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Fastest shrinking, Virginia counties · 2020

Virginia counties with the steepest population decline from the 2010 census to 2020. This list covers the 133 counties in Virginia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION GROWTHVS 2000

01Buchanan County, VAVA18,492-15.5%−1.6 pts

02Lee County, VAVA21,642-13.3%−9.6 pts

03Wise County, VAVA34,824-12.8%−14.2 pts

04Dickenson County, VAVA13,236-11.2%−4.2 pts

05Bath County, VAVA4,076-11.0%−16.2 pts

06Russell County, VAVA25,332-10.8%−16.5 pts

07Sussex County, VAVA10,755-10.4%−32.4 pts

08Tazewell County, VAVA38,635-10.3%−7.3 pts

09Brunswick County, VAVA15,727-9.1%−24.3 pts

10Charlotte County, VAVA11,401-8.4%−15.1 pts

11Bland County, VAVA6,151-8.1%−13.6 pts

12Lunenburg County, VAVA12,058-7.6%−22.7 pts

13Smyth County, VAVA28,882-7.5%−9.7 pts

14Mecklenburg County, VAVA30,747-7.4%−18.1 pts

15Surry County, VAVA6,603-7.0%−18.2 pts

16Greensville County, VAVA11,181-7.0%−37.5 pts

17Scott County, VAVA21,200-6.9%−7.8 pts

18Norton, VAVA3,477-6.8%+1.2 pts

19Charles City County, VAVA6,623-6.7%−16.9 pts

20Prince Edward County, VAVA22,391-6.5%−20.4 pts

21Alleghany County, VAVA14,546-6.3%−4.4 pts

22Halifax County, VAVA33,447-6.1%−34.8 pts

23Henry County, VAVA49,242-5.9%−7.7 pts

24Craig County, VAVA4,800-5.7%−22.2 pts

25Mathews County, VAVA8,529-5.0%−15.2 pts

26Essex County, VAVA10,654-5.0%−19.9 pts

27King and Queen County, VAVA6,743-4.9%−10.3 pts

28Patrick County, VAVA17,424-4.8%−15.8 pts

29Pittsylvania County, VAVA59,490-4.7%−15.7 pts

30Franklin, VAVA8,478-4.7%−10.8 pts

31Galax, VAVA6,670-4.6%−7.1 pts

32Lancaster County, VAVA10,995-4.1%−10.3 pts

33Northumberland County, VAVA12,557-4.0%−20.5 pts

34Highland County, VAVA2,318-3.8%−0.1 pts

35Covington, VAVA5,680-3.8%+6.1 pts

36Cumberland County, VAVA10,352-3.8%−19.0 pts

37Richmond County, VAVA9,294-3.6%−24.7 pts

38Bristol, VAVA16,418-3.5%+2.3 pts

39Amherst County, VAVA31,962-3.2%−14.8 pts

40Wythe County, VAVA27,983-3.2%−11.6 pts

41Southampton County, VAVA18,110-3.1%−2.7 pts

42Pulaski County, VAVA33,586-3.1%−4.9 pts

43Middlesex County, VAVA10,841-3.0%−17.8 pts

44Franklin County, VAVA55,526-3.0%−22.6 pts

45Carroll County, VAVA29,299-3.0%−12.9 pts

46Giles County, VAVA16,564-2.9%−4.7 pts

47Emporia, VAVA5,447-2.7%−9.5 pts

48Martinsville, VAVA13,849-2.4%+2.2 pts

49Radford, VAVA17,243-2.1%−1.6 pts

50Norfolk, VAVA231,013-2.0%+8.3 pts

51Buckingham County, VAVA17,137-1.9%−23.2 pts

52Washington County, VAVA53,898-1.7%−13.1 pts

53Nelson County, VAVA14,920-1.6%−14.7 pts

54Page County, VAVA23,762-1.4%−8.2 pts

55Nottoway County, VAVA15,796-1.3%−6.2 pts

56Grayson County, VAVA15,230-1.3%−11.4 pts

57Danville, VAVA41,647-1.1%+7.7 pts

58Northampton County, VAVA11,879-0.9%−1.1 pts

59Rappahannock County, VAVA7,439-0.3%−5.8 pts

60Hampton, VAVA137,315-0.2%−9.7 pts

61Dinwiddie County, VAVA28,896-0.2%−17.2 pts

62Buena Vista, VAVA6,672-0.1%+0.8 pts

63Accomack County, VAVA33,859+0.8%−20.1 pts

64Floyd County, VAVA15,789+1.3%−14.3 pts

