Richmond, Virginia is an American city.
Virginia is a state located in the Southern United States . Richmond ( [ ˈrɪtʃmənd ] ) is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States . As of the 2010 census , the population was 204,214 ; in 2016 , the population was estimated to be 223,170 , the fourth-most populous city in Virginia .