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Statutes > Virginia > Title-1 > Chapter-2-1 > 1-235§ 1-235. Population; inhabitants.
"Population" or "inhabitants" means with reference to any county, city,town, political subdivision of the Commonwealth or any combination thereof,the natural persons in such county, city, town, political subdivision orcombination as shown by the unadjusted United States decennial census lastpreceding the time at which any provision dependent upon population is beingapplied or the time as of which it is being construed. Where two or morepolitical subdivisions are consolidated, the population of the consolidatedcounty or city or other political subdivision shall be the combinedpopulation of the consolidating subdivisions, under the last precedingunadjusted United States decennial census.
(1942, p. 668; Michie Code 1942, § 5a; Code 1950, § 1-13; 1950, p. 23, §1-13.22; 1954, c. 295, § 1-13.10:1; 1958, c. 330; 1966, c. 78; 2005, c. 839.)
