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Virginia County Map With Cities

Complete list of all 133 counties in Virginia with population, area, and median income — plus a free printable blank map.

Counties
133
Population
8,626,207
Area
39,490 sq mi
Capital
Richmond
Time Zone
Eastern (ET)

Tap or click any county for details. Need a printable version? Blank Virginia county map (PDF/PNG/SVG).

Showing 121 of Virginia’s 133 counties and independent cities

12 jurisdictions have no ZIP-level data in the SimpleMaps source and are not listed below.

County Largest City Population Area Median Income Cities
FairfaxFairfax1,173,352391 mi²$156,20824
Prince WilliamWoodbridge493,241336 mi²$134,83311
Virginia BeachVirginia Beach456,349249 mi²$95,1821
LoudounAshburn431,177516 mi²$182,90717
ChesterfieldMidlothian400,248423 mi²$104,8976
HenricoHenrico334,762234 mi²$80,5054
ChesapeakeChesapeake253,091341 mi²$100,8331
ArlingtonArlington236,74526 mi²$153,7843
NorfolkNorfolk233,59654 mi²$66,0351
Newport NewsNewport News186,87069 mi²$69,0553
StaffordStafford169,846269 mi²$136,2127
AlbemarleCharlottesville159,227721 mi²$103,37114
RichmondRichmond156,52560 mi²$68,4761
HanoverGlen Allen154,254469 mi²$124,3389
AlexandriaAlexandria153,46715 mi²$123,2332
SpotsylvaniaSpotsylvania141,654402 mi²$113,6454
HamptonHampton139,39351 mi²$70,9572
RockinghamHarrisonburg129,239849 mi²$74,65419
AugustaStaunton128,749967 mi²$71,74523
RoanokeSalem124,266251 mi²$79,7294
BedfordForest118,577753 mi²$80,26715
James CityWilliamsburg110,746142 mi²$107,2915
PittsylvaniaDanville99,978969 mi²$49,70314
MontgomeryBlacksburg99,038387 mi²$69,6797
SuffolkSuffolk98,333400 mi²$93,2131
PortsmouthPortsmouth97,14534 mi²$60,3441
FrederickStephens City92,424414 mi²$97,4079
RoanokeRoanoke87,10943 mi²$53,6001
Prince GeorgeHopewell81,758265 mi²$69,5065
FauquierWarrenton72,808647 mi²$130,69819
CampbellLynchburg71,144504 mi²$54,6339
HenryMartinsville67,936382 mi²$50,5718
DinwiddiePetersburg57,641504 mi²$66,16410
WashingtonAbingdon54,219561 mi²$66,2307
CulpeperCulpeper53,079379 mi²$99,60012
FranklinRocky Mount51,831690 mi²$66,14811
YorkYorktown51,475105 mi²$116,0894
PulaskiRadford50,719320 mi²$62,0919
ManassasManassas49,89010 mi²$118,4861
LynchburgLynchburg48,37049 mi²$68,8721
GoochlandManakin Sabot48,333281 mi²$108,42811
LouisaLouisa46,920496 mi²$86,5965
ShenandoahStrasburg45,666509 mi²$67,95212
WarrenFront Royal41,661213 mi²$87,2714
WiseBig Stone Gap41,556403 mi²$51,3639
TazewellBluefield39,844519 mi²$49,76518
Isle of WightSmithfield39,367316 mi²$96,6598
GloucesterGloucester38,381218 mi²$84,20514
RockbridgeLexington37,091598 mi²$66,16411
HalifaxSouth Boston34,382818 mi²$53,88211
AccomackParksley33,335450 mi²$63,22839
OrangeLocust Grove32,750341 mi²$101,7987
CarolineRuther Glen30,953528 mi²$89,1559
MecklenburgSouth Hill30,807625 mi²$57,23810
AmherstMadison Heights30,639474 mi²$67,5065
WinchesterWinchester29,2309 mi²$64,2581
WytheWytheville29,175462 mi²$59,3838
SmythMarion29,001451 mi²$48,0835
PowhatanPowhatan28,943260 mi²$110,3492
FredericksburgFredericksburg28,73110 mi²$86,2301
GraysonGalax28,727442 mi²$46,8827
King GeorgeKing George27,896180 mi²$116,9697
New KentQuinton27,229210 mi²$114,2835
SouthamptonFranklin26,614599 mi²$70,8999
BotetourtTroutville25,894541 mi²$82,8148
FluvannaPalmyra25,867286 mi²$99,7455
RussellLebanon23,989474 mi²$50,8586
BuckinghamScottsville23,685580 mi²$74,8518
PageLuray23,394311 mi²$57,0334
CarrollHillsville22,197475 mi²$55,2688
ScottGate City21,820536 mi²$46,3407
CumberlandFarmville21,425297 mi²$58,1953
AlleghanyCovington20,197445 mi²$53,6085
LeePennington Gap20,172436 mi²$43,0299
BuchananGrundy19,141503 mi²$43,79217
King WilliamAylett18,529274 mi²$93,9244
WestmorelandColonial Beach18,285229 mi²$64,40010
Falls ChurchFalls Church18,1692 mi²$168,8821
GreeneRuckersville18,102156 mi²$85,6964
ClarkeBerryville17,662176 mi²$116,8436
NelsonAfton17,089471 mi²$82,08712
GilesPearisburg16,912356 mi²$67,4509
PatrickStuart16,478483 mi²$57,0318
NottowayBlackstone16,174314 mi²$61,6864
SussexWaverly16,143490 mi²$64,6246
BristolBristol15,90313 mi²$48,7641
AppomattoxAppomattox15,643333 mi²$61,5614
BrunswickLawrenceville15,354566 mi²$53,62113
NorthumberlandHeathsville14,357191 mi²$62,1369
DickensonClintwood13,975331 mi²$48,0758
FloydFloyd13,558380 mi²$61,4705
GreensvilleEmporia13,342295 mi²$51,1703
AmeliaAmelia Court House13,069355 mi²$73,5603
MadisonMadison12,986321 mi²$85,56617
PoquosonPoquoson12,63915 mi²$120,9721
LunenburgVictoria12,429432 mi²$54,0784
MiddlesexSaluda12,124130 mi²$77,56812
NorthamptonCape Charles12,059212 mi²$68,18916
EssexTappahannock10,470257 mi²$59,2728
Prince EdwardMeherrin10,199350 mi²$66,6877
RappahannockAmissville10,029266 mi²$102,2708
RichmondWarsaw9,429191 mi²$67,1515
LancasterLancaster8,974133 mi²$82,1699
CharlotteCharlotte Court House8,800475 mi²$62,6319
MathewsMathews8,58486 mi²$77,30217
King and QueenSaint Stephens Church6,789315 mi²$73,52711
SurrySpring Grove6,490279 mi²$87,7935
BlandBland6,144358 mi²$65,2444
HarrisonburgHarrisonburg5,34717 mi²$01
Charles CityCharles City4,492183 mi²$81,2502
CraigNew Castle4,402330 mi²$67,6202
BathHot Springs4,142529 mi²$60,4414
HighlandMonterey2,620415 mi²$60,5416
RadfordRadford2,20510 mi²$01
CharlottesvilleCharlottesville010 mi²$01
WilliamsburgWilliamsburg09 mi²$01
PetersburgPetersburg023 mi²$02
MartinsvilleMartinsville011 mi²$01
StauntonStaunton020 mi²$01
FairfaxFairfax06 mi²$01
Salem014 mi²$01

How many counties does Virginia have?

Virginia is the only US state with a county / independent-city split. The Commonwealth has 95 counties and 38 independent cities — administratively peer to counties — for a total of 133 county-equivalents under US Census classification. Independent cities like Richmond, Norfolk, Alexandria, and Virginia Beach operate as separate jurisdictions and are not part of any surrounding county.

The largest county by land area is Pittsylvania County at 969 square miles, home to about 99,978 residents. The most populous is Fairfax County with approximately 1,173,352 residents — a density of about 3,001 people per square mile.

At the other end of the scale, Highland County has only about 2,620 residents.

Virginia’s capital is Richmond, while the largest city is Virginia Beach — a common pattern in the United States, where many states placed their capitals in smaller, more central towns rather than their largest commercial hubs.

Related resources

Download a printable outline of Virginia’s county boundaries from our blank map of Virginia page — available in SVG, PNG, and PDF.

Use the What County Am I In? tool to detect which Virginia county a GPS location or address falls in, or the Address to County Lookup for batch input.

For demographic radius analysis, the Find ZIP Codes in Radius and Population Within Radius tools let you draw a circle around any Virginia address and see every ZIP code and the total population inside.

Two SimpleMapLab studies cover Virginia specifically: the 100-mile radius around Richmond measures how much of the state lives within 100 miles of its capitol, and the loneliest town in Virginia ranks the state’s most isolated inhabited place. The county-counts blog post puts Virginia’s 133 counties in national context.

Frequently asked questions

Virginia is the only US state with a county / independent-city split. The Commonwealth has 95 counties and 38 independent cities — administratively peer to counties — for a total of 133 county-equivalents under US Census classification. Independent cities like Richmond, Norfolk, Alexandria, and Virginia Beach operate as separate jurisdictions and are not part of any surrounding county.
Pittsylvania County is the largest by land area at 969 square miles, with about 99,978 residents.
Fairfax County is the most populous, with approximately 1,173,352 residents over 391 square miles.
Highland County has the smallest population at about 2,620 residents.
Richmond is the state capital. The largest city is Virginia Beach — a common pattern in the US, where many states placed their capitals in smaller, more central towns rather than their largest commercial hubs.
Population, area, and demographic figures are aggregated from ZIP-code-level US Census data (via the SimpleMaps dataset) and the US Census Gazetteer. County boundaries used to render the map are from the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau's TIGER/Line shapefiles. The data is public domain.
Data sources

Population and demographics are aggregated from ZIP-code-level US Census data via the SimpleMaps dataset. Countiesboundaries are from the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau’s TIGER/Line shapefiles. Land area is from the Census Gazetteer. State counts follow the US Census Bureau’s definition of counties and county-equivalents (50 states + DC = 3,144). All sources are public domain.

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