3/27/95 VIRGINIA Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990 Compiled and edited by Richard L. Forstall Population Division US Bureau of the Census Washington, DC 20233 Please see file, 1900-90.doc for explanatory notes and documentation. FIPS 1990 1980 1970 1960 00000 248709873 226545805 203211926 179323175 United States 51000 6187358 5346818 4648494 3966949 Virginia 51001 31703 31268 29004 30635 Accomack County 51003 68040 55783 37780 30969 Albemarle County 51005 13176 14333 12461 12128 Alleghany County 51007 8787 8405 7592 7815 Amelia County 51009 28578 29122 26072 22953 Amherst County 51011 12298 11971 9784 9148 Appomattox County 51013 170936 152599 174284 163401 Arlington County 51015 54677 53732 44220 37363 Augusta County 51017 4799 5860 5192 5335 Bath County 51019 45656 34927 26728 31028 Bedford County 51021 6514 6349 5423 5982 Bland County 51023 24992 23270 18193 16715 Botetourt County 51025 15987 15632 16172 17779 Brunswick County 51027 31333 37989 32071 36724 Buchanan County 51029 12873 11751 10597 10877 Buckingham County 51031 47572 45424 43319 32958 Campbell County 51033 19217 17904 13925 12725 Caroline County 51035 26594 27270 23092 23178 Carroll County 51036 6282 6692 6158 5492 Charles City County 51037 11688 12266 11551 13368 Charlotte County 51041 209274 141372 76855 71197 Chesterfield County 51043 12101 9965 8102 7942 Clarke County 51045 4372 3948 3524 3356 Craig County 51047 27791 22620 18218 15088 Culpeper County 51049 7825 7881 6179 6360 Cumberland County 51051 17620 19806 16077 20211 Dickenson County 51053 20960 22602 25046 22183 Dinwiddie County 51055 --- --- --- --- Elizabeth City County 51057 8689 8864 7099 6690 Essex County 51059 818584 596901 455021 275002 Fairfax County 51061 48741 35889 26375 24066 Fauquier County 51063 12005 11563 9775 10462 Floyd County 51065 12429 10244 7621 7227 Fluvanna County 51067 39549 35740 26858 25925 Franklin County 51069 45723 34150 28893 21941 Frederick County 51071 16366 17810 16741 17219 Giles County 51073 30131 20107 14059 11919 Gloucester County 51075 14163 11761 10069 9206 Goochland County 51077 16278 16579 15439 17390 Grayson County 51079 10297 7625 5248 4715 Greene County 51081 8853 10903 9604 16155 Greensville County 51083 29033 30599 30076 33637 Halifax County 51085 63306 50398 37479 27550 Hanover County 51087 217881 180735 154364 117339 Henrico County 51089 56942 57654 50901 40335 Henry County 51091 2635 2937 2529 3221 Highland County 51093 25053 21603 18285 17164 Isle of Wight County 51095 34859 22763 17853 11539 James City County 51097 6289 5968 5491 5889 King and Queen County 51099 13527 10543 8039 7243 King George County 51101 10913 9334 7497 7563 King William County 51103 10896 10129 9126 9174 Lancaster County 51105 24496 25956 20321 25824 Lee County 51107 86129 57427 37150 24549 Loudoun County 51109 20325 17825 14004 12959 Louisa County 51111 11419 12124 11687 12523 Lunenburg County 51113 11949 10232 8638 8187 Madison County 51115 8348 7995 7168 7121 Mathews County 51117 29241 29444 29426 31428 Mecklenburg County 51119 8653 7719 6295 6319 Middlesex County 51121 73913 63516 47157 32923 Montgomery County 51123 --- --- 35166 31366 Nansemond County 51125 12778 12204 11702 12752 Nelson County 51127 10445 8781 5300 4504 New Kent County 51129 --- --- --- 51612 Norfolk County 51131 13061 14625 14442 16966 Northampton County 51133 10524 9828 9239 10185 Northumberland County 51135 14993 14666 14260 15141 Nottoway County 51137 21421 18063 13792 12900 Orange County 51139 21690 19401 16581 15572 Page County 51141 17473 17647 15282 15282 Patrick County 51143 55655 66147 58789 58296 Pittsylvania County 51145 15328 13062 7696 6747 Powhatan County 51147 17320 16456 14379 14121 Prince Edward County 51149 27394 25733 29092 20270 Prince George County 51151 --- --- --- 76124 Princess Anne County 51153 215686 144703 111102 50164 Prince William County 51155 34496 35229 29564 27258 Pulaski County 51157 6622 6093 5199 5368 Rappahannock County 51159 7273 6952 5841 6375 Richmond County 51161 79332 72945 67339 61693 Roanoke County 51163 18350 17911 16637 24039 Rockbridge County 51165 57482 57038 47890 40485 Rockingham County 51167 28667 31761 24533 26290 Russell County 51169 23204 25068 24376 25813 Scott County 51171 31636 27559 22852 21825 Shenandoah County 51173 32370 33366 31349 31066 Smyth County 51175 17550 18731 18582 27195 Southampton County 51177 57403 34435 16424 13819 Spotsylvania County 51179 61236 40470 24587 16876 Stafford County 51181 6145 6046 5882 6220 Surry County 51183 10248 10874 11464 12411 Sussex County 51185 45960 50511 39816 44791 Tazewell County 51187 26142 21200 15301 14655 Warren County 51189 --- --- --- --- Warwick County 51191 45887 46487 40835 38076 Washington County 51193 15480 14041 12142 11042 Westmoreland County 51195 39573 43863 35947 43579 Wise County 51197 25466 25522 22139 21975 Wythe County 51199 42422 35463 33203 21583 York County 51510 111183 103217 110938 91023 Alexandria city 51515 6073 5991 6011 --- Bedford city 51520 18426 19042 14857 17144 Bristol city 51530 6406 6717 6425 6300 Buena Vista city 51540 40341 39916 38880 29427 Charlottesville city 51550 151976 114486 89580 --- Chesapeake city 51560 4679 5046 5501 5268 Clifton Forge city 51570 16064 16509 15097 9587 Colonial Heights city 51580 6991 9063 10060 11062 Covington city 51590 53056 45642 46391 46577 Danville city 51595 5306 4840 5300 --- Emporia city 51600 19622 19390 21970 --- Fairfax city 51610 9578 9515 10772 10192 Falls Church city 51620 7864 7308 6880 --- Franklin city 51630 19027 15322 14450 13639 Fredericksburg city 51640 6670 6524 6278 5254 Galax city 51650 133793 122617 120779 89258 Hampton city 51660 30707 19671 14605 11916 Harrisonburg city 51670 23101 23397 23471 17895 Hopewell city 51678 6959 7292 7597 --- Lexington city 51680 66049 66743 54083 54790 Lynchburg city 51683 27957 15438 --- --- Manassas city 51685 6734 6524 --- --- Manassas Park city 51685.1 --- --- --- --- Manchester city 51690 16162 18149 19653 18798 Martinsville city 51700 170045 144903 138177 113662 Newport News city 51710 261229 266979 307951 305872 Norfolk city 51720 4247 4757 4001 4996 Norton city 51730 38386 41055 36103 36750 Petersburg city 51735 11005 8726 --- --- Poquoson city 51740 103907 104577 110963 114773 Portsmouth city 51750 15940 13225 11596 9371 Radford city 51760 203056 219214 249621 219958 Richmond city 51770 96397 100220 92115 97110 Roanoke city 51775 23756 23958 21982 --- Salem city 51780 6997 7093 6889 5974 South Boston city 51785 --- --- --- 22035 South Norfolk city 51790 24461 21857 24504 22232 Staunton city 51800 52141 47621 9858 12609 Suffolk city 51810 393069 262199 172106 8091 Virginia Beach city 51820 18549 15329 16707 15694 Waynesboro city 51830 11530 9870 9069 6832 Williamsburg city 51840 21947 20217 14643 15110 Winchester city FIPS 1950 1940 1930 1920 00000 151325798 132164569 123202624 106021537 United States 51000 3318680 2677773 2421851 2309187 Virginia 51001 33832 33030 35854 34795 Accomack County 51003 26662 24652 26981 26005 Albemarle County 51005 23139 22688 20188 15332 Alleghany County 51007 7908 8495 8979 9800 Amelia County 51009 20332 20273 19020 19771 Amherst County 51011 8764 9020 8402 9255 Appomattox County 51013 135449 57040 26615 16040 Arlington County 51015 34154 42772 38163 34671 Augusta County 51017 6296 7191 8137 6389 Bath County 51019 29627 29687 29091 30669 Bedford County 51021 6436 6731 6031 5593 Bland County 51023 15766 16447 15457 16557 Botetourt County 51025 20136 19575 20486 21025 Brunswick County 51027 35748 31477 16740 15441 Buchanan County 51029 12288 13398 13315 14885 Buckingham County 51031 28877 26048 22885 26716 Campbell County 51033 12471 13945 15263 15954 Caroline County 51035 26695 25904 22141 21283 Carroll County 51036 4676 4275 4881 4793 Charles City County 51037 14057 15861 16061 17540 Charlotte County 51041 40400 31183 26049 20496 Chesterfield County 51043 7074 7159 7167 7165 Clarke County 51045 3452 3769 3562 4100 Craig County 51047 13242 13365 13306 13292 Culpeper County 51049 7252 7505 7535 9111 Cumberland County 51051 23393 21266 16163 13542 Dickenson County 51053 18839 18166 18492 17949 Dinwiddie County 51055 55028 32283 19835 19111 Elizabeth City County 51057 6530 7006 6976 8542 Essex County 51059 98557 40929 25264 21943 Fairfax County 51061 21248 21039 21071 21869 Fauquier County 51063 11351 11967 11698 13115 Floyd County 51065 7121 7088 7466 8547 Fluvanna County 51067 24560 25864 24337 26283 Franklin County 51069 17537 14008 13167 12461 Frederick County 51071 18956 14635 12804 11901 Giles County 51073 10343 9548 11019 11894 Gloucester County 51075 8934 8454 7953 8863 Goochland County 51077 21379 21916 20017 19816 Grayson County 51079 4745 5218 5980 6369 Greene County 51081 16319 14866 13388 11606 Greensville County 51083 41442 41271 41283 41374 Halifax County 51085 21985 18500 17009 18088 Hanover County 51087 57340 41960 30310 18972 Henrico County 51089 31219 26481 20088 20238 Henry County 51091 4069 4875 4525 4931 Highland County 51093 14906 13381 13409 14433 Isle of Wight County 51095 6317 4907 3879 3676 James City County 51097 6299 6954 7618 9161 King and Queen County 51099 6710 5431 5297 5762 King George County 51101 7589 7855 7929 8739 King William County 51103 8640 8786 8896 9757 Lancaster County 51105 36106 39296 30419 25293 Lee County 51107 21147 20291 19852 20577 Loudoun County 51109 12826 13665 14309 17089 Louisa County 51111 14116 13844 14058 15260 Lunenburg County 51113 8273 8465 8952 9595 Madison County 51115 7148 7149 7884 8447 Mathews County 51117 33497 31933 32622 31208 Mecklenburg County 51119 6715 6673 7273 8157 Middlesex County 51121 29780 21206 19605 18595 Montgomery County 51123 25238 22771 22530 20199 Nansemond County 51125 14042 16241 16345 17277 Nelson County 51127 3995 4092 4300 4541 New Kent County 51129 99937 35828 30082 57358 Norfolk County 51131 17300 17597 18565 17852 Northampton County 51133 10012 10463 11081 11518 Northumberland County 51135 15479 15556 14866 14161 Nottoway County 51137 12755 12649 12070 13320 Orange County 51139 15152 14863 14852 14770 Page County 51141 15642 16613 15787 16850 Patrick County 51143 66096 61697 61424 56493 Pittsylvania County 51145 5556 5671 6143 6552 Powhatan County 51147 15398 14922 14520 14767 Prince Edward County 51149 19679 12226 10311 12915 Prince George County 51151 42277 19984 16282 13626 Princess Anne County 51153 22612 17738 13951 13660 Prince William County 51155 27758 22767 20566 17111 Pulaski County 51157 6112 7208 7717 8070 Rappahannock County 51159 6189 6634 6878 7434 Richmond County 51161 41486 42897 35289 22395 Roanoke County 51163 23359 22384 20902 20626 Rockbridge County 51165 35079 31289 29709 30047 Rockingham County 51167 26818 26627 25957 26786 Russell County 51169 27640 26989 24181 24776 Scott County 51171 21169 20898 20655 20808 Shenandoah County 51173 30187 28861 25125 22125 Smyth County 51175 26522 26442 26870 27555 Southampton County 51177 11920 9905 10056 10571 Spotsylvania County 51179 11902 9548 8050 8104 Stafford County 51181 6220 6193 7096 9305 Surry County 51183 12785 12485 12100 12834 Sussex County 51185 47512 41607 32477 27840 Tazewell County 51187 14801 11352 8340 8852 Warren County 51189 39875 9248 8829 11417 Warwick County 51191 37536 38197 33850 32376 Washington County 51193 10148 9512 8497 10240 Westmoreland County 51195 56336 52458 51167 46500 Wise County 51197 23327 22721 20704 20217 Wythe County 51199 11750 8857 7615 8046 York County 51510 61787 33523 24149 18060 Alexandria city 51515 --- --- --- --- Bedford city 51520 15954 9768 8840 6729 Bristol city 51530 5214 4335 4002 3911 Buena Vista city 51540 25969 19400 15245 10688 Charlottesville city 51550 --- --- --- --- Chesapeake city 51560 5795 6461 6839 6164 Clifton Forge city 51570 6077 --- --- --- Colonial Heights city 51580 --- --- --- --- Covington city 51590 35066 32749 22247 21539 Danville city 51595 --- --- --- --- Emporia city 51600 --- --- --- --- Fairfax city 51610 7535 --- --- --- Falls Church city 51620 --- --- --- --- Franklin city 51630 12158 10066 6819 5882 Fredericksburg city 51640 --- --- --- --- Galax city 51650 5966 5898 6382 6138 Hampton city 51660 10810 8768 7232 5875 Harrisonburg city 51670 10219 8679 11327 1397 Hopewell city 51678 --- --- --- --- Lexington city 51680 47727 44541 40661 30070 Lynchburg city 51683 --- --- --- --- Manassas city 51685 --- --- --- --- Manassas Park city 51685.1 --- --- --- --- Manchester city 51690 17251 10080 7705 --- Martinsville city 51700 42358 37067 34417 35596 Newport News city 51710 213513 144332 129710 115777 Norfolk city 51720 --- --- --- --- Norton city 51730 35054 30631 28564 31012 Petersburg city 51735 --- --- --- --- Poquoson city 51740 80039 50745 45704 54387 Portsmouth city 51750 9026 6990 6227 4627 Radford city 51760 230310 193042 182929 171667 Richmond city 51770 91921 69287 69206 50842 Roanoke city 51775 --- --- --- --- Salem city 51780 --- --- --- --- South Boston city 51785 10434 8038 7857 --- South Norfolk city 51790 19927 13337 11990 10623 Staunton city 51800 12339 11343 10271 9123 Suffolk city 51810 --- --- --- --- Virginia Beach city 51820 12357 --- --- --- Waynesboro city 51830 6735 3942 3778 2462 Williamsburg city 51840 13841 12095 10855 6883 Winchester city FIPS 1910 1900 00000 92228496 76212168 United States 51000 2061612 1854184 Virginia 51001 36650 32570 Accomack County 51003 29871 28473 Albemarle County 51005 14173 16330 Alleghany County 51007 8720 9037 Amelia County 51009 18932 17864 Amherst County 51011 8904 9662 Appomattox County 51013 10231 6430 Arlington County 51015 32445 32370 Augusta County 51017 6538 5595 Bath County 51019 29549 30356 Bedford County 51021 5154 5497 Bland County 51023 17727 17161 Botetourt County 51025 19244 18217 Brunswick County 51027 12334 9692 Buchanan County 51029 15204 15266 Buckingham County 51031 23043 23256 Campbell County 51033 16596 16709 Caroline County 51035 21116 19303 Carroll County 51036 5253 5040 Charles City County 51037 15785 15343 Charlotte County 51041 21299 18804 Chesterfield County 51043 7468 7927 Clarke County 51045 4711 4293 Craig County 51047 13472 14123 Culpeper County 51049 9195 8996 Cumberland County 51051 9199 7747 Dickenson County 51053 15442 15374 Dinwiddie County 51055 15720 19460 Elizabeth City County 51057 9105 9701 Essex County 51059 20536 18580 Fairfax County 51061 22526 23374 Fauquier County 51063 14092 15388 Floyd County 51065 8323 9050 Fluvanna County 51067 26480 25953 Franklin County 51069 12787 13239 Frederick County 51071 11623 10793 Giles County 51073 12477 12832 Gloucester County 51075 9237 9519 Goochland County 51077 19856 16853 Grayson County 51079 6937 6214 Greene County 51081 11890 9758 Greensville County 51083 40044 37197 Halifax County 51085 17200 17618 Hanover County 51087 23437 30062 Henrico County 51089 18459 19265 Henry County 51091 5317 5647 Highland County 51093 14929 13102 Isle of Wight County 51095 3624 3688 James City County 51097 9576 9265 King and Queen County 51099 6378 6918 King George County 51101 8547 8380 King William County 51103 9752 8949 Lancaster County 51105 23840 19856 Lee County 51107 21167 21948 Loudoun County 51109 16578 16517 Louisa County 51111 12780 11705 Lunenburg County 51113 10055 10216 Madison County 51115 8922 8239 Mathews County 51117 28956 26551 Mecklenburg County 51119 8852 8220 Middlesex County 51121 17268 15852 Montgomery County 51123 19878 19251 Nansemond County 51125 16821 16075 Nelson County 51127 4682 4865 New Kent County 51129 52744 50780 Norfolk County 51131 16672 13770 Northampton County 51133 10777 9846 Northumberland County 51135 13462 12366 Nottoway County 51137 13486 12571 Orange County 51139 14147 13794 Page County 51141 17195 15403 Patrick County 51143 50709 46894 Pittsylvania County 51145 6099 6824 Powhatan County 51147 14266 15045 Prince Edward County 51149 7848 7752 Prince George County 51151 11526 11192 Princess Anne County 51153 12026 11112 Prince William County 51155 17246 14609 Pulaski County 51157 8044 8843 Rappahannock County 51159 7415 7088 Richmond County 51161 19623 15837 Roanoke County 51163 21171 21799 Rockbridge County 51165 34903 33527 Rockingham County 51167 23474 18031 Russell County 51169 23814 22694 Scott County 51171 20942 20253 Shenandoah County 51173 20326 17121 Smyth County 51175 26302 22848 Southampton County 51177 9935 9239 Spotsylvania County 51179 8070 8097 Stafford County 51181 9715 8469 Surry County 51183 13664 12082 Sussex County 51185 24946 23384 Tazewell County 51187 8589 8837 Warren County 51189 6041 4888 Warwick County 51191 32830 28995 Washington County 51193 9313 9243 Westmoreland County 51195 34162 19653 Wise County 51197 20372 20437 Wythe County 51199 7757 7482 York County 51510 15329 14528 Alexandria city 51515 --- --- Bedford city 51520 6247 4579 Bristol city 51530 3245 2388 Buena Vista city 51540 6765 6449 Charlottesville city 51550 --- --- Chesapeake city 51560 5748 --- Clifton Forge city 51570 --- --- Colonial Heights city 51580 --- --- Covington city 51590 19020 16520 Danville city 51595 --- --- Emporia city 51600 --- --- Fairfax city 51610 --- --- Falls Church city 51620 --- --- Franklin city 51630 5874 5068 Fredericksburg city 51640 --- --- Galax city 51650 5505 --- Hampton city 51660 --- --- Harrisonburg city 51670 --- --- Hopewell city 51678 --- --- Lexington city 51680 29494 18891 Lynchburg city 51683 --- --- Manassas city 51685 --- --- Manassas Park city 51685.1 --- 9715 Manchester city 51690 --- --- Martinsville city 51700 20205 19635 Newport News city 51710 67452 46624 Norfolk city 51720 --- --- Norton city 51730 24127 21810 Petersburg city 51735 --- --- Poquoson city 51740 33190 17427 Portsmouth city 51750 4202 3344 Radford city 51760 127628 85050 Richmond city 51770 34874 21495 Roanoke city 51775 --- --- Salem city 51780 --- --- South Boston city 51785 --- --- South Norfolk city 51790 10604 7289 Staunton city 51800 7008 3827 Suffolk city 51810 --- --- Virginia Beach city 51820 --- --- Waynesboro city 51830 2714 2044 Williamsburg city 51840 5864 5161 Winchester city