County Census Records
Virginia Counties
178 counties with population data from the decennial US Census, 1790 to 2020.
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Population as of 2020 census
Accomack
33,413
Albemarle
112,395
Alexandria
111,183
Alexandria city
159,467
Alleghany
15,223
Amelia
13,265
Amherst
31,307
Appomattox
16,119
Arlington
238,643
Augusta
77,487
Bath
4,209
Bedford
79,462
Bedford city
6,222
Bland
6,270
Botetourt
33,596
Bristol
18,426
Bristol city
17,219
Brunswick
15,849
Buchanan
20,355
Buckingham
16,824
Buena Vista
6,406
Buena Vista city
6,641
Campbell
55,696
Caroline
30,887
Carroll
29,155
Charles City
6,773
Charlotte
11,529
Charlottesville
40,341
Charlottesville city
46,553
Chesapeake
151,976
Chesapeake city
249,422
Chesterfield
364,548
Clarke
14,783
Clifton Forge
4,679
Clifton Forge city
4,289
Colonial Heights
16,064
Colonial Heights city
18,170
Covington
6,991
Covington city
5,737
Craig
4,892
Culpeper
52,552
Cumberland
9,675
Danville
53,056
Danville city
42,590
Dickenson
14,124
Dinwiddie
27,947
Elizabeth City
55,028
Emporia
5,306
Emporia city
5,766
Essex
10,599
Fairfax
1,150,309
Fairfax city
24,146
Falls Church
9,578
Falls Church city
14,658
Fauquier
72,972
Floyd
15,476
Fluvanna
27,249
Franklin
54,477
Franklin city
8,180
Frederick
91,419
Fredericksburg
19,027
Fredericksburg city
27,982
Galax
6,670
Galax city
6,720
Giles
16,787
Gloucester
38,711
Goochland
24,727
Grayson
15,333
Greene
20,552
Greensville
11,391
Halifax
34,022
Hampton
133,793
Hampton city
137,148
Hanover
109,979
Harrisonburg
30,707
Harrisonburg city
51,814
Henrico
334,389
Henry
50,948
Highland
2,232
Hopewell
23,101
Hopewell city
23,033
Independent City
1,990
Isle of Wight
38,606
James City
78,254
King and Queen
6,608
King George
26,723
King William
17,810
Lancaster
10,919
Lee
22,173
Lexington
6,959
Lexington city
7,320
Loudoun
420,959
Louisa
37,596
Lunenburg
11,936
Lynchburg
66,049
Lynchburg city
79,009
Madison
13,837
Manassas
27,957
Manassas city
42,772
Manassas Park
6,734
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