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Most sparsely populated, Virginia counties · 2010

Virginia counties with the fewest residents per square mile (2023). This list covers the 133 counties in Virginia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Highland County, VAVA2,3186−8%

02Bath County, VAVA4,0769−6%

03Craig County, VAVA4,80016+2%

04Bland County, VAVA6,15119−1%

05King and Queen County, VAVA6,74322+5%

06Sussex County, VAVA10,75525−3%

07Surry County, VAVA6,60325+3%

08Charlotte County, VAVA11,40126+1%

09Rappahannock County, VAVA7,43928+6%

10Buckingham County, VAVA17,13730+10%

11Lunenburg County, VAVA12,05830−2%

12Brunswick County, VAVA15,72731−5%

13Southampton County, VAVA18,11031+6%

14Nelson County, VAVA14,92032+4%

15Cumberland County, VAVA10,35234+11%

16Grayson County, VAVA15,23035−13%

17Amelia County, VAVA13,63236+11%

18Alleghany County, VAVA14,54636+26%

19Rockbridge County, VAVA22,66337+7%

20Patrick County, VAVA17,42438−5%

21Charles City County, VAVA6,62340+5%

22Floyd County, VAVA15,78940+10%

23Greensville County, VAVA11,18141+6%

24Madison County, VAVA14,23742+6%

25Scott County, VAVA21,20043−1%

26Essex County, VAVA10,65443+12%

27Halifax County, VAVA33,44744−3%

28Appomattox County, VAVA17,17245+9%

29Buchanan County, VAVA18,49248−11%

30Dickenson County, VAVA13,23648−3%

31Richmond County, VAVA9,29448+5%

32Giles County, VAVA16,56448+4%

33Nottoway County, VAVA15,79650+1%

34Mecklenburg County, VAVA30,74752+1%

35Caroline County, VAVA34,41354+29%

36Dinwiddie County, VAVA28,89656+14%

37King William County, VAVA19,61758+21%

38Northampton County, VAVA11,87959−5%

39Lee County, VAVA21,64259+8%

40Russell County, VAVA25,33261−5%

41Botetourt County, VAVA34,14461+9%

42Carroll County, VAVA29,29963+3%

43Wythe County, VAVA27,98363+6%

44Northumberland County, VAVA12,55764+1%

45Pittsylvania County, VAVA59,49066+3%

46Prince Edward County, VAVA22,39167+18%

47Louisa County, VAVA42,92467+29%

48Amherst County, VAVA31,96268+1%

49Smyth County, VAVA28,88271−3%

50Accomack County, VAVA33,85974−13%

51Westmoreland County, VAVA19,71576+4%

52Augusta County, VAVA78,94076+12%

53Goochland County, VAVA29,18777+29%

54Page County, VAVA23,76278+4%

55Clarke County, VAVA15,60980+11%

56Franklin County, VAVA55,52681+19%

57Shenandoah County, VAVA45,83983+20%

58Middlesex County, VAVA10,84184+10%

59Lancaster County, VAVA10,99585−2%

60Tazewell County, VAVA38,63587+1%

61New Kent County, VAVA28,02288+37%

62Fluvanna County, VAVA28,97589+28%

63Rockingham County, VAVA89,31690+13%

64Bedford County, VAVA83,05990+14%

65Washington County, VAVA53,89898+7%

66Orange County, VAVA40,08398+29%

67Fauquier County, VAVA76,503101+18%

68Wise County, VAVA34,824103+3%

69Mathews County, VAVA8,529105−2%

70Powhatan County, VAVA32,591108+25%

71Campbell County, VAVA55,629109+7%

72Pulaski County, VAVA33,586109−1%

73Isle of Wight County, VAVA41,321112+19%

74Greene County, VAVA21,958118+21%

75Culpeper County, VAVA57,666123+36%

76King George County, VAVA29,646131+40%

77Prince George County, VAVA43,936135+8%

78Albemarle County, VAVA118,356137+25%

79Henry County, VAVA49,242142−7%

80Gloucester County, VAVA40,097169+6%

81Warren County, VAVA42,740175+19%

82Frederick County, VAVA99,955190+32%

83Suffolk, VAVA104,699212+33%

84Hanover County, VAVA116,423214+16%

85Montgomery County, VAVA98,434244+13%

86Spotsylvania County, VAVA155,388304+35%

87Roanoke County, VAVA97,150369+8%

88James City County, VAVA83,326471+39%

89Stafford County, VAVA170,803479+39%

90Norton, VAVA3,477529+1%

91Loudoun County, VAVA449,749606+84%

92York County, VAVA71,374625+16%

93Chesapeake, VAVA255,332657+12%

94Chesterfield County, VAVA397,148747+22%

95Poquoson, VAVA13,292791+5%

96Galax, VAVA6,670855+3%

97Emporia, VAVA5,447858+5%

98Danville, VAVA41,6471,006−11%

99Buena Vista, VAVA6,6721,033+5%

100Franklin, VAVA8,4781,037+3%

101Covington, VAVA5,6801,090−5%

102Staunton, VAVA26,8011,192−0%

103Prince William County, VAVA502,9661,199+43%

104Martinsville, VAVA13,8491,262−10%

105Henrico County, VAVA342,7751,313+17%

106Bristol, VAVA16,4181,386+3%

107Waynesboro, VAVA23,9511,403+8%

108Petersburg, VAVA33,7341,427−4%

109Lynchburg, VAVA81,3471,543+16%

110Williamsburg, VAVA15,8611,574+17%

111Radford, VAVA17,2431,696+3%

112Salem, VAVA25,8161,709+0%

113Virginia Beach, VAVA453,7371,790+3%

114Hopewell, VAVA23,2612,182+1%

115Roanoke, VAVA99,1112,282+2%

116Colonial Heights, VAVA18,7382,316+3%

117Fredericksburg, VAVA30,3932,324+26%

118Newport News, VAVA183,2302,619+0%

119Hampton, VAVA137,3152,671−6%

120Fairfax County, VAVA1,167,8732,766+12%

121Lexington, VAVA7,7692,818+3%

122Harrisonburg, VAVA50,8392,822+21%

123Winchester, VAVA28,2722,850+11%

124Portsmouth, VAVA96,7772,869−5%

125Richmond, VAVA237,2573,408+3%

126Fairfax, VAVA26,7723,616+5%

127Manassas, VAVA44,3323,842+8%

128Charlottesville, VAVA44,3884,244−3%

129Norfolk, VAVA231,0134,558+4%

130Manassas Park, VAVA16,5604,704+39%

131Falls Church, VAVA15,1596,027+19%

132Arlington County, VAVA243,9317,987+10%

133Alexandria, VAVA160,6629,372+9%

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