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2025 Census boundaries133 mapped unitsCapital: Richmond
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Labelled map of Virginia counties and independent cities Accomack CountyAlbemarle CountyAlexandria cityAlleghany CountyAmelia CountyAmherst CountyAppomattox CountyArlington CountyAugusta CountyBath CountyBedford CountyBland CountyBotetourt CountyBristol cityBrunswick CountyBuchanan CountyBuckingham CountyBuena Vista cityCampbell CountyCaroline CountyCarroll CountyCharles City CountyCharlotte CountyCharlottesville cityChesapeake cityChesterfield CountyClarke CountyColonial Heights cityCovington cityCraig CountyCulpeper CountyCumberland CountyDanville cityDickenson CountyDinwiddie CountyEmporia cityEssex CountyFairfax cityFairfax CountyFalls Church cityFauquier CountyFloyd CountyFluvanna CountyFranklin cityFranklin CountyFrederick CountyFredericksburg cityGalax cityGiles CountyGloucester CountyGoochland CountyGrayson CountyGreene CountyGreensville CountyHalifax CountyHampton cityHanover CountyHarrisonburg cityHenrico CountyHenry CountyHighland CountyHopewell cityIsle of Wight CountyJames City CountyKing and Queen CountyKing George CountyKing William CountyLancaster CountyLee CountyLexington cityLoudoun CountyLouisa CountyLunenburg CountyLynchburg cityMadison CountyManassas cityManassas Park cityMartinsville cityMathews CountyMecklenburg CountyMiddlesex CountyMontgomery CountyNelson CountyNew Kent CountyNewport News cityNorfolk cityNorthampton CountyNorthumberland CountyNorton cityNottoway CountyOrange CountyPage CountyPatrick CountyPetersburg cityPittsylvania CountyPoquoson cityPortsmouth cityPowhatan CountyPrince Edward CountyPrince George CountyPrince William CountyPulaski CountyRadford cityRappahannock CountyRichmond cityRichmond CountyRoanoke cityRoanoke CountyRockbridge CountyRockingham CountyRussell CountySalem cityScott CountyShenandoah CountySmyth CountySouthampton CountySpotsylvania CountyStafford CountyStaunton citySuffolk citySurry CountySussex CountyTazewell CountyVirginia Beach cityWarren CountyWashington CountyWaynesboro cityWestmoreland CountyWilliamsburg cityWinchester cityWise CountyWythe CountyYork County
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Virginia county geography overview

Virginia has 133 counties and independent cities, which places it 3rd among the 50 state and District of Columbia maps in this atlas when ordered by number of county-level units. Their combined 39,480.7 square miles of land place the state 37th by mapped land area.

The average county-level area is 297 square miles, while the median is 310 square miles. The median is often the better description of a typical unit because one or two very large areas can pull the average upward. The five largest units together account for about 11% of the state’s mapped land area.

133county-level units
310 sq mimedian land area
969 sq milargest unit
8%share of mapped area that is water

Largest and smallest Virginia counties and independent cities

Pittsylvania County is the largest county-level unit by land area at 969 square miles. It represents about 2% of all mapped land in Virginia. At the other end of the range, Falls Church city has 2 square miles of land.

Largest by land area

  1. Pittsylvania County969 sq mi
  2. Augusta County967.1 sq mi
  3. Rockingham County849.8 sq mi
  4. Halifax County817.7 sq mi
  5. Bedford County760.1 sq mi

Smallest by land area

  1. Falls Church city2 sq mi
  2. Lexington city2.5 sq mi
  3. Manassas Park city3 sq mi
  4. Covington city5.5 sq mi
  5. Fairfax city6.2 sq mi

Rankings use land area rather than total area. This avoids making coastal or lake counties appear larger solely because their boundaries include extensive water.

Alphabetical list of Virginia counties and independent cities

The table is alphabetical, so it works as a name and FIPS-code reference rather than an area ranking. Every identifier begins with the Virginia state FIPS prefix 51. Land and water figures are rounded to one decimal place.

133 county-level areas

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No.NameFIPS codeLand areaWater area
1Accomack County51001449.3 sq mi860.7 sq mi
2Albemarle County51003720.5 sq mi5.5 sq mi
3Alexandria city5151014.9 sq mi0.4 sq mi
4Alleghany County51005446.6 sq mi3.2 sq mi
5Amelia County51007355.4 sq mi3.2 sq mi
6Amherst County51009474 sq mi5 sq mi
7Appomattox County51011334.2 sq mi1.2 sq mi
8Arlington County5101326 sq mi0.1 sq mi
9Augusta County51015967.1 sq mi3.7 sq mi
10Bath County51017529.2 sq mi5.4 sq mi
11Bedford County51019760.1 sq mi16.2 sq mi
12Bland County51021357.6 sq mi1 sq mi
13Botetourt County51023541.3 sq mi4.7 sq mi
14Bristol city5152012.9 sq mi0.1 sq mi
15Brunswick County51025566.4 sq mi3.2 sq mi
16Buchanan County51027502.9 sq mi1.1 sq mi
17Buckingham County51029579.6 sq mi3.8 sq mi
18Buena Vista city515306.4 sq mi0.1 sq mi
19Campbell County51031503.3 sq mi3.4 sq mi
20Caroline County51033527.4 sq mi9.6 sq mi
21Carroll County51035474.7 sq mi2.9 sq mi
22Charles City County51036182.9 sq mi21.3 sq mi
23Charlotte County51037475.3 sq mi2.2 sq mi
24Charlottesville city5154010.2 sq mi0 sq mi
25Chesapeake city51550338.5 sq mi12.5 sq mi
26Chesterfield County51041423.5 sq mi13.5 sq mi
27Clarke County51043176 sq mi2.2 sq mi
28Colonial Heights city515707.5 sq mi0.3 sq mi
29Covington city515805.5 sq mi0.2 sq mi
30Craig County51045328.1 sq mi1.1 sq mi
31Culpeper County51047379.2 sq mi3.5 sq mi
32Cumberland County51049297.5 sq mi2.3 sq mi
33Danville city5159042.8 sq mi0.9 sq mi
34Dickenson County51051330.4 sq mi3.1 sq mi
35Dinwiddie County51053503.8 sq mi3.5 sq mi
36Emporia city515956.6 sq mi0 sq mi
37Essex County51057257.3 sq mi28.9 sq mi
38Fairfax city516006.2 sq mi0 sq mi
39Fairfax County51059391 sq mi15.4 sq mi
40Falls Church city516102 sq mi0 sq mi
41Fauquier County51061648 sq mi3.7 sq mi
42Floyd County51063380.9 sq mi0.8 sq mi
43Fluvanna County51065287.1 sq mi4.1 sq mi
44Franklin city516208.3 sq mi0.1 sq mi
45Franklin County51067690.6 sq mi21 sq mi
46Frederick County51069413.1 sq mi2.3 sq mi
47Fredericksburg city5163010.5 sq mi0.1 sq mi
48Galax city516408.2 sq mi0 sq mi
49Giles County51071357.2 sq mi4.3 sq mi
50Gloucester County51073217.8 sq mi70.2 sq mi
51Goochland County51075282 sq mi8.5 sq mi
52Grayson County51077441.8 sq mi3.8 sq mi
53Greene County51079155.9 sq mi0.6 sq mi
54Greensville County51081295.4 sq mi1.6 sq mi
55Halifax County51083817.7 sq mi11.8 sq mi
56Hampton city5165051.5 sq mi84.8 sq mi
57Hanover County51085467.6 sq mi4.9 sq mi
58Harrisonburg city5166017.3 sq mi0.1 sq mi
59Henrico County51087233.7 sq mi11.1 sq mi
60Henry County51089382.4 sq mi2 sq mi
61Highland County51091415.2 sq mi0.7 sq mi
62Hopewell city5167010.4 sq mi0.5 sq mi
63Isle of Wight County51093315.7 sq mi47.1 sq mi
64James City County51095142.3 sq mi36.8 sq mi
65King and Queen County51097315.1 sq mi11.2 sq mi
66King George County51099179.6 sq mi8.1 sq mi
67King William County51101273.9 sq mi12 sq mi
68Lancaster County51103133.3 sq mi98.1 sq mi
69Lee County51105435.4 sq mi1.9 sq mi
70Lexington city516782.5 sq mi0 sq mi
71Loudoun County51107515.7 sq mi5.6 sq mi
72Louisa County51109495.1 sq mi14.6 sq mi
73Lunenburg County51111431.7 sq mi0.7 sq mi
74Lynchburg city5168048.9 sq mi0.6 sq mi
75Madison County51113320.6 sq mi1.2 sq mi
76Manassas city516839.8 sq mi0.1 sq mi
77Manassas Park city516853 sq mi0 sq mi
78Martinsville city5169011 sq mi0.1 sq mi
79Mathews County5111585.9 sq mi166.1 sq mi
80Mecklenburg County51117625.3 sq mi53.9 sq mi
81Middlesex County51119130.3 sq mi80.4 sq mi
82Montgomery County51121386.8 sq mi2.4 sq mi
83Nelson County51125470.7 sq mi3.5 sq mi
84New Kent County51127210 sq mi13.7 sq mi
85Newport News city5170069 sq mi50.6 sq mi
86Norfolk city5171053.3 sq mi43.1 sq mi
87Northampton County51131211.7 sq mi583.5 sq mi
88Northumberland County51133191.4 sq mi94.2 sq mi
89Norton city517207.5 sq mi0 sq mi
90Nottoway County51135314.4 sq mi1.7 sq mi
91Orange County51137340.5 sq mi2.7 sq mi
92Page County51139310 sq mi3.2 sq mi
93Patrick County51141483 sq mi2.8 sq mi
94Petersburg city5173022.7 sq mi0.2 sq mi
95Pittsylvania County51143969 sq mi9.2 sq mi
96Poquoson city5173515.4 sq mi63.1 sq mi
97Portsmouth city5174033.3 sq mi13.4 sq mi
98Powhatan County51145260.2 sq mi2.1 sq mi
99Prince Edward County51147349.9 sq mi3.9 sq mi
100Prince George County51149265.3 sq mi16.5 sq mi
101Prince William County51153335.3 sq mi11.9 sq mi
102Pulaski County51155319.8 sq mi9.6 sq mi
103Radford city517509.7 sq mi0.3 sq mi
104Rappahannock County51157266.4 sq mi0.8 sq mi
105Richmond city5176059.9 sq mi2.6 sq mi
106Richmond County51159191.5 sq mi24.9 sq mi
107Roanoke city5177042.5 sq mi0.3 sq mi
108Roanoke County51161250.5 sq mi0.7 sq mi
109Rockbridge County51163596.5 sq mi3.4 sq mi
110Rockingham County51165849.8 sq mi4.1 sq mi
111Russell County51167473.5 sq mi2.9 sq mi
112Salem city5177514.5 sq mi0.1 sq mi
113Scott County51169535.8 sq mi3.1 sq mi
114Shenandoah County51171508.1 sq mi3.8 sq mi
115Smyth County51173451.4 sq mi1.3 sq mi
116Southampton County51175599.2 sq mi3.1 sq mi
117Spotsylvania County51177401.9 sq mi12.7 sq mi
118Stafford County51179268.5 sq mi11.6 sq mi
119Staunton city5179019.9 sq mi0.1 sq mi
120Suffolk city51800399.2 sq mi29.7 sq mi
121Surry County51181278.9 sq mi31.4 sq mi
122Sussex County51183490.2 sq mi2.6 sq mi
123Tazewell County51185518.8 sq mi1.1 sq mi
124Virginia Beach city51810244.7 sq mi252.8 sq mi
125Warren County51187214.6 sq mi3.3 sq mi
126Washington County51191561.2 sq mi5 sq mi
127Waynesboro city5182015 sq mi0.1 sq mi
128Westmoreland County51193229.3 sq mi23.6 sq mi
129Williamsburg city518308.9 sq mi0.2 sq mi
130Winchester city518409.2 sq mi0 sq mi
131Wise County51195403.4 sq mi2 sq mi
132Wythe County51197462 sq mi2.8 sq mi
133York County51199104.7 sq mi110.3 sq mi

How to read and use this map

County lines are administrative boundaries, not postal routes. A mailing address can use a city name associated with a neighboring area, and ZIP codes can cross county lines. When you need to identify a county for an address, confirm it with an official geocoder or local government source.

For classroom or planning use, download a PDF from the controls above. Labelled exports use numbered callouts for crowded areas; numbered quiz maps match the alphabetical county list. SVG files keep the boundary lines sharp at larger paper sizes.

Frequently asked questions

How many counties and independent cities are in Virginia?

Virginia has 133 counties and independent cities in the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2025 cartographic boundary file.

Can I print this Virginia county map?

Yes. Choose Download / print and select PDF for a landscape Letter page, PNG for an image, or SVG for editable vector artwork. Because the map is SVG, its boundary lines stay sharp when scaled.

What is the largest county-level area in Virginia?

Pittsylvania County is the largest by land area in this dataset at 969 square miles. This is an area ranking, not a population ranking.

What is the smallest county-level area in Virginia?

Falls Church city is the smallest by land area in this dataset at 2 square miles.

Are these legal survey boundaries?

No. This is a generalized reference map. Property, parcel, election, and legal boundary questions should be checked with the relevant state or local agency.

Map source

U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary File, Counties, 1:5,000,000. Land and water area fields are supplied in the same file and converted from square meters to square miles. Accessed September 27, 2026.