East Highland Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Henrico County, Virginia, in the United States.

[5] As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 12,488 people, 4,960 households, and 3,313 families residing in the CDP.

The racial makeup of the CDP was 18.47% White, 79.36% African American, 0.29% Native American, 0.39% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.34% from other races, and 1.15% from two or more races.

There were 4,960 households, out of which 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.9% were married couples living together, 23.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.2% were non-families.

28.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.