Census Data for West Ghent

As far as we can tell, West Ghent 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 West Ghent, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Norfolk
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Norfolk is located in Norfolk City
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• Portsmouth
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Portsmouth is located in Portsmouth City
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• Chesapeake
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Chesapeake is located in Chesapeake City
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• Hampton
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Hampton is located in Hampton City
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• Newport News
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Newport News is located in Newport News City
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• Poquoson
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Poquoson is located in Poquoson City
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• Smithfield
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Smithfield is located in Isle of Wight County
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• Suffolk
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Suffolk is located in Suffolk City
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• Virginia Beach
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Virginia Beach is located in Virginia Beach City
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• Windsor
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Windsor is located in Isle of Wight County
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Miscellaneous Information for West Ghent ...

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 West Ghent:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to West Ghent:
  • GNIS ID for West Ghent: 1497202
  • 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: 84464 (West Ghent)
  • State & Place Code: 51/84464 (Virginia / West Ghent)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • West Ghent 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 West Ghent.