-TV]] 15. Chesapeake residents also can receive independent stations, such as [[WSKY-TV|WSKY]] broadcasting on channel 4 from the Outer Banks of North Carolina and [[WGBS-LD]] broadcasting on channel 11 from [[Hampton, Virginia|Hampton]]. Chesapeake is served by [[Cox Communications]] which provides [[LNC 5]], a local 24-hour [[United States cable news|cable news]] television network.
==Politics==
Chesapeake is a national bellwether, voting with the winner of the electoral college in every presidential election since 1972, except in 1992 and 1996 (by less than 1% and 538 votes).
{{PresHead|place=Chesapeake, Virginia|source=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|first=David|last=Leip|website=uselectionatlas.org}}</ref>}}
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[[Chesapeake City Public Schools]] is the local school district.
The Chesapeake Public Library System includes seven branches and one lending kiosk. After getting a library card, resources can be checked out online or in person at any of the branches. Additionally, Interlibrary Loan requests can be made in person or online if a resource you want is available at a different branch.<ref name="Chesapeake Public Library">
The Chesapeake Public Library offers a variety of educational, career, and literary services to community members. A core part of the mission of the Chesapeake Public Library is to “support learners at every level to succeed in their education and career paths”.<ref name="CPL Strategic Plan">
==Infrastructure==
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Chesapeake is served by the nearby [[Norfolk International Airport]] in the [[Norfolk, Virginia|City of Norfolk]] with [[airline|commercial airline]] passenger service.
Within the city limits, [[Chesapeake Regional Airport]] is a [[general aviation]] facility located just south of Great Bridge. Also, within the city, is the Hampton Roads Executive Airport located near Bowers Hill and the [[Hampton Roads Beltway]]. This airport caters to private airplane owners and enthusiasts. East of [[Great Bridge, Virginia|Great Bridge]], [[Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fentress|NALF Fentress]] is a facility of the [[U.S. Navy]] and is an auxiliary landing field which is part of the large facility at [[Naval Air Station Oceana|NAS Oceana]] in neighboring [[Virginia Beach, Virginia|Virginia Beach]].
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====Rail====
Five [[railroad]]s currently pass through portions of Chesapeake
Chesapeake is located on a potential line for high
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Water and sewer services are provided by the city's Department of Utilities. Chesapeake receives its electricity from [[Dominion Virginia Power]] which has local sources including the Chesapeake Energy Center (a coal-fired and gas power plant), coal-fired plants in the city and [[Southampton County, Virginia|Southampton County]], and the Surry Nuclear Power Plant. Norfolk headquartered [[AGL Resources#Virginia Natural Gas|Virginia Natural Gas]], a subsidiary of [[AGL Resources]], distributes [[natural gas]] to the city from storage plants in [[James City County]] and in the city.
The Virginia tidewater area has grown faster than the local freshwater supply. Chesapeake receives the majority of its water from the
The city provides wastewater services for residents and transports wastewater to the regional Hampton Roads Sanitation District treatment plants.<ref name="HRSD">{{cite web|title=Hampton Roads Sanitation District|url=http://www.hrsd.state.va.us/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121224132939/http://www.hrsd.state.va.us/|archive-date=2012-12-24|access-date=2008-03-08|publisher=Hampton Roads Sanitation District}}</ref>
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* [[Grant Holloway]], 110 m hurdle world champion
* [[Patrick Jones II]], professional football player
* [[Nick Leitz]] [[NASCAR]] driver
* [[Ashton Lewis Jr.]] [[NASCAR]] driver
* [[Mizkif]], [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] streamer
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* [[Club Lake Ahoy]]
* [[Chesapeake Tribe]]
*
* [[List of famous people from Hampton Roads]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Chesapeake, Virginia]]
* [[Mayoral elections in Chesapeake, Virginia]]
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