General Information Organizational Structure City of Lynchburg, Virginia
General Information Organizational Structure City of Lynchburg, Virginia Operating Budget, FY 2007 1 General Information Lynchburg City Map City of Lynchburg, Virginia Operating Budget, FY 2007 2 General Information Lynchburg City Map City of Lynchburg, Virginia Operating Budget, FY 2007 3 General Information Lynchburg City Demographics Population • City: 68,000 (per 2005 Weldon Cooper Center report) • Metropolitan Statistical Area (2000 Census): 214,911 • 66.6% white • 29.7% black • 3.7% other • Median household income (two-person family): $32,234 • Persons below poverty: 15.9% Size • City: 50,107 square miles • MSA: 1,791 square miles Climate • Coldest period: end of January, early February, average temperature 35 • Warmest period: last half of July, average temperature 76 • Average annual precipitation: 38.27 inches • Average annual snowfall: 18.3 inches Government • Council-Manager form: seven council members, from which Council elects Mayor and Vice-Mayor. Distance to Other Cities The City of... Lies to the... At a distance of... Atlanta, GA South 470 miles Baltimore, MD Northeast 214 miles Chicago, IL Northwest 697 miles Greensboro, NC South 110 miles New York, NY Northeast 415 miles Norfolk, VA East 195 miles Pittsburgh, PA Northwest 323 miles Richmond, VA East 114 miles Roanoke, VA West 54 miles Washington, D.C. Northeast 180 miles City of Lynchburg, Virginia Operating Budget, FY 2007 4 General Information Lynchburg, Virginia Lynchburg, Virginia is a city which remembers its past while focusing on the future - a vibrant central city fostering a strong sense of community, economic opportunity for all our citizens and responsive, results-oriented local government. Lynchburg is a city of 50 square miles located near the geographic center of the state, bordered by the eastern edge of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.
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