Places of Virginia

The geography and history of the Commonwealth

Virginia Counties Map and Population

How many counties are in Virginia? There are 95 counties and 38 independent cities, which are separate from counties. The map shows each one, colored by population or by change since 2020 (U.S. Census Bureau estimates).

NamePop. 2025Change

All counties and independent cities

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, County Population Totals 2020–2025 (Vintage 2025); boundaries from Census TIGERweb. Public domain.

Historic log cabin at the Humpback Rocks farm on the Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia, in autumn
Photo: Victoria Stauffenberg, National Park Service · Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons