Census Data for Dorchester

As far as we can tell, Dorchester has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Dorchester, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Richmond
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Richmond is located in Richmond City
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• Colonial Heights
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Colonial Heights is located in Colonial Heights City
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Heights
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colonial Heights <1>
• Hopewell
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hopewell is located in Hopewell City
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hopewell <1>
• Petersburg
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Petersburg is located in Petersburg City
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• Ashland
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Ashland is located in Hanover County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
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Miscellaneous Information for Dorchester ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either or the community of Dorchester:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Dorchester:
  • GNIS ID for Dorchester: 1780773
  • GNIS ID for State of Virginia: 1779803

• The FIPS Codes ...
  • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
  • State Code: 51 (Virginia)
  • Place Code: 23056 (Dorchester)
  • State & Place Code: 51/23056 (Virginia / Dorchester)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Dorchester is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Dorchester.