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Lowest poverty rate, Virginia counties · 2020

Virginia counties with the lowest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2023 ACS). This list covers the 133 counties in Virginia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000

01Falls Church, VAVA15,1592.0%−52%

02Loudoun County, VAVA449,7493.2%+17%

03Goochland County, VAVA29,1874.4%−36%

04Fluvanna County, VAVA28,9754.7%−19%

05Powhatan County, VAVA32,5914.8%−16%

06New Kent County, VAVA28,0224.8%−3%

07York County, VAVA71,3744.8%+38%

08Hanover County, VAVA116,4234.9%+33%

09Poquoson, VAVA13,2925.0%+12%

10Manassas Park, VAVA16,5605.0%−3%

11King George County, VAVA29,6465.3%−6%

12Fauquier County, VAVA76,5035.5%+1%

13Stafford County, VAVA170,8035.5%+58%

14Frederick County, VAVA99,9555.8%−9%

15Fairfax County, VAVA1,167,8735.9%+30%

16Clarke County, VAVA15,6096.0%−8%

17Prince William County, VAVA502,9666.1%+39%

18Botetourt County, VAVA34,1446.2%+20%

19Arlington County, VAVA243,9316.4%−17%

20Chesterfield County, VAVA397,1486.6%+44%

21James City County, VAVA83,3266.6%+3%

22Roanoke County, VAVA97,1506.6%+48%

23Manassas, VAVA44,3327.0%+11%

24Spotsylvania County, VAVA155,3887.1%+49%

25Prince George County, VAVA43,9367.1%−11%

26Virginia Beach, VAVA453,7377.2%+10%

27King William County, VAVA19,6177.2%+32%

28Chesapeake, VAVA255,3327.5%+2%

29Albemarle County, VAVA118,3567.7%+14%

30Rappahannock County, VAVA7,4397.7%+2%

31Southampton County, VAVA18,1107.8%−47%

32Culpeper County, VAVA57,6667.8%−15%

33Gloucester County, VAVA40,0977.9%+3%

34Rockingham County, VAVA89,3167.9%−3%

35Bedford County, VAVA83,0598.1%+14%

36Caroline County, VAVA34,4138.2%−12%

37Mathews County, VAVA8,5298.5%+40%

38Salem, VAVA25,8168.7%+30%

39Henrico County, VAVA342,7758.8%+42%

40Augusta County, VAVA78,9408.9%+54%

41Suffolk, VAVA104,6999.2%−31%

42Alexandria, VAVA160,6629.4%+6%

43Isle of Wight County, VAVA41,3219.4%+14%

44Madison County, VAVA14,2379.6%+1%

45Middlesex County, VAVA10,8419.7%−26%

46Greene County, VAVA21,9589.8%+49%

47Fairfax, VAVA26,7729.8%+71%

48Giles County, VAVA16,5649.8%+3%

49Colonial Heights, VAVA18,7389.9%+79%

50Floyd County, VAVA15,78910.1%−14%

51Highland County, VAVA2,31810.2%−19%

52Campbell County, VAVA55,62910.5%−1%

53Cumberland County, VAVA10,35210.5%−30%

54Orange County, VAVA40,08310.7%+17%

55Amelia County, VAVA13,63210.7%+28%

56Warren County, VAVA42,74010.8%+27%

57Amherst County, VAVA31,96210.9%+2%

58Dinwiddie County, VAVA28,89611.1%+20%

59Sussex County, VAVA10,75511.2%−30%

60Bland County, VAVA6,15111.3%−8%

61Louisa County, VAVA42,92411.4%+12%

62Nelson County, VAVA14,92011.5%−6%

63Covington, VAVA5,68011.6%−10%

64Craig County, VAVA4,80011.9%+16%

65Shenandoah County, VAVA45,83912.2%+48%

66Staunton, VAVA26,80112.2%+4%

67Rockbridge County, VAVA22,66312.5%+30%

68Charles City County, VAVA6,62312.7%+20%

69Patrick County, VAVA17,42412.9%−4%

70King and Queen County, VAVA6,74313.0%+20%

71Page County, VAVA23,76213.4%+7%

72Wythe County, VAVA27,98313.4%+21%

73Pulaski County, VAVA33,58613.5%+3%

74Appomattox County, VAVA17,17213.5%+19%

75Washington County, VAVA53,89813.5%+24%

76Greensville County, VAVA11,18113.7%−7%

77Northumberland County, VAVA12,55713.8%+12%

78Fredericksburg, VAVA30,39313.9%−10%

79Franklin County, VAVA55,52614.0%+45%

80Lancaster County, VAVA10,99514.6%+17%

81Scott County, VAVA21,20014.8%−12%

82Newport News, VAVA183,23014.8%+8%

83Waynesboro, VAVA23,95114.9%+16%

84Lunenburg County, VAVA12,05814.9%−25%

85Essex County, VAVA10,65415.0%+34%

86Pittsylvania County, VAVA59,49015.1%+29%

87Halifax County, VAVA33,44715.2%−3%

88Williamsburg, VAVA15,86115.2%−17%

89Winchester, VAVA28,27215.3%+16%

90Hampton, VAVA137,31515.3%+35%

91Henry County, VAVA49,24215.6%+34%

92Alleghany County, VAVA14,54615.7%+120%

93Westmoreland County, VAVA19,71515.7%+7%

94Portsmouth, VAVA96,77715.7%−3%

95Carroll County, VAVA29,29916.0%+28%

96Buckingham County, VAVA17,13716.2%−19%

97Surry County, VAVA6,60316.3%+51%

98Grayson County, VAVA15,23016.4%+20%

99Northampton County, VAVA11,87916.5%−20%

100Richmond County, VAVA9,29416.7%+8%

101Buena Vista, VAVA6,67216.9%+62%

102Nottoway County, VAVA15,79616.9%−16%

103Mecklenburg County, VAVA30,74717.0%+10%

104Tazewell County, VAVA38,63517.0%+11%

105Lynchburg, VAVA81,34717.1%+8%

106Franklin, VAVA8,47817.5%−12%

107Norfolk, VAVA231,01317.8%−8%

108Russell County, VAVA25,33218.2%+12%

109Bath County, VAVA4,07618.7%+140%

110Smyth County, VAVA28,88218.7%+41%

111Brunswick County, VAVA15,72719.5%+18%

112Accomack County, VAVA33,85919.8%+10%

113Roanoke, VAVA99,11120.1%+26%

114Richmond, VAVA237,25720.9%−2%

115Wise County, VAVA34,82421.1%+5%

116Emporia, VAVA5,44721.8%+36%

117Bristol, VAVA16,41822.1%+36%

118Lexington, VAVA7,76922.1%+3%

119Petersburg, VAVA33,73422.6%+15%

120Danville, VAVA41,64723.0%+15%

121Charlottesville, VAVA44,38823.1%−11%

122Prince Edward County, VAVA22,39123.2%+23%

123Dickenson County, VAVA13,23623.4%+10%

124Montgomery County, VAVA98,43423.5%+1%

125Galax, VAVA6,67024.1%+29%

126Charlotte County, VAVA11,40124.1%+33%

127Hopewell, VAVA23,26124.7%+66%

128Buchanan County, VAVA18,49224.9%+7%

129Harrisonburg, VAVA50,83925.5%−15%

130Martinsville, VAVA13,84926.4%+38%

131Lee County, VAVA21,64227.5%+15%

132Norton, VAVA3,47731.6%+39%

133Radford, VAVA17,24339.3%+25%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES