Skip to content - Statehood:
- 1788 (10th state)
- Capital:
- Richmond
- Population:
- 8,535,519 (2019)
- Size:
- 42,775 square miles
- Nickname:
- Old Dominion
- Motto:
- “Sic semper tyrannis” (Thus always to tyrants)
- State bird:
- Cardinal
- State flower:
- American Dogwood
- State tree:
- American Dogwood
- State dog:
- American Foxhound
- Governor:
- Glenn Youngkin
- Congressional Representation:
- 2 senators, 11 representatives
- Presidents born in Virginia:
- George Washington
- Thomas Jefferson
- James Madison
- James Monroe
- William Henry Harrison
- John Tyler
- Zachary Taylor
- Woodrow Wilson
