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Fastest shrinking, Virginia counties

Virginia counties with the steepest population decline from the 2020 census to 2025. This list covers the 133 counties in Virginia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 133 is +1.9%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Manassas Park, VA, up 121 places to #9.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION GROWTHVS 2000

01Buchanan County, VAVA18,492-9.2%+4.7 pts

02▲2Dickenson County, VAVA13,236-6.3%+0.7 pts

03▲15Norton, VAVA3,477-5.7%+2.4 pts

04▲43Emporia, VAVA5,447-5.5%−12.3 pts

05▲33Bristol, VAVA16,418-4.7%+1.1 pts

06▲88Charlottesville, VAVA44,388-4.7%−16.3 pts

07▲14Alleghany County, VAVA14,546-4.4%−2.5 pts

08Tazewell County, VAVA38,635-4.4%−1.5 pts

09▲121Manassas Park, VAVA16,560-3.8%−56.6 pts

10▼7Wise County, VAVA34,824-3.6%−5.0 pts

11▲12Henry County, VAVA49,242-3.3%−5.1 pts

12▲46Northampton County, VAVA11,879-3.3%−3.5 pts

13▼8Bath County, VAVA4,076-3.2%−8.3 pts

14▼1Smyth County, VAVA28,882-3.1%−5.3 pts

15▲35Norfolk, VAVA231,013-2.9%+7.3 pts

16▼14Lee County, VAVA21,642-2.4%+1.3 pts

17▲2Charles City County, VAVA6,623-2.2%−12.5 pts

18▲39Danville, VAVA41,647-2.2%+6.5 pts

19▼8Bland County, VAVA6,151-1.9%−7.4 pts

20▲69Harrisonburg, VAVA50,839-1.9%−33.7 pts

21▲3Craig County, VAVA4,800-1.9%−18.3 pts

22▼6Greensville County, VAVA11,181-1.8%−32.4 pts

23▼6Scott County, VAVA21,200-1.7%−2.6 pts

24▼18Russell County, VAVA25,332-1.7%−7.5 pts

25▼3Halifax County, VAVA33,447-1.7%−30.4 pts

26▲3Pittsylvania County, VAVA59,490-1.7%−12.6 pts

27▲45Newport News, VAVA183,230-1.6%−7.6 pts

28▲18Giles County, VAVA16,564-1.3%−3.1 pts

29▲57Montgomery County, VAVA98,434-1.3%−14.4 pts

30▲50Virginia Beach, VAVA453,737-1.2%−9.4 pts

31▲39Portsmouth, VAVA96,777-1.2%+2.1 pts

32▼22Charlotte County, VAVA11,401-1.1%−7.8 pts

33▲7Wythe County, VAVA27,983-1.1%−9.5 pts

34▼6Patrick County, VAVA17,424-1.0%−12.1 pts

35Covington, VAVA5,680-1.0%+8.8 pts

36▲37Roanoke, VAVA99,111-0.9%+0.6 pts

37▼28Brunswick County, VAVA15,727-0.8%−16.0 pts

38▼7Galax, VAVA6,670-0.7%−3.2 pts

39▼32Sussex County, VAVA10,755-0.7%−22.7 pts

40▲16Grayson County, VAVA15,230-0.7%−10.7 pts

41▲1Pulaski County, VAVA33,586-0.6%−2.5 pts

42▲25Campbell County, VAVA55,629-0.1%−7.5 pts

43▲9Washington County, VAVA53,898-0.1%−11.4 pts

44▼19Mathews County, VAVA8,529-0.0%−10.3 pts

45▲21Rockbridge County, VAVA22,663+0.1%−13.3 pts

46▲14Hampton, VAVA137,315+0.1%−9.3 pts

47▲7Page County, VAVA23,762+0.2%−6.6 pts

48▲33Roanoke County, VAVA97,150+0.2%−7.9 pts

49▲13Buena Vista, VAVA6,672+0.5%+1.4 pts

50▼5Carroll County, VAVA29,299+0.5%−9.5 pts

51▼25Essex County, VAVA10,654+0.5%−14.4 pts

52▲43Winchester, VAVA28,272+0.5%−6.9 pts

53▼12Southampton County, VAVA18,110+0.6%+1.0 pts

54▼39Surry County, VAVA6,603+0.6%−10.5 pts

55▼23Lancaster County, VAVA10,995+0.7%−5.5 pts

56▲63Alexandria, VAVA160,662+0.7%−14.6 pts

57▲17Petersburg, VAVA33,734+0.8%+12.9 pts

58▼5Nelson County, VAVA14,920+1.0%−12.1 pts

59▼4Nottoway County, VAVA15,796+1.0%−3.9 pts

60▲8Hopewell, VAVA23,261+1.0%+4.2 pts

61▼49Lunenburg County, VAVA12,058+1.0%−14.1 pts

62▼3Rappahannock County, VAVA7,439+1.2%−4.2 pts

63Accomack County, VAVA33,859+1.3%−19.5 pts

64▼50Mecklenburg County, VAVA30,747+1.4%−9.3 pts

65▲26Fairfax County, VAVA1,167,873+1.5%−16.9 pts

66▼1Botetourt County, VAVA34,144+1.6%−20.4 pts

67▲2Salem, VAVA25,816+1.9%−2.3 pts

68▼17Buckingham County, VAVA17,137+1.9%−19.5 pts

69▲14Augusta County, VAVA78,940+1.9%−18.1 pts

70▲22York County, VAVA71,374+1.9%−30.8 pts

71▼27Franklin County, VAVA55,526+1.9%−17.6 pts

72▼8Floyd County, VAVA15,789+2.0%−13.5 pts

73▼30Middlesex County, VAVA10,841+2.0%−12.7 pts

74▼47King and Queen County, VAVA6,743+2.0%−3.4 pts

75▼36Amherst County, VAVA31,962+2.1%−9.5 pts

76▲53Prince George County, VAVA43,936+2.2%−18.5 pts

77▲44Arlington County, VAVA243,931+2.2%−8.6 pts

78▲34Chesapeake, VAVA255,332+2.4%−28.7 pts

79▼59Prince Edward County, VAVA22,391+2.5%−11.4 pts

80▲22Henrico County, VAVA342,775+2.5%−17.9 pts

81▼33Martinsville, VAVA13,849+2.7%+7.3 pts

82▼4Amelia County, VAVA13,632+2.8%−27.0 pts

83▲21Williamsburg, VAVA15,861+2.8%−1.2 pts

84▼8Madison County, VAVA14,237+2.9%−1.9 pts

85▼6Lynchburg, VAVA81,347+3.0%+4.1 pts

86▼9Colonial Heights, VAVA18,738+3.1%−2.1 pts

87▼26Dinwiddie County, VAVA28,896+3.4%−13.7 pts

88▲39Falls Church, VAVA15,159+3.4%−4.9 pts

89▼7Gloucester County, VAVA40,097+3.6%−11.8 pts

90▼60Franklin, VAVA8,478+3.6%−2.5 pts

91▲23Manassas, VAVA44,332+3.6%−22.0 pts

92▼8Shenandoah County, VAVA45,839+3.7%−7.1 pts

93▼59Highland County, VAVA2,318+3.9%+7.6 pts

94▲7Staunton, VAVA26,801+4.1%+6.6 pts

95▼58Richmond County, VAVA9,294+4.2%−17.0 pts

96▲32Prince William County, VAVA502,966+4.3%−25.9 pts

97▲27Bedford County, VAVA83,059+4.5%−27.7 pts

98▲9Richmond, VAVA237,257+4.7%+7.3 pts

99▲12Fauquier County, VAVA76,503+4.8%−8.3 pts

100Warren County, VAVA42,740+4.9%−15.9 pts

101▲16Albemarle County, VAVA118,356+5.3%−11.2 pts

102▼17Clarke County, VAVA15,609+5.6%+1.0 pts

103▲3Hanover County, VAVA116,423+5.9%−30.5 pts

104▼71Northumberland County, VAVA12,557+6.1%−10.4 pts

105▼30Lexington, VAVA7,769+6.1%+7.5 pts

106▼16Fluvanna County, VAVA28,975+6.3%−55.0 pts

107▲19James City County, VAVA83,326+6.5%−31.5 pts

108▼12Appomattox County, VAVA17,172+6.5%−4.9 pts

109▼4Rockingham County, VAVA89,316+6.6%−11.2 pts

110▼39Poquoson, VAVA13,292+6.7%+1.6 pts

111▼23Westmoreland County, VAVA19,715+6.7%−1.3 pts

112▲21Loudoun County, VAVA449,749+6.8%−90.1 pts

113▼4Greene County, VAVA21,958+6.8%−41.2 pts

114▼78Cumberland County, VAVA10,352+7.0%−8.2 pts

115▼12Isle of Wight County, VAVA41,321+7.0%−11.6 pts

116▼67Radford, VAVA17,243+7.3%+7.8 pts

117▼20Powhatan County, VAVA32,591+7.4%−38.5 pts

118▼31Waynesboro, VAVA23,951+7.9%+2.7 pts

119▲3Fredericksburg, VAVA30,393+8.6%+7.3 pts

120▲11Stafford County, VAVA170,803+8.8%−42.1 pts

121▲2Chesterfield County, VAVA397,148+8.9%−15.3 pts

122▲3Frederick County, VAVA99,955+9.3%−20.2 pts

123▼10Culpeper County, VAVA57,666+9.7%−13.6 pts

124▼14King William County, VAVA19,617+10.1%−10.3 pts

125▼26Orange County, VAVA40,083+10.6%−10.3 pts

126▼33Fairfax, VAVA26,772+10.9%+1.3 pts

127▼12King George County, VAVA29,646+10.9%−13.3 pts

128▼8Spotsylvania County, VAVA155,388+11.0%−46.5 pts

129▼21Suffolk, VAVA104,699+11.0%−11.1 pts

130▼32Caroline County, VAVA34,413+11.4%−3.7 pts

131▼15Louisa County, VAVA42,924+14.2%−11.9 pts

132▼14Goochland County, VAVA29,187+18.0%−1.0 pts

133▼1New Kent County, VAVA28,022+22.1%−6.8 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES