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Alleghany County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 101 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51005

Within Virginia
Alleghany County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data.

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Population
14,546
-641 (-4.2%) since 2020
Land area
446.6
square miles. A further 0.7% of the total area is water
Population density
32.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Covington
Seat of county government.
Established
1822
203 years ago
Largest city
Clifton Forge town
Population 3,372.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Alleghany County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Alleghany County, Virginia from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 563 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Alleghany County ranks

Position among the 133 counties and independent cities of Virginia, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn VirginiaNationally
Population14,546101st of 1332,116th of 3,144
Land area446.6 sq mi37th of 1332,281st of 3,144
Population density32.6 per sq mi119th of 1331,848th of 3,144
Median household income$56,188104th of 1332,398th of 3,143

Full data for Alleghany County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population14,546Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202015,187Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?15,216Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area446.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area449.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?32.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$56,188American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$125,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age48.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,383American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,913American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-153
101 births, 254 deaths
Net migration
+25
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Alleghany County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Greenbrier CountyWest Virginia29 mi31,578
Bath CountyVirginia28 mi4,076
Botetourt CountyVirginia25 mi34,144
Craig CountyVirginia14 mi4,800
Covington cityVirginia14 mi5,680
Rockbridge CountyVirginia11 mi22,663
Monroe CountyWest Virginia6.4 mi12,491

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 133 counties and independent cities of Virginia

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.