Population
8,880,107
2025
+2.8% since 2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program (Vintage 2025), 2025. Resident population, July 1 estimate.
What are the fastest-growing counties in Virginia?
New Kent County (+21.2%), Goochland County (+17.4%) and Louisa County (+13.6%) grew fastest in Virginia between 2020 and 2025.
Virginia as a whole grew 2.8% between 2020 and 2025, to 8,880,107 residents.
Data as of 2025 · updated
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All 133 Virginia counties ranked
| Rank | County | Residents 2025 | Change 2020–25 | Net migration per 1,000, 2025 | New homes per 1,000, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Kent County | 28,022 | +21.2% | 28.6 | 10.5 |
| 2 | Goochland County | 29,187 | +17.4% | 35.8 | 10.8 |
| 3 | Louisa County | 42,924 | +13.6% | 16.6 | 9.4 |
| 4 | Caroline County | 34,413 | +11.3% | 21.9 | 6.5 |
| 5 | Fairfax (city) | 26,772 | +10.7% | −5.9 | 3.3 |
| 6 | King George County | 29,646 | +10.5% | 22.4 | 3.1 |
| 7 | Spotsylvania County | 155,388 | +10.5% | 14.2 | 4.4 |
| 8 | Suffolk (city) | 104,699 | +10.4% | 12.8 | 5.6 |
| 9 | Orange County | 40,083 | +10.1% | 21.0 | 8.5 |
| 10 | King William County | 19,617 | +9.5% | 14.2 | 11.0 |
| 11 | Culpeper County | 57,666 | +9.3% | 8.1 | 6.3 |
| 12 | Frederick County | 99,955 | +8.8% | 16.2 | 7.1 |
| 13 | Chesterfield County | 397,148 | +8.7% | 9.0 | 5.5 |
| 14 | Fredericksburg (city) | 30,393 | +8.6% | −1.7 | 0.8 |
| 15 | Stafford County | 170,803 | +8.3% | 4.2 | 2.6 |
| 16 | Waynesboro (city) | 23,951 | +7.5% | 13.5 | 14.7 |
| 17 | Powhatan County | 32,591 | +7.0% | 7.6 | 3.9 |
| 18 | Radford (city) | 17,243 | +7.0% | −1.2 | 0.8 |
| 19 | Cumberland County | 10,352 | +6.9% | 17.1 | 6.8 |
| 20 | Isle of Wight County | 41,321 | +6.7% | 12.8 | 7.3 |
| 21 | Rockingham County | 89,316 | +6.6% | 9.7 | 7.7 |
| 22 | Greene County | 21,958 | +6.6% | 8.6 | 12.1 |
| 23 | Poquoson (city) | 13,292 | +6.6% | 33.0 | 7.4 |
| 24 | Westmoreland County | 19,715 | +6.5% | 23.8 | 10.9 |
| 25 | Loudoun County | 449,749 | +6.4% | −0.3 | 3.5 |
| 26 | Appomattox County | 17,172 | +6.3% | 11.1 | 4.9 |
| 27 | Fluvanna County | 28,975 | +6.2% | 6.8 | 6.5 |
| 28 | James City County | 83,326 | +6.2% | 7.2 | 2.7 |
| 29 | Lexington (city) | 7,769 | +6.2% | 3.7 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Northumberland County | 12,557 | +6.1% | 21.3 | 5.2 |
| 31 | Hanover County | 116,423 | +5.6% | 7.0 | 4.4 |
| 32 | Clarke County | 15,609 | +5.3% | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| 33 | Albemarle County | 118,356 | +5.1% | 5.3 | 6.2 |
| 34 | Fauquier County | 76,503 | +4.8% | 7.0 | 5.5 |
| 35 | Warren County | 42,740 | +4.8% | 2.7 | 3.7 |
| 36 | Richmond (city) | 237,257 | +4.6% | 1.3 | 11.3 |
| 37 | Bedford County | 83,059 | +4.4% | 8.6 | 4.3 |
| 38 | Richmond County | 9,294 | +4.2% | 11.9 | 2.9 |
| 39 | Prince William County | 502,966 | +4.2% | −6.1 | 2.7 |
| 40 | Franklin (city) | 8,478 | +4.1% | 9.2 | – |
| 41 | Manassas (city) | 44,332 | +3.8% | −16.5 | 2.6 |
| 42 | Staunton (city) | 26,801 | +3.8% | 19.9 | 5.5 |
| 43 | Dinwiddie County | 28,896 | +3.6% | 7.7 | 0.5 |
| 44 | Shenandoah County | 45,839 | +3.6% | 9.0 | 4.2 |
| 45 | Gloucester County | 40,097 | +3.5% | 5.4 | 3.0 |
| 46 | Highland County | 2,318 | +3.4% | −0.4 | 4.7 |
| 47 | Falls Church (city) | 15,159 | +3.3% | 0.1 | 1.2 |
| 48 | Colonial Heights (city) | 18,738 | +3.2% | 5.2 | 0.8 |
