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Augusta County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 28 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51015

Within Virginia
Augusta 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
78,940
+1,354 (+1.7%) since 2020
Land area
967.1
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
81.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Staunton
Seat of county government.
Established
1738
287 years ago
Largest city
Craigsville town
Population 923.

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 Augusta 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 Augusta 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 777 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 Augusta 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
Population78,94028th of 133737th of 3,144
Land area967.1 sq mi2nd of 133727th of 3,144
Population density81.6 per sq mi81st of 1331,063rd of 3,144
Median household income$82,04946th of 133505th of 3,143

Full data for Augusta County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population78,940Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202077,586Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?77,490Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area967.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area970.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?81.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$82,049American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$306,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households31,083American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units33,111American 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
-418
461 births, 879 deaths
Net migration
+596
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 9 areas bordering Augusta 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
Rockingham CountyVirginia32 mi89,316
Nelson CountyVirginia31 mi14,920
Highland CountyVirginia27 mi2,318
Rockbridge CountyVirginia22 mi22,663
Waynesboro cityVirginia20 mi23,951
Staunton cityVirginia19 mi26,801
Bath CountyVirginia16 mi4,076
Albemarle CountyVirginia15 mi118,356
Pendleton CountyWest Virginia8.4 mi5,826

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.