65Botetourt County, VAVA34,144+1.4%−20.7 pts

66Rockbridge County, VAVA22,663+1.5%−11.9 pts

67Campbell County, VAVA55,629+1.6%−5.8 pts

68Hopewell, VAVA23,261+2.0%+5.2 pts

69Salem, VAVA25,816+2.2%−2.0 pts

70Portsmouth, VAVA96,777+2.5%+5.7 pts

71Poquoson, VAVA13,292+2.6%−2.5 pts

72Newport News, VAVA183,230+3.1%−2.9 pts

73Roanoke, VAVA99,111+3.1%+4.6 pts

74Petersburg, VAVA33,734+3.2%+15.3 pts

75Lexington, VAVA7,769+3.9%+5.3 pts

76Madison County, VAVA14,237+4.0%−0.8 pts

77Colonial Heights, VAVA18,738+4.4%−0.8 pts

78Amelia County, VAVA13,632+4.5%−25.2 pts

79Lynchburg, VAVA81,347+4.6%+5.7 pts

80Virginia Beach, VAVA453,737+4.9%−3.3 pts

81Roanoke County, VAVA97,150+4.9%−3.2 pts

82Gloucester County, VAVA40,097+5.0%−10.4 pts

83Augusta County, VAVA78,940+5.1%−14.9 pts

84Shenandoah County, VAVA45,839+5.2%−5.6 pts

85Clarke County, VAVA15,609+5.3%+0.8 pts

86Montgomery County, VAVA98,434+5.6%−7.5 pts

87Waynesboro, VAVA23,951+5.7%+0.4 pts

88Westmoreland County, VAVA19,715+5.9%−2.1 pts

89Harrisonburg, VAVA50,839+5.9%−25.9 pts

90Fluvanna County, VAVA28,975+6.1%−55.2 pts

91Fairfax County, VAVA1,167,873+6.3%−12.1 pts

92York County, VAVA71,374+7.0%−25.7 pts

93Fairfax, VAVA26,772+7.0%−2.6 pts

94Charlottesville, VAVA44,388+7.1%−4.6 pts

95Winchester, VAVA28,272+7.3%−0.1 pts

96Appomattox County, VAVA17,172+7.7%−3.8 pts

97Powhatan County, VAVA32,591+8.2%−37.8 pts

98Caroline County, VAVA34,413+8.2%−6.9 pts

99Orange County, VAVA40,083+8.3%−12.5 pts

100Warren County, VAVA42,740+8.4%−12.4 pts

101Staunton, VAVA26,801+8.4%+10.9 pts

102Henrico County, VAVA342,775+8.9%−11.4 pts

103Isle of Wight County, VAVA41,321+9.5%−9.2 pts

104Williamsburg, VAVA15,861+9.6%+5.6 pts

105Rockingham County, VAVA89,316+9.8%−8.1 pts

106Hanover County, VAVA116,423+10.1%−26.2 pts

107Richmond, VAVA237,257+11.0%+13.6 pts

108Suffolk, VAVA104,699+11.5%−10.6 pts

109Greene County, VAVA21,958+11.7%−36.4 pts

110King William County, VAVA19,617+11.8%−8.7 pts

111Fauquier County, VAVA76,503+11.9%−1.2 pts

112Chesapeake, VAVA255,332+12.2%−18.8 pts

113Culpeper County, VAVA57,666+12.6%−10.7 pts

114Manassas, VAVA44,332+13.1%−12.6 pts

115King George County, VAVA29,646+13.3%−10.9 pts

116Louisa County, VAVA42,924+13.4%−12.7 pts

117Albemarle County, VAVA118,356+13.6%−2.9 pts

118Goochland County, VAVA29,187+13.9%−5.2 pts

119Alexandria, VAVA160,662+13.9%−1.4 pts

120Spotsylvania County, VAVA155,388+14.4%−43.1 pts

121Arlington County, VAVA243,931+14.9%+4.1 pts

122Fredericksburg, VAVA30,393+15.2%+13.9 pts

123Chesterfield County, VAVA397,148+15.3%−8.9 pts

124Bedford County, VAVA83,059+15.7%−16.5 pts

125Frederick County, VAVA99,955+16.7%−12.7 pts

126James City County, VAVA83,326+16.8%−21.2 pts

127Falls Church, VAVA15,159+18.9%+10.5 pts

128Prince William County, VAVA502,966+20.0%−10.2 pts

129Prince George County, VAVA43,936+20.4%−0.2 pts

130Manassas Park, VAVA16,560+20.6%−32.2 pts

131Stafford County, VAVA170,803+21.7%−29.3 pts

132New Kent County, VAVA28,022+24.5%−4.4 pts

133Loudoun County, VAVA449,749+34.8%−62.1 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS