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Craig County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 130 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51045

Within Virginia
Craig County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks New Castle, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
4,800
-76 (-1.6%) since 2020
Land area
328.1
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
14.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
New Castle
Seat of county government.
Established
1851
174 years ago
Largest city
New Castle town
Population 120.

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 Craig 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 Craig 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 700 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 Craig 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
Population4,800130th of 1332,831st of 3,144
Land area328.1 sq mi61st of 1332,744th of 3,144
Population density14.6 per sq mi131st of 1332,407th of 3,144
Median household income$69,05765th of 1331,266th of 3,143

Full data for Craig County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population4,800Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20204,876Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?4,893Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area328.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area329.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?14.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$69,057American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$189,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age46.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,735American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,398American 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
-48
40 births, 88 deaths
Net migration
+27
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 6 areas bordering Craig 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
Monroe CountyWest Virginia27 mi12,491
Botetourt CountyVirginia19 mi34,144
Alleghany CountyVirginia14 mi14,546
Roanoke CountyVirginia12 mi97,150
Montgomery CountyVirginia11 mi98,434
Giles CountyVirginia8.9 mi16,564

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.