| 49 | Lynchburg (city) | 81,347 | +3.0% | 7.5 | 2.6 |
| 50 | Martinsville (city) | 13,849 | +2.8% | 3.5 | 0.0 |
| 51 | Amelia County | 13,632 | +2.7% | −3.0 | 3.7 |
| 52 | Madison County | 14,237 | +2.7% | 2.1 | 3.4 |
| 53 | Williamsburg (city) | 15,861 | +2.6% | −9.2 | 1.4 |
| 54 | King and Queen County | 6,743 | +2.4% | 8.9 | 5.3 |
| 55 | Henrico County | 342,775 | +2.3% | 0.5 | 6.8 |
| 56 | Prince Edward County | 22,391 | +2.3% | 3.3 | 1.2 |
| 57 | Chesapeake (city) | 255,332 | +2.3% | −1.3 | 3.3 |
| 58 | Middlesex County | 10,841 | +2.2% | −1.6 | 5.7 |
| 59 | Arlington County | 243,931 | +2.1% | 0.3 | 5.4 |
| 60 | Amherst County | 31,962 | +2.1% | 12.3 | 3.5 |
| 61 | Floyd County | 15,789 | +2.1% | 7.0 | 4.6 |
| 62 | Prince George County | 43,936 | +2.0% | 0.2 | 3.0 |
| 63 | Franklin County | 55,526 | +1.9% | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 64 | Buckingham County | 17,137 | +1.8% | 7.4 | 5.0 |
| 65 | Augusta County | 78,940 | +1.7% | 7.0 | 6.3 |
| 66 | Fairfax County | 1,167,873 | +1.7% | −8.4 | 2.5 |
| 67 | Salem (city) | 25,816 | +1.6% | 2.6 | 0.7 |
| 68 | York County | 71,374 | +1.6% | −0.4 | 2.9 |
| 69 | Rappahannock County | 7,439 | +1.6% | 6.9 | 5.2 |
| 70 | Mecklenburg County | 30,747 | +1.5% | 3.1 | 5.7 |
| 71 | Botetourt County | 34,144 | +1.5% | 8.0 | 3.7 |
| 72 | Accomack County | 33,859 | +1.4% | 0.6 | 4.5 |
| 73 | Nelson County | 14,920 | +1.2% | 8.1 | 4.2 |
| 74 | Hopewell (city) | 23,261 | +1.1% | 7.1 | 1.3 |
| 75 | Petersburg (city) | 33,734 | +1.0% | −12.0 | 2.8 |
| 76 | Nottoway County | 15,796 | +1.0% | 8.2 | 2.7 |
| 77 | Winchester (city) | 28,272 | +1.0% | 0.7 | 2.4 |
| 78 | Alexandria (city) | 160,662 | +1.0% | −13.6 | 0.1 |
| 79 | Lunenburg County | 12,058 | +0.9% | 3.2 | 2.2 |
| 80 | Southampton County | 18,110 | +0.9% | 9.1 | 2.7 |
| 81 | Lancaster County | 10,995 | +0.9% | 17.3 | 10.6 |
| 82 | Buena Vista (city) | 6,672 | +0.8% | 9.7 | 1.9 |
| 83 | Surry County | 6,603 | +0.8% | 4.1 | 5.3 |
| 84 | Essex County | 10,654 | +0.5% | 2.5 | 5.8 |
| 85 | Carroll County | 29,299 | +0.5% | 11.3 | 2.6 |
| 86 | Page County | 23,762 | +0.3% | 8.2 | 5.9 |
| 87 | Roanoke County | 97,150 | +0.2% | −0.2 | 1.7 |
| 88 | Mathews County | 8,529 | +0.1% | 1.9 | 3.8 |
| 89 | Campbell County | 55,629 | +0.1% | 5.5 | 6.3 |
| 90 | Hampton (city) | 137,315 | +0.0% | −2.5 | 0.7 |
| 91 | Rockbridge County | 22,663 | −0.0% | 16.0 | 4.0 |
| 92 | Washington County | 53,898 | −0.0% | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| 93 | Grayson County | 15,230 | −0.3% | 4.5 | 2.2 |
| 94 | Sussex County | 10,755 | −0.4% | 9.0 | 3.2 |
| 95 | Brunswick County | 15,727 | −0.6% | 4.8 | 2.3 |
| 96 | Pulaski County | 33,586 | −0.7% | 8.5 | 1.6 |
| 97 | Galax (city) | 6,670 | −0.7% | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| 98 | Roanoke (city) | 99,111 | −0.8% | 1.0 | 4.1 |
| 99 | Patrick County | 17,424 | −0.9% | 10.6 | 2.0 |
| 100 | Montgomery County | 98,434 | −1.2% | −6.2 | 3.3 |
| 101 | Covington (city) | 5,680 | −1.2% | −0.7 | 0.9 |
| 102 | Charlotte County | 11,401 | −1.2% | 9.6 | 3.7 |
| 103 | Wythe County | 27,983 | −1.2% | 4.6 | 2.9 |
| 104 | Portsmouth (city) | 96,777 | −1.2% | −1.6 | 1.8 |
| 105 | Virginia Beach (city) | 453,737 | −1.3% | −4.7 | 1.0 |
| 106 | Giles County | 16,564 | −1.3% | 0.5 | 1.4 |
| 107 | Halifax County | 33,447 | −1.4% | 2.8 | 3.0 |
| 108 | Pittsylvania County | 59,490 | −1.5% | 5.9 | 1.2 |
