Virginia Counties
Complete list of all 133 counties in Virginia with population, area, median income, and county seats — plus a free printable blank map.
Labeled outline map of Virginia counties. Download a printable version in SVG, PNG, or PDF.
All 120 Virginia counties
| County | County Seat | Population ▼ | Area | Median Income | Cities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfax | — | 1,173,352 | 6 mi² | $156,208 | 24 |
| Prince William | — | 493,241 | 336 mi² | $134,833 | 11 |
| Virginia Beach | — | 456,349 | 249 mi² | $95,182 | 1 |
| Chesterfield | — | 400,248 | 423 mi² | $104,897 | 6 |
| Henrico | — | 334,762 | 234 mi² | $80,505 | 4 |
| Chesapeake | — | 253,091 | 341 mi² | $100,833 | 1 |
| Arlington | — | 236,745 | 26 mi² | $153,784 | 3 |
| Norfolk | — | 233,596 | 54 mi² | $66,035 | 1 |
| Newport News | — | 186,870 | 69 mi² | $69,055 | 3 |
| Stafford | — | 169,846 | 269 mi² | $136,212 | 7 |
| Albemarle | — | 159,227 | 721 mi² | $103,371 | 14 |
| Richmond | — | 156,525 | 60 mi² | $68,476 | 1 |
| Hanover | — | 154,254 | 469 mi² | $124,338 | 9 |
| Alexandria | — | 153,467 | 15 mi² | $123,233 | 2 |
| Spotsylvania | — | 141,654 | 402 mi² | $113,645 | 4 |
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 195,559 people per square mile.
At the other end of the scale, Radford County has only about 2,205 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
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 = 3,143). All sources are public domain.