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Dickenson County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 106 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51051

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

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Population
13,236
-839 (-6.0%) since 2020
Land area
330.4
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
40.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Clintwood
Seat of county government.
Established
1880
145 years ago
Largest city
Clintwood town
Population 1,297.

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 Dickenson 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 Dickenson 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 764 by 800 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 Dickenson 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
Population13,236106th of 1332,212th of 3,144
Land area330.4 sq mi60th of 1332,737th of 3,144
Population density40.1 per sq mi109th of 1331,673rd of 3,144
Median household income$47,254125th of 1332,889th of 3,143

Full data for Dickenson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population13,236Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202014,075Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?14,128Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area330.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area333.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?40.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$47,254American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$102,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age46.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,935American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,362American 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
-122
113 births, 235 deaths
Net migration
-30
More people moved out than moved in.

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

The 4 areas bordering Dickenson 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
Buchanan CountyVirginia27 mi18,492
Wise CountyVirginia26 mi34,824
Pike CountyKentucky18 mi54,721
Russell CountyVirginia14 mi25,332

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.