| 109 | Newport News (city) | 183,230 | −1.5% | −7.1 | 0.7 |
| 110 | Craig County | 4,800 | −1.6% | 5.2 | 4.0 |
| 111 | Harrisonburg (city) | 50,839 | −1.7% | −17.0 | 3.2 |
| 112 | Bland County | 6,151 | −1.7% | 3.9 | 1.6 |
| 113 | Russell County | 25,332 | −1.7% | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| 114 | Greensville County | 11,181 | −1.8% | 5.3 | 0.9 |
| 115 | Scott County | 21,200 | −1.8% | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 116 | Charles City County | 6,623 | −1.8% | 13.1 | 3.6 |
| 117 | Lee County | 21,642 | −2.1% | 2.3 | 0.7 |
| 118 | Danville (city) | 41,647 | −2.2% | −2.7 | 0.3 |
| 119 | Bath County | 4,076 | −2.6% | 13.7 | 1.5 |
| 120 | Northampton County | 11,879 | −2.8% | −5.6 | 12.2 |
| 121 | Norfolk (city) | 231,013 | −2.9% | −7.9 | 0.7 |
| 122 | Smyth County | 28,882 | −3.0% | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| 123 | Henry County | 49,242 | −3.2% | 3.3 | 0.9 |
| 124 | Wise County | 34,824 | −3.5% | 0.1 | 1.3 |
| 125 | Manassas Park (city) | 16,560 | −3.5% | −1.3 | 0.5 |
| 126 | Alleghany County | 14,546 | −4.2% | 1.6 | 0.9 |
| 127 | Tazewell County | 38,635 | −4.4% | 0.9 | 0.4 |
| 128 | Emporia (city) | 5,447 | −4.4% | 9.0 | 0.7 |
| 129 | Charlottesville (city) | 44,388 | −4.4% | −18.5 | 20.0 |
| 130 | Bristol (city) | 16,418 | −5.2% | 6.8 | 1.3 |
| 131 | Norton (city) | 3,477 | −5.5% | −5.5 | 0.3 |
| 132 | Dickenson County | 13,236 | −6.0% | −2.2 | 0.4 |
| 133 | Buchanan County | 18,492 | −8.7% | −5.3 | 0.6 |
Ranked by the change in Census Bureau population estimates, 2020–2025.
Statewide totals
Net domestic migration
+6,268
2025
0.7 per 1,000 residents
−29,143 in total, 2021–2025
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program (Vintage 2025), 2025. People moving in from other U.S. counties minus people moving out.
Private-sector employment
3,494,919
2023
+5.1% since 2018
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. Paid employees of private employers in mid-March (County Business Patterns).
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Metro areas
- Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Bluefield, WV-VA
- Charlottesville, VA
- Danville, VA
- Harrisonburg, VA
- Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA
- Lake of the Woods, VA
- Lynchburg, VA
- Martinsville, VA
- Richmond, VA
- Roanoke, VA
- Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
- Winchester, VA-WV
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Questions
Is Virginia growing?
Virginia as a whole grew 2.8% between 2020 and 2025, to 8,880,107 residents. Statewide figures add up its counties.
What is the fastest-growing county in Virginia?
New Kent County, which grew 21.2% between 2020 and 2025 to 28,022 residents (Census Bureau population estimates). Goochland County (+17.4%) and Louisa County (+13.6%) came next.
Which Virginia counties are losing population?
43 of the 133 ranked counties had fewer residents in 2025 than in 2020. The steepest declines: Buchanan County (−8.7%), Dickenson County (−6.0%), Norton (city) (−5.5%).
Where are people moving in Virginia?
For their size, Goochland County (35.8 per 1,000 residents), Poquoson (city) (33.0 per 1,000 residents) and New Kent County (28.6 per 1,000 residents) drew the most net domestic migration (people moving in from other U.S. counties minus people moving out) in 2025.
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