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
Manassas Park city
17,219
Manchester
9,715
Martinsville
16,162
Martinsville city
13,485
Mathews
8,533
Mecklenburg
30,319
Middlesex
10,625
Montgomery
99,721
Nansemond
35,166
Nelson
14,775
New Kent
22,945
Newport News
170,045
Newport News city
186,247
Norfolk
517,112
Norfolk city
238,005
Northampton
12,282
Northumberland
11,839
Norton
4,247
Norton city
3,687
Nottoway
15,642
Orange
36,254
Page
23,709
Patrick
17,608
Petersburg
38,386
Petersburg city
33,458
Pittsylvania
60,501
Poquoson
11,005
Poquoson city
12,460
Portsmouth
103,907
Portsmouth city
97,915
Powhatan
30,333
Prince Edward
21,849
Prince George
43,010
Prince William
482,204
Princess Anne
76,124
Pulaski
33,800
Radford
15,940
Radford city
16,070
Rappahannock
7,348
Richmond
8,923
Richmond city
226,610
Roanoke
96,929
Roanoke city
100,011
Rockbridge
22,650
Rockingham
83,757
Russell
25,781
Salem
23,756
Salem city
25,346
Scott
21,576
Shenandoah
44,186
Smyth
29,800
South Boston
6,997
South Norfolk
22,035
Southampton
17,996
Spotsylvania
140,032
Stafford
156,927
Staunton
24,461
Staunton city
25,750
Suffolk
52,141
Suffolk city
94,324
Surry
6,561
Sussex
10,829
Tazewell
40,429
Virginia Beach
393,069
Virginia Beach city
459,470
Warren
40,727
Warwick
39,875
Washington
53,935
Waynesboro
18,549
Waynesboro city
22,196
Westmoreland
18,477
Williamsburg
11,530
Williamsburg city
15,425
Winchester
21,947
Winchester city
28,120
Wise
36,130
Wythe
28,290
York
70,045
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