Area	1990	2000	2008	2010(p)	1990- 2000	2000- 2010
City of Charlottesville	40,470	40,099	41,487(e)	40,639	-0.9%	1.3%
Charlottesville MSA*	143,885	174,021	194,391(e)	200,683	20.9%	10.8%
Virginia	6,187,358	7,078,474	7,769,089(e)	8,010,239	14.4%	13.2%

*The Charlottesville MSA consists of the City of the Charlottesville, Albemarle, Greene, Fluvanna and Nelson counties (The MSA definition was expanded to include Nelson County in 2003).

Sources: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census; University of Virginia, Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service (estimates); Virginia Employment Commission (